Air LA says that it is close to finalising a $6 million deal to acquire Conquest Airlines, a Texas-based carrier with a fleet of Fairchild Metro-liners. The deal comes only weeks after Air LA acquired Capitol Airlines based in St Paul, Minnesota. When both acquisitions are complete Air LA will serve 19 cities with a fleet of 12 Metro-liners, as well as code sharing with AeroMexico.
Source: Flight International
Boeing has resumed production of two widebody programmes in the Pacific Northwest following the end of strike action by its machinists’ union last month.
The Star Alliance carrier plans to reach C$30 billion in annual revenue in four years and to exceed that figure by decade’s end.
Australia’s Jetstar Airways has increased the number of aircraft based in New Zealand, as part of long-term expansion plans in the country.
