Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has officially opened its first manufacturing facility in Singapore, through its subsidiary P&W NGPF Manufacturing Co. Singapore.
US Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx and Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin will travel to Havana, Cuba, on Feb. 16 to sign a bilateral arrangement to re-establish scheduled air services between the US and Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years, according to DOT.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a 10-year Flight Hour Services-Tailored Support Package (FHSTSP) contract with Airbus to integrate and provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for SIA’s 19 A380s.
A Virgin Atlantic flight, en route from London Heathrow to New York JFK on Feb. 14, was forced to return to Heathrow after a “laser beam incident,” according to the airline.
Progress is being made toward reaching a comprehensive agreement between the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) on an air services accord that would create a massive liberalized commercial aviation market, according to Singapore infrastructure and transport minister Khaw Boon Wan.
As part of its new brand refresh and marketing campaign, Alaska Airlines has chosen a new advertising agency of record, its first agency change in 20 years.
Passenger traffic across airports owned by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) saw a 3.2% increase to 6.85 million passengers in January 2016, compared to 6.64 million seen in the year-ago period.
Lufthansa has taken delivery of its second Airbus A320neo in Hamburg. Its first A320neo, which was delivered Jan. 20 with Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G engines, will keep operating on domestic routes within Germany until its engine issues are resolved, according to Lufthansa chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr.
New Cypriot low-cost carrier (LCC) Cobalt plans to start operations at the end of March, once its air operator’s certificate (AOC) is finalized, according to CEO Andrew Pyne.
Gulf low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Arabia earned net profits of AED 530 million ($144 million) in 2015, down on the previous year’s figure of AED 566 million.
ICAO issued a statement Thursday on the Zika virus, saying it was coordinating with relevant agencies on procedures and responses for the air transport industry.
In separate announcements, the US FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week reinforced warnings about the dangers of transporting lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries as bulk cargo in passenger and freighter aircraft.
JetBlue Airways has established a Northern California-based venture capital unit—JetBlue Technology Ventures—to invest in, incubate and partner with early stage technology startups in travel and hospitality.
Virgin Australia reported an A$62.5 million ($43.8 million) net profit for the six months through Dec. 31, 2015, representing a turnaround from an A$47.8 million loss a year earlier.
