Alliance Airways, the African Joint Air Services carrier, is to begin services on 1 March from its base in Entebbe, Uganda. The carrier will operate a leased SAA Boeing 747SP and Christo Roodt, an SAA executive, has been appointed managing director. The carrier, a joint venture between the Ugandan and Tanzanian governments and South African Airways, plans to serve London, Dubai, Bombay, Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg.
Source: Airline Business
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific group remained in the black its half-year earnings, though it saw its operating profit decrease on the back of shrinking yields and rising fuel costs.
Cathay Pacific has selected the Airbus A330-900 as its new mid-sized widebody replacement, after placing a firm order for 30 new aircraft with rights for another 30.
Chile’s LATAM Airlines Group has pledged to invest $2 billion in Brazil in the next two years, focusing on “products, technologies and services for passengers as well as aeronautical maintenance activities”.
