News from FlightGlobal – Page 788
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Air Berlin and Niki to open new Abu Dhabi routes
Etihad Airways partner Air Berlin and its Austrian subsidiary Niki are planning flights from Stuttgart and Vienna to Abu Dhabi.
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Delta orders another 15 A321s
SkyTeam alliance partner Delta Air Lines is ordering 15 Airbus A321s, to be delivered from 2018.
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IATA: Emirates dismisses Boeing’s 747-8I overtures
Emirates has no interest in the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental as it views the Airbus A380 as the only very large airliner that can deliver the capacity and performance it requires.
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IATA: JAL sees Japanese LCCs ultimately successful
Japan Airlines’ chairman Masaru Onishi says that low-cost carriers will ultimately be very successful in Japan despite the early growing pains they have faced.
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NewsIATA: Emirates urges Airbus to move on ‘A380neo’
Emirates is pushing Airbus to firm up plans for a re-engined “A380neo”, with Rolls-Royce “ready to go” on a new engine, says the airline’s president Tim Clark. However he does not believe Engine Alliance is keen to invest in a new-technology powerplant.
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NewsIATA: CSeries engine incident will not derail service entry
Bombardier is confident last week’s engine-related incident with one of the CSeries test aircraft will not derail its plan to see the regional airliner entering service as scheduled in the second half of 2015.
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IATA: Hawaiian focused on selling Hawaii in China
Hawaiian Airlines new nonstop flight to Beijing is meeting expectations, as the carrier works with its partners to market Hawaii as a destination in China.
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IATA: New environment chief arrives at tense time
Michael Gill is hoping his 15 years of aviation law experience will stand him in good stead for the complex negotiations lying ahead as ICAO member states attempt to agree on a global market-based measure (MBM) to address emissions growth in the airline industry.
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NewsPICTURE: UTair’s first Superjet sports special livery
Sukhoi has painted UTair’s first Superjet 100 in a special livery.
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IATA: NDC still a work in progress
After more than two years of fierce discussion, debate and dispute, the airline and travel industries appear to have reached a base agreement on the principles of IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC).
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NewsIATA: Outgoing chairman hails progress on climate change
Climate change was at the centre of Richard Anderson’s year as chairman of IATA’s board of governors.
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NewsPICTURE: Air New Zealand 787-9 makes first flight
The first Boeing 787-9 for launch customer Air New Zealand completed its first flight from Paine Field on 28 May.
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NewsPICTURES: Asiana joins the A380 club
South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines has received its first Airbus A380 aircraft at a ceremony in Toulouse on 26 May.
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Air Canada debuts new international cabin interior
Air Canada has debuted its new international interior as the three-class, 251-seat Boeing 787 launches service.
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NewsAir Canada's 787 dream begins
The Dreamliner era has begun at Air Canada with the arrival of its first Boeing 787-8 (registered C-GHPQ) at Toronto-Pearson International airport on 18 May.
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Norwegian opens Gatwick links to Warsaw and Berlin
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to open new routes to Warsaw and Berlin Schonefeld from London Gatwick.
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NewsPICTURE: Eva Air receives two Boeing 777-300ERs with Panasonic IFE
Taiwan’s Eva Air has taken delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs – the carrier’s 16th and 17th – as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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NewsILA: A380 remains a ‘customer magnet’ for Emirates
The Airbus A380 continues to be Emirates’ most in-demand product seven years after entering service with the carrier, says Hubert Frach, the carrier’s divisional senior vice-president, commercial operations west, responsible for sales in the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Russian Federation.
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Dragonair names new chief executive
Cathay Pacific subsidiary Dragonair has named Algernon Yau as its new chief executive, succeeding Patrick Yeung who is moving to become Cathay’s group general manager for Taiwan and Korea.
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Citilink to add more flights from Jakarta’s Halim airport
Indonesian low-cost carrier Citilink will add more flights out of Jakarta’s secondary Halim Perdanakusuma airport, starting 1 June.