New carrier Air Belgium is 49.995% owned by a company called Aviation Investment Holding NV., which is likely held by Chinese and Russian interests previously known to be involved in the project.
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) issued tentative allocations for re-assigned U.S.-Havana frequencies to five carriers, providing a major boost for United Airlines’ service from Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH), with frequencies jumping from once weekly to daily.
Strong international growth supported by steady domestic returns has U.S. airline RASM trending upward 2.5-3% year-over-year (YOY) for the first half of 2018, a UBS analysis of ticket sales suggested.
Airbus’ prototype A321neo long-range (LR) landed at 6:00 a.m. local time March 30 at Toulouse Airport after having flown 4,109 nm from Seychelles International Airport on Mahe island.
The bubbling trade dispute between China and the U.S. is not expected to significantly spill over into commercial aviation, but any escalation would threaten the U.S. side more than China’s, an informal Canaccord Genuity survey of industry executives with ties to the Chinese market concluded.
Niche scheduled charter provider OneJet launched its Plus nonstop service between West Palm Beach (PBI) and its Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) hub, and plans to keep expanding as its Embraer ERJ-135 fleet grows.
Istanbul New Airport (INA) marked a significant milestone in its preparations for opening in late October 2018 with the commissioning of its first runway.
French carrier Aigle Azur said it would fly to Sao Paulo and Beijing as part of a new strategy that sees it looking beyond its short- and medium-haul routes, as well as signing partnerships with other airlines for growth.
The runway incursion that caused two aircraft to come dangerously close to each other in March 2016 at Bale-Mulhouse airport in France started when a KLM Cityhopper crew transmitted an erroneous read-back, the French air accident investigation bureau BEA said.
British LCC easyJet opened its 30th base, at France’s Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in the south west of the country, underlining the importance of France, its largest market in Europe, and celebrating the milestone with a special grape-liveried aircraft in a nod to the region’s famous wines.
Ryanair said some flights were cancelled and others disrupted on March 29 after members of the SNPVAC cabin crew union went on the first of three planned one-day strikes over working conditions, a move the Irish LCC called “unnecessary and unjustified.”
South Korean authorities have approved a joint venture (JV) between Korean Air and Delta Air Lines, clearing the way for the expanded partnership to be implemented.
Boeing is projecting few changes on its 787 production lines as part of its shift from producing 12 to 14 aircraft per month next year, but it continues to tweak processes as part of a general effort to increase efficiency, executives said.
