Worldwide air freight traffic in September grew 6.1% year-over-year, the strongest growth rate in 19 months, according to IATA’s September Air Freight Market Analysis
Air Seychelles will begin 2X-weekly Mahé (Seychelles)-Dusseldorf (Germany) and 2X-weekly Mahé-Durban (South Africa) services from March 30, 2017. The carrier will introduce a second Airbus A330, scheduled to be delivered in the last week of March 2017.
Air France is planning a lower-cost long-haul airline which will operate 10 aircraft by 2020 in a two-class layout, under its new Trust Together strategy.
Montreal-based flight-simulator manufacturer CAE has extended pilot training agreements with Norwegian Airlines and Spanish carrier Air Europa, the company announced Nov. 1.
UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is to increase its presence in California with a $30 million investment in a new 62,000 sq. ft. facility for research and development of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials and processes for future engine components.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is to introduce high-speed Wi-Fi across its constituent carriers’ short-haul fleets, as it becomes the launch customer for Inmarsat’s next-generation connectivity system.
The Singaporean carrier’s SQ code will be added to S7 flights from Moscow to 19 cities in Russia, including Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Samara and Novosibirsk.
Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) is expected to launch a joint venture with Russia to design and develop widebody aircraft at the end of this year.
Singapore Airlines reported a net profit of 64.9 million Singaporean dollars ($46.9 million) for the three months through Sept. 30, down by S$148.7 million year-on-year (YOY).
Air China, Shenzhen Airlines and Shanghai-based Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co. (BoComm) have selected IAE International Aero Engines’ V2500 engine to power 41 firm ordered Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Middle East nations need to undertake an increase in airport capacity to keep up with booming passenger numbers, according to a new report by Middle East business intelligence service MEED.
US airlines collectively reported approximately $18.3 billion in pre-tax profit for the first nine months of 2016, down 2.1% from $18.7 billion over the same period in 2015, according to Airlines for America (A4A).
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair’s announcement that it plans to start operations from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) next year drew a swift response from Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr.
Teams of investigators, working under the auspices of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), have refined several analyses and conducted additional research in an effort to reconstruct the final minutes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and to refine the search area in the southern Indian Ocean.
