News from FlightGlobal – Page 137
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NewsAircraft delivery issues ‘no significant bottleneck’ for 2023 plan: Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines believes it is well-placed to ride out any aircraft delivery issues this year as it aims to boost capacity by up to 20% in 2023.
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NewsAura Aero lines up €150m Toulouse Francazal factory for 2025 production
French hybrid-electric aircraft start-up Aura Aero has detailed plans for a new 40,000sq m (431,000sq ft) factory at Toulouse Francazal airport capable of building up to 150 aircraft per year.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic formally joins SkyTeam
Virgin Altantic has formally entered SkyTeam today, joining transatlantic joint venture partners Delta Air Lines, Air France and KLM in the global alliance.
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NewsLufthansa Group to take first A350-1000s as part of 22-strong widebody order
Lufthansa Group is ordering 15 more Airbus A350s, including its first -1000s, and seven additional Boeing 787s for delivery from the middle of this decade.
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NewsLufthansa extends Spohr’s contract for five more years
Lufthansa Group has extended the contract of chief executive Carsten Spohr for another five years, alongside that of chief financial officer Remco Steenbergen.
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NewsSichuan’s SAID to take Precision Conversions A321 freighter for Chinese service
Chinese operator Sichuan Aviation Industry Development is committing to converted Airbus A321 freighters, with the first to be inducted this month. The company is to introduce aircraft modified under the scheme of US-based 321 Precision Conversions. This conversion work will be undertaken in the Chinese city of Chengdu, by Sichuan ...
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NewsIraqi Airways takes delivery of first 737 Max
Iraqi Airways has taken delivery of a Boeing 737 Max 8, the first of the re-engined variant in the flag-carrier’s fleet. The twinjet (YI-ASL) departed Seattle for Reykjavik before arriving in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, on 26 February. Iraqi Airways says it held a ceremony marking the aircraft’s introduction, attended ...
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NewsSouth African start-up Suid Cargo ties up with Kenya’s Astral for fleet capacity
South African start-up Suid Cargo Airlines is intending to commence services in the second quarter of this year, initially leasing a Boeing 727-200 freighter. The airline says it will lease the trijet from Kenyan company Astral Aviation, but also use other freighters in its fleet – including a Boeing 757, ...
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NewsRussian airspace condition attached to Virgin’s entry on Korean route
Virgin Atlantic’s entry on the London Heathrow-Seoul route, a remedy for the Korean Air-Asiana merger, is itself conditional on the opening of Russian airspace. The carrier is being granted access to the route, with support from Korean Air, as part of a framework agreement to obtain UK competition clearance for ...
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NewsAsia-Pacific international traffic sees strong start to year: AAPA
Asia-Pacific carriers had a good start to the new year, helped by strong travel demand which was buoyed by the peak Lunar New Year travel period, though cargo demand weakend further.
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NewsDominican Republic’s Arajet applies to US DOT to launch routes to the USA
Arajet, a new low-cost start-up carrier based in the Dominican Republic, has applied to the US government to launch routes between the Caribbean country and the United States.
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NewsDelta pilots approve new contract
Pilots at Delta Air Lines have approved a new contract that will give them a 34% pay increase by 2026.
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NewsTurkish Airlines doubles revenues and operating profits in 2022
Turkish Airlines almost doubled revenues and operating profits last year as a sharp return in passenger demand helped it to record profitability
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NewsUK advertising regulator raps Lufthansa over environmental promotion
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has been rapped by UK advertising regulators after a single complaint was lodged against a promotion referring to the airline’s environmental credentials. The complaint centred on a poster, seen in June last year, which showed an aircraft’s cockpit nose-on with the lower fuselage represented by an image ...
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NewsProfitable Flydubai cites fuel-cost benefits as 737 Max fleet expands
Middle Eastern carrier Flydubai expanded its fleet to 74 aircraft last year, with Boeing 737 Max variants accounting for more than half. The airline has turned in a full-year profit of Dhs1.2 billion ($327 million) for 2022, during which it took delivery of 17 more 737 Max 8s – the ...
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NewsUK authority clears Korean Air-Asiana merger based on Virgin access to Seoul
Korean Air has secured UK competition approval for its proposed merger with fellow Korean operator Asiana, based on its supporting Virgin Atlantic’s access to the London-Seoul route. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority says that undertakings given by Korean Air are “appropriate” to remedy or mitigate a lessening of competition ...
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NewsAsia-Pacific carrier traffic to be near full recovery by early 2024 after China boost
It is still too early to determine how quickly the Chinese international travel market will recover, though it is clear there is “no let-up” in recovery momentum in the greater Asia-Pacific region, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
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NewsAir India confirms Vistara brand to be dropped after merger: CEO
Air India has confirmed it will not be retaining the Vistara brand when it merges with its sister unit, though the national carrier intends to “keep some of the heritage” of Vistara.
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NewsCroatia Airlines remains loss-making despite progress in recovery
Croatia Airlines has turned in a full-year net loss of Kn137 million ($19 million) as its performance, while recovering, still lagged pre-crisis levels. The carrier transported 1.45 million passengers but this figure remained one-third down on that achieved in 2019. Croatia Airlines says passenger load factor reached an average of ...
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NewsAirAsia Aviation's China capacity to surpass pre-Covid levels by year-end
A bullish AirAsia Aviation Group expects to surpass pre-pandemic capacity to Mainland China by the year-end, with its Malaysian and Thai units leading the ramp-up in the coming months.