Swedish charter airline Transjet Airways has introduced the first of three Boeing 747-200s which it will operate on Hajj pilgrimage flights. The first aircraft is scheduled to be joined by a further two examples of the type, both ex-Tower Air operated -200s, in the next few weeks. The airline, which started operations in the middle of last year, already operates two Boeing MD-80s on ad hoc and sub-charters from various European airports.
Source: Flight International
Lufthansa Group expects to close its deal to acquire a 41% stake in ITA Airways in the fourth quarter after securing conditional European Commission clearance for the transaction.
Air France-KLM has warned that travellers avoiding Paris due to the forthcoming Olympic Games could cause a revenue hit of up to €180 million ($193 million) at its French operations.
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury admits that the airframer was not expecting to be negotiating an acquisition of key aircraft programmes from beleaguered US firm Spirit AeroSystems, but insists it is necessary and that Airbus is ready to absorb them.
