Air Transport World

Flight Training-April 12, 2016

Former JetBlue Airways CEO Dave Barger will be honored with the 2016 L. Welch Pogue Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by the International Aviation Club (IAC) of Washington DC and Aviation Week & Space Technology.

EgyptAir has added more than 50 weekly flights to several Saudi Arabian destinations this summer, which will boost the number of weekly flights to 200.

Lufthansa Group will increase its capacity in China by 24% this year, Lufthansa managing director-Greater China Juerg Christen told ATW in Shanghai.

Hainan Airlines’ subsidiary Chang’an Airlines has resumed independent operations instead of merging with Hainan Airlines, Xinhua Airlines and Shanxi Airlines.

China’s fast-expanding HNA Group, parent of Hainan Airlines, has launched a bid to buy Switzerland’s airline catering firm Gategroup Holdings.

A work action orchestrated by the guild of Belgian air traffic controllers brought flights to a halt at Brussels Airport less than 10 days after the airport restarted services following the March 22 deadly terrorist attacks.

JetBlue Airways will expand its premium Mint service to more transcontinental markets starting next year.

Philippine based low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific has ordered 6,600 Recaro SL3510 seats for its new 30 Airbus A321neos, making it the first airline in the Asia-Pacific region for the new seat model.

Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, has placed a firm order for 30 new Embraer E175s and also took 33 E175 options.

Latvian flag carrier and launch operator of the Bombardier CSeries CS300 airBaltic has again increased its order for the new Canadian regional jet.

Airbus delivered 57 commercial aircraft to 34 airlines and five lessors in March.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airline Routes-April 11, 2016

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is adding two new gates at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL) in Missouri.

GE Aviation is ground testing the first full GE9X development engine at its Peebles Testing Operation in Ohio.

The maintenance and service market is expected to change significantly as more aircraft models with new technology, materials, components and engines enter operation, according to Hamburg-based MRO provider Lufthansa Technik (LHT).

The latest US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures - for February 2016 and comparative prior months - organized by domestic, international and system totals.

Key Indian international airports at Delhi and Mumbai are experiencing accessibility problems as a result of traffic volume increases and infrastructure upgrades.

UK-based regional carrier Flybe has said reports in a UK Sunday newspaper that it is planning to start services from London’s Heathrow airport are speculative.

Etihad Airways recorded 99.8% reliability in its first year of operating the Airbus A380-800, the best performance level of any airline to have introduced the aircraft, the carrier said April 11 after receiving the Airbus Operational Reliability Performance award.

Russian and international investigators said the pilots of Flydubai flight 981 climbed to approximately 3,000 ft. on the second aborted approach at Rostov-on-Don Airport early on March 19 before an unknown event caused the Boeing 737-800 carrying 62 passengers and crew to crash.

Boeing delivered 69 commercial aircraft to 37 customers in March.

Airbus will officially deliver the first aircraft built at its US manufacturing facility, an A321 designated for New York-based JetBlue Airways, on April 25.