Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.
Helen combines a deep knowledge of the aviation industry with years of experience in journalism. She was a business reporter at Flight International in London before moving to Paris to work for Reuters as European Automotive Correspondent. She has written for a variety of publications including the Guardian, the Observer, the Telegraph, Airline Business and Aircraft Cabin Management.
Qatar Airways said an Airbus A350-1000 would operate on its Doha-New York JFK route from Oct. 28, marking the aircraft’s first commercial route to the US.
Air France-KLM said strikes at Air France and rising fuel prices hit profit and increased its costs and forecast a hike in its full-year fuel bill as it presented its first-half financial results still without a permanent CEO.
Air France-KLM said the dispute with unions over pay has led it to post a net loss of €159 million ($186 million) in the first half, reversed from a net profit of €450 million the first half of the previous year.
