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
VoltAero has signed up Tennessee-based AltiSky to assemble its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft for the North American market.
German turboprop manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft is justifying an ambitious outlook for its D328eco, arguing that there are fewer rival manufacturers pursuing the primary markets. Deutsche Aircraft, in its latest full-year financial statement, says its planning for the D328eco “assumes” sales of 1,000 aircraft, based on various market studies – a ...
MHI RJ Aviation Group is to collaborate on the development of Maeve Aerospace’s M80 – a hybrid-electric 80-seater that could enter service by 2032.
