Hong Kong’s CR Airways is buying two Bombardier CRJ700s from Danish carrier Maersk Air and plans to use the regional jets to launch more secondary services in China. CR Airways chief financial officer Kelly Cheng says the first of the 70-seat aircraft is due to arrive in Hong Kong in early July and the second in mid-August.
Airbus is taking a down-to-earth approach for its latest study into aviation’s non-CO2 impacts, unveiling plans to replicate the conditions found at cruise altitudes and generate contrails at ground level. Running until June 2028, the EU-funded project, called PACIFIC, sees Airbus head a consortium that includes engine supplier Rolls-Royce, German ...
British Airways owner IAG expects to take a financial hit in the “tens of millions” of euros from the complete shutdown of Heathrow airport for the best part of a day on 21 March.