News from FlightGlobal – Page 796
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NewsSkyWest to take first enhanced E175
Utah-based SkyWest Airlines will take delivery of the first Embraer 175 enhanced aircraft during the week of 24 March.
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Germania grows fleet for holiday season
Germania is to lease a fourth Airbus A321 for its summer 2014 schedule.
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NewsGazpromavia puts long-range Superjet into service
Russian carrier Gazpromavia has put its long-range version of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 into service, the first commercial operation with the variant.
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NewsPICTURE: Qatar unveils new first class with A380 cabin reveal
Qatar Airways has unveiled the cabin interior of its Airbus A380s at the ITB travel trade show in Berlin today, which features a new first-class product. The airline plans to put the superjumbo into service this summer between Doha and London Heathrow.
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Garuda officially enters SkyTeam
Garuda Indonesia has become the 20th member of SkyTeam at a special event on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
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NewsUS aviation community fights new user fee proposal
A familiar backlash from the aviation community has already greeted the Obama Administration’s latest proposal to add a $100 surcharge for each flight on most users of the air traffic system.
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NewsHigh-speed approach played role in Tu-204 crash
Russian investigators have concluded that an unstable approach at high speed contributed to the fatal Red Wings Tupolev Tu-204 overrun at Moscow.
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NewsBA's robust domestic loads leave Little Red trailing
British Airways claims it has not suffered market share to Virgin Atlantic’s UK domestic carrier Little Red, as the spin-off airline approaches one year of operations.
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BA benefiting from A380 and 787 economics: Walsh
British Airways’ Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 fleets are performing ahead of expectations, the airline’s parent group has disclosed.
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Emirates to add Chicago route
Emirates is to launch a daily service from Dubai to Chicago O'Hare International on 5 August.
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Questions over NOTAMs before Abuja 747 accident
A recent Boeing 747-200 freighter accident at Abuja airport, Nigeria was originally reported as a runway excursion, but it seems the aircraft was the victim of runway resurfacing work which, according to NOTAMs, was supposed to have been completed.
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Lion Group ditches Panasonic, picks Lumexis IFE
Lion Group’s carriers Batik Air and Malindo Air have picked Lumexis Corporation’s Fiber-To-The-Screen (FTTS) in-flight entertainment system for its incoming aircraft.
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Batik Air picks Singapore as first international point
Indonesian carrier Batik Air has announced plans to launch international operations in the second half of 2014, with a route from its base in Jakarta to Singapore.
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NewsQantas to trim 747 fleet, defer 787 and A380 deliveries
Qantas will bring forward plans to retirement of some Boeing 747s and defer deliveries of Airbus A380s, A320s and 787s as part of its A$2 billion ($1.8 billion) three year cost cutting plan.
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NewsQantas slashes 5,000 jobs as it posts A$252m H1 loss
Qantas has announced that it will slash 5,000 jobs, defer aircraft deliveries and slow the growth of its Jetstar businesses in Asia after revealing a A$252 million ($226 million) underlying loss before tax for the first half of the 2014 financial year.
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Oman begins SriLankan codeshare
Oman Air has begun codesharing with SriLankan Airlines linking service between the countries and to onward destinations in Europe and Asia.
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Israir enters line maintenance pact with LHT
Israeli carrier Israir has agreed a co-operation with German maintenance firm Lufthansa Technik covering the airline's Airbus A320s.
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Royal Jordanian to cut three cities from network
Oneworld alliance member Royal Jordanian Airlines is to axe Colombo and Milan, as well as the city of Alexandria, from its route network.
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NewsPICTURE: China Southern receives first Boeing 777-300ER
China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of the first of 10 Boeing 777-300ERs it has on order.
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ROUTES: Southwest and JetBlue hint at new markets from Washington
Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways will likely use most of their freshly won slots at Washington National airport to launch new markets.