Boeing delivered 58 commercial aircraft to 36 airlines, six lessors and three unidentified customers in August. Year-to-date, Boeing has delivered 478 commercial aircraft.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has signed a three-year contract with Los Angeles-based refinery AltAir Fuels and SkyNRG for the supply of sustainable biofuel on all flights between Los Angeles International Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline plans to launch daily Dubai-Sydney-Christchurch, New Zealand, services from Oct. 30, increasing the number of Airbus A380 flights between Dubai and New Zealand to 5X-daily.
Total market air passenger traffic increased 5.9% year-over-year (YOY) in July, improved on June’s 5.2% growth, according to IATA’s latest Air Passenger Market Analysis.
Low-cost carrier (LCC) flydubai reduced its deficit for the 2016 first half, registering a net loss of AED89.9 million ($24.5 million), a 39% improvement on the same period a year ago.
Global air freight market demand increased 5% year-over-year (YOY) in July—the sector’s biggest rise since February 2015—according to IATA’s Air Freight Market Analysis.
Lufthansa Technik Malta and UK low-cost carrier easyJet have signed a five-year base maintenance contract for more than 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft.
French all-business class carrier La Compagnie will suspend transatlantic service between London Luton and New York from Sept. 25, citing the fragile European economic climate.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) said it will not have to reduce its schedule this year because of delays in Bombardier CSeries aircraft deliveries.
Austrian aviation authorities have said ticketing for Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary Pobeda Airlines’ Moscow Vnukovo-Vienna Fly&Bus route “violates the bilateral arrangements based on the air transport agreement” between Russia and Austria.
China Eastern Airlines reported a 2016 first-half net profit of CNY3.23 billion ($486 billion), down 9.3% compared to net income of CNY3.56 billion in the same period last year.
Airberlin group has promoted Dimitri Courtelis to the position of CFO, succeeding Arnd Schwierholz who has resigned to pursue challenges outside the aviation industry.
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings, the parent company of regional carriers Republic Airlines and Shuttle America, announced Sept. 2 an agreement had been reached with Dallas/Fort Worth-based American Airlines “[securing] a long-term relationship between the two airlines.”
The preliminary report on the Aug. 3 crash landing of an Emirates Airline Boeing 777-300 at Dubai International Airport stated that the aircraft attempted a go-around after initially touching down briefly.
