Boeing on Wednesday rolled out its 1,000 th 767—a -300ER passenger model for All Nippon Airways. It is the final 767 to complete assembly on the current production line; henceforth, 767s will be assembled in a new, smaller bay geared toward leaner, more efficient operations. Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh said, "As we salute the 1,000th 767, the next 767 is already being built in a new bay where we can produce airplanes much more efficiently for years to come."
Airbus said Wednesday it will raise the Airbus A330 production rate to 10 per month in the second quarter of 2013, up from 7.5-8 produced monthly currently. The rate will be first increased to nine per month in early 2012.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission formally approved the alliance between Virgin Blue Group and the UAE’s Etihad Airways. It follows the interim approval granted on Sept. 23.
Domestic retail investors in Indonesia have shown a strong interest in Garuda Indonesia’s IPO offering, which went on sale Wednesday ahead of the airline’s listing on Feb. 11.
US FAA said Thursday that it will spend $4.2 million over the next two years to equip 35 JetBlue Airways A320s with ACSS's SafeRoute ADS-B equipment, enabling the LCC to operate "more precise, satellite-based flights from Boston and New York [JFK] to Florida and the Caribbean" starting in 2012.
International Lease Finance Corp. announced it will open a regional office in Amsterdam this summer, which will be managed by SVP, Head of ILFC Europe, Middle East and Africa Colin Bole. ECC Leasing arranged the lease of three Embraer ERJ-135s operated by Air France subsidiary Regional to Air Namibia. The aircraft are intended to replace some of the African airline's turboprops and are slated for delivery in March.
Trade facilitator Dubai Trade signed an MOU with Emirates SkyCargo to form a partnership allowing Dubai Trade to offer the carrier’s freight booking services through its single-window online payment portal. Payment will initially be accepted in person or through IATA credit accounts.
Emirates Airline plans to take delivery of 14 new aircraft in its upcoming fiscal year beginning April 1, and retain four others it had planned to remove, owing to strong traffic demand. The carrier operates 15 Airbus A380s, a number that will grow dramatically as deliveries ramp up.
UAE General Civil Aviation Authority and France’s Civil Aviation Authority last week reached a new bilateral agreement, allowing for a 63% increase in the number of flights operated between the two countries. The designated airlines of each side won the right to operate up to 57 weekly passenger frequencies combined, 22 more than at present. Furthermore, in addition to Paris, Nice, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse, both delegations agreed to add Bordeaux as a sixth point of destination in France, according to the UAE’s state news agency WAM.
Singapore Airlines is inspecting its fleet of Airbus A380s after one of the aircraft experienced an in-flight smoke event Jan. 31. Flight 861 from Hong Kong was on descent into Singapore when smoke was detected in a lavatory. Cabin crew discharged a halon fire extinguisher as flight crew continued the landing.
Boeing announced that South Africa's Comair ordered eight 737-800NGs. The order was valued at $646 million at list prices and had previously been attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing’s orders and deliveries website.
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported fourth-quarter net income of $70.6 million, doubling its income from a $35 million profit in the year-ago period.
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said President Barack Obama's proposed budget for the nation's 2012 fiscal year starting Oct. 1, to be delivered to Congress later this month, will "give very clear guidance" to lawmakers and the airline industry that implementing the satellite-based NextGen ATC system remains a "high priority" for the administration.
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Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported fourth-quarter net income of $70.6 million, doubling its income from a $35 million profit in the year-ago period.
When Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, posted third-quarter 2010 net income of $34 million, well more than double a $14.1 million profit in the year-ago period, the news was unremarkable.
