Aerolíneas Argentinas signed a purchase agreement Thursday for four Airbus A330-200s. The carrier ordered GE Aviation CF6-80E1 engines to power the aircraft.
Software goliath Microsoft is eying the commercial aviation software business as a “really important market,” according to Matt Muta, the global managing director of the company’s Hospitality & Travel unit.
Hard on the heels of its announcement to buy up to eight ATR 72-600s, Thailand-based Bangkok Airways said its potential IPO cash haul will not be used for expansion, but for consolidation and asset purchase.
Iberia said Thursday it had reached agreement in principle with its pilots’ union, SEPLA, to introduce permanent structural change and improve the airline’s viability.
Lufthansa has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 with vortex generators, which will reduce the noise produced by aircraft during its final approach by up to two decibels.
Middle East lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has ordered 20 ATR 72-600s and taken options on another 20, marking its first step into regional aircraft leasing.
Bangkok Airways has ordered six ATR 72-600s plus two options, worth almost $200 million, and ATR has struck a deal with L-3 Link Simulation & Training to open a simulator center in Bangkok.
CFM International has not changed its testing schedule on the LEAP-1C engine designated to power the C919 even though the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has pushed back first flight of the 150-seat aircraft from 2014 to 2015.
Air Canada has posted full-year 2013 net income of C$10 million ($9.3 million), a C$146 million improvement on the C$136 million net loss the carrier reported for 2012.
Fuel efficiency and the ability to add more ultra-long routes as well as increase frequency on key city pairs were key drivers in Cathay Pacific Airways’ decision to order the Boeing 777X, a Cathay executive said.
Vietnam low-cost carrier (LCC) VietJetAir has selected CFM International CFM56-5B engines to power 14 Airbus A320ceos and seven A321ceos. The agreement, which follows Tuesday’s announcement that the Ho Chi Minh City-based airline finalized a deal for up to 101 Airbus A320 family aircraft, is valued at more than $800 million at list prices.
Aeroflot has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with sharklets, becoming the first airline in Russia to use the new fuel-saving wing tip devices.
UK regional carrier Flybe has doubled its services to six return trips daily between London Gatwick and Newquay Airport and has reported “exceptional demand,” due to the washout of the main railway line between London and southwest England following record-breaking wet weather in Southern England.
In December, US airlines reported 10 domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours and four international flights with tarmac delays exceeding four hours.
