The first Airbus A319 for US low-fare start-up Skybus Airlines is being prepared for the carrier's launch. Skybus will begin services by the second quarter from Port Columbus, Ohio. Initial deliveries will be from lessors, ahead of the first of 65 firmly ordered aircraft in early 2008.
Source: Flight International
Airport operator Fraport says costs at its flagship airport in Frankfurt are hindering growth and preventing the facility from returning to its pre-Covid-19 passenger figures.
While a slower recovery and strong competition has hit Lufthansa Group’s passenger operations on Asia-Pacific routes since the pandemic, the carrier is shifting more of its freighter capacity to tap strong cargo demand from the region.
Indonesian carrier TransNusa Airlines has operated the longest ARJ21 commercial flight, deploying the Comac regional jet on flights between Manado and Guangzhou.
