Bombardier delivered the first CS300 aircraft to launch operator airBaltic Nov. 28 and was unveiled in Riga Dec. 1. The CS300 is the larger variant of Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft, which is designed to carry between 130 and 150 passengers in a two-class layout.
South African Airways (SAA), has taken delivery of its first of five new leased Airbus A330-300s, becoming Airbus’s first Southern African operator of the aircraft type.
Embraer is deferring entry-into-service of the E175-E2, the third member of its new-generation E2 airliner family, by a year to 2021, citing ongoing uncertainty over the settlement of scope-clause agreements at mainline carriers in the US, the chief market for the variant.
China’s Hainan Airlines is applying to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to open two Sino-US routes—from Chengdu to Los Angeles and New York—as China’s outbound travel continues to grow.
The Tanzanian Government Flight Agency (TGFA) has signed firm purchase agreements for two Bombardier CS300s single-aisle jets and one Q400 turboprop, Bombardier announced Dec. 2.
Fears that nations will build barriers to protect their national carriers were expressed during the annual meeting of the organization representing Middle East airlines.
Purchase, New York-based air cargo operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has contracted with Japan’s Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) to operate a Boeing 747-400 freighter for the Narita International Airport-based cargo carrier, the two companies announced Dec. 1.
Denmark-based charter airline Jet Time has discontinued its cargo and ACMI business units for SAS Scandinavian Airlines in an effort to save the carrier.
Turkish Airlines has taken eight Airbus A330-200s out of service as part of a sublease plan to cut costs following a net loss of $463 million in the first nine months of 2016, reversed from a net profit of $877 in the year-ago period.
Russia’s State Transport Leasing Co. (STLC) has placed an order for five Let L-410 aircraft with Russia’s Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA), in a deal valued at RUB2 billion ($30.7 million) at list prices.
US industry trade organization Airlines for America (A4A) president and CEO Nicholas Calio praised the nomination of Elaine Chao to be Secretary of the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for the incoming Trump administration.
