LEISURE INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS, the renamed Air UK Leisure, will have its three newly acquired Airbus A320-200s in service from the first week in May. The A320s replace the Boeing 737-400s, the last of which will have its final flight on 19 May. The first revenue service with the new aircraft was flown on 29 March.
Source: Flight International
American Airlines’ operations were disrupted by a nationwide ground stop on the morning of 24 December, the height of the winter holiday air travel period.
Boeing has resumed production of two widebody programmes in the Pacific Northwest following the end of strike action by its machinists’ union last month.
Australia’s Jetstar Airways has increased the number of aircraft based in New Zealand, as part of long-term expansion plans in the country.
