Overseas routes have fuelled a turn-around in Air Canada's fortunes, prompting it to look for six used Airbus A340s and Boeing 767s so it can further boost its international route capacity this summer. It reported a third quarter operating profit based largely on an unexpected rebound in international traffic and yield. Revenue grew twice as fast as capacity, with Asia and Latin America doing especially well.
Source: Airline Business
Boeing has resumed production of two widebody programmes in the Pacific Northwest following the end of strike action by its machinists’ union last month.
Australia’s Jetstar Airways has increased the number of aircraft based in New Zealand, as part of long-term expansion plans in the country.
Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines is to open a Moldovan base from which it will operate several routes to European destinations. SkyUp will conduct the services through its Maltese arm, SkyUp MT, which secured certification last year. It will offer flights under SkyUp MT’s ‘U5’ designator code from the Moldovan capital ...
