Even with 200 firm orders already in place for the E-Jet E2, Embraer expects a number of additional orders for the next-generation aircraft program to roll in this year, particularly from emerging markets.
Indonesia-based Lion Group has signed a training services agreement with Airbus that will see the manufacturer develop training programs that help move the groups’ airlines towards EASA regulatory compliance.
Russia’s and Tunisia’s aviation authorities have agreed to sign a new air service agreement, but it will not change the current situation regarding flights from Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.
It is rare for Airbus and Boeing to speak in unison, but during a panel discussion at the ISTAT 2014 Americas conference in San Diego, Airbus SVP-leasing markets Andrew Shankland and Boeing VP-marketing Randy Tinseth both identified improvements in 2014 in world GDP, passenger traffic, cargo traffic and airline profitability as main drivers for a boom market for new aircraft deliveries.
SAS Group has reported a net loss of SEK112 million ($17.5 million) for the quarter November 2013 to January 2014, marking a significant improvement from the SEK588 million net loss recorded for the same period in the previous year.
Bombardier and Embraer continue to widen their sales focus from the traditional North American and European markets to emerging markets round the world. Speaking at the ISTAT 2014 Americas conference in San Diego, Embraer Commercial Aircraft CCO John Slattery said, “We’re adding customers every year. Our stated objective is to have 100 [E-Jet] operators in 50 countries by the fourth quarter of 2017. We would like to see more [E-Jet sales] activity in Southeast Asia. We would like to have a lot more sales in Russia. And there are also opportunities in Latin America and Africa.”
International Airlines Group (IAG) has seen a slight improvement in its freight volumes, although it is retaining a weak cargo outlook for 2014-15. “There is maybe some volume recovery, signaling the end of the cargo downturn, but it is too early to ring any bells,” IAG CFO Enrique Dupuy said at the release of IAG’s full-year results.
Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Employee calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee. * Formerly Pinnacle Airlines. Source: US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics and ATW Research.
The ACARS reporting system on the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was taken off air prior to the pilots’ last radio contact with Malaysian ATC, Malaysian defense and transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said.
The huge fleets of airliners on order by the Arabian Gulf’s “Big Three” carriers risk spending more time on the ground than in the air if the growing problem of the region’s restricted airspace is not resolved, according to the head of the UK’s air traffic management provider.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has confirmed that the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200 operating flight MH370 had its tracking transponders turned off in "what looked like a deliberate action from somebody on board the aircraft."
The search into the baffling disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 operating flight MH370 continues almost a week since it vanished from radar during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Hybrid carrier flynas is considering partnerships and joint ventures as a way to develop its short- and mid-haul operations outside its Saudi Arabian home market.
Lufthansa will streamline operations by simplifying its hub structure in Munich from eight to six banks per day, according to outgoing Lufthansa chairman and CEO Christoph Franz.
Iberia has hammered out an agreement in principle on a new ground staff deal for the period to 2017, joining tentative accords that it has already struck with its pilots and cabin crew.
