LanChile is introducing on its intercontinental services the first of the seven AirbusA340-300s it has on order. The second aircraft is to arrive this month. Meanwhile, new widebodies will replace Boeing 767-300ERs on flights to Europe, North America and the South Pacific. The Chilean airline also has 25 A320s on order, deliveries of which are due to begin this month.
Source: Flight International
Major US carrier Delta Air Lines continues experiencing major network disruptions related to the global technology outage that caused thousands of flight cancellations on the “busiest travel weekend of the summer”.
US airlines are working to get their operations back into gear after a global computer outage forced some carriers to halt all departures overnight.
Virgin Atlantic will drop its Shanghai service this winter after 25 years as it further cuts its Asia-Pacific network amid the longer flying times necessitated by not being able to overfly Russia.
