Reading Time: < 1 minute Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has confirmed an unspecified Iranian airline will shortly acquire twelve SSJ 100-95s from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft. Earlier this year, the Mehr news agency quoted the Secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines, Maqsoud Asadi Samani, as saying the Russian manufacturer had applied to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Airways New Zealand today announced its interim results for the period ending 31 December 2016, reporting a strong operational, safety and financial performance. The State Owned Enterprise has achieved an interim net profit after tax (NOPAT) of $13.8m, a 20 per cent increase on the prior year’s $11.5 million result. During the period, Airways recorded […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gulfstream Aerospace has said its Gulfstream G280 aircraft recently set another speed record in Africa, flying from Windhoek, Namibia, in the southern part of the continent to Dakar, Senegal, on the west coast. The flight took 7 hours and 38 minutes. The super mid-sized business jet left Windhoek Eros Airport at 8:20 a.m. local time […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Flower volumes have bloomed at IAG Cargo in the run up to Valentine’s Day and demand for high-end chocolate has also grown. The airline group, which consists of British Airways World Cargo, Iberia Cargo, Aer Lingus, bmi and Vueling, has seen an 18 per cent increase in flower volumes from Columbia and Ecuador, while high-end […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute WestJet announced today that it will be taking its service in Quebec to new heights, with the addition of 105 weekly flights from Montreal and Quebec City. According to the Calgary-based, the expansion would represent a 74 per cent increase. “The people in Quebec have traditionally been served by a legacy carrier and WestJet believes […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes SmartLynx Airlines signed ACMI wet lease agreement with Thomas Cook Airlines. According to it SmartLynx leases to Thomas Cook Airlines two aircrafts A320, MSN 533 and MSN 1873 with Latvian Registration Marks YL-LCL and YL-LCO respectively. Aircraft YL-LCL will operate from base in Birmingham International Airport (BHX), England, and YL-LCO – from base in London […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes United Airlines is expanding its partnership with regional provider Mesa Airlines through the introduction of 12 new Embraer E175 regional jets beginning in May of 2017. The additional E175s will grow United’s overall E175 fleet to 60 with Mesa Airlines and 100 overall once all ordered aircraft are delivered. Republic Airline also operates 16 E175s […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Etihad Airways delivered another year of sustained growth in 2016, helped by new aircraft, additional frequencies and the introduction of further world-class products. The airline carried 18.5 million guests during the year, up 6% on 2015. The airline was also part of the evolution of Etihad Aviation Group, a wider aviation and tourism business which […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Donald Trump’s ban on nationals from seven mainly Muslim countries entering the USA appears to be deterring travellers from other countries around the world too, according to data from ForwardKeys, the travel intelligence analyst, which monitors travel patterns by analysing 16 million flight reservation transactions a day. The findings show that after Trump’s initial […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute After years of delays, China’s first large homemade passenger jetliner will take to the air for its maiden flight in the first half of this year. State-owned aircraft maker Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd., or Comac, based in Shanghai, has nearly completed work on the 175-passenger C919, the ruling Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily […]