Boeing won a key legislative victory over the weekend when Washington state lawmakers approved a package of tax incentives requested by Jay Inslee, the state’s governor, to help entice Boeing Commercial Airplanes to build the 777X at its facilities in the Seattle area.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said Monday that all Philippine airports have resumed operations, except for Tacloban, which is limiting operations to turboprop aircraft.
UK regional Flybe has reported a profit after tax of £13.6 million ($22 million) for first half to Sept. 30, up from a loss of £1.6 million during the year-ago period.
Turkish Airlines has reported a third-quarter net profit of TRY705 million ($345.4 million), which is in line with last year’s results, but its nine months results were down 6% to TRY826 million compared to the year-ago period.
Mobile satellite communications specialist Inmarsat has announced the first of its Global Xpress satellites—designated Inmarsat-5 F1—has traveled from California to the launch site in Kazakhstan.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) plans to encourage the launch of more new domestic low-cost carriers (LCCs) by implementing more favorable policies to lower standards and simplify procedures, according to vice minister Xia Xinghua.
Air France now indirectly controls 100% of French regional Airlinair after quietly acquiring a 60% stake, which was previously held by Airlinair CEO Lionel Guerin, during the creation of HOP! in January.
Though British Airways (BA) already flies extensively to the US, serving more than 20 destinations in the continental US with 5X-weekly London Heathrow-Austin Boeing 787 service set to start in March 2014, the carrier is eyeing further US expansion.
Australia’s Jetstar will begin domestic Boeing 787 service Nov. 13 with international service beginning Dec. 18 to Bali. The 787 begins domestic service to Melbourne-Gold Coast and -Cairns. The airline is expected to have two more 787s by the beginning of 2014.
International Airlines Group (IAG), parent company of British Airways and Iberia, reported profit before tax of €103 million ($138.8 million) for the nine months to Sept. 30, reversing a loss before tax of €121 million for the year-ago period.
Thai Airways, which is due to receive its first Boeing 787-8 in May 2014, has sought reassurances from Boeing following 787 reliability issues among existing operators.
Air Canada reported a third-quarter net income of C$299 million ($290 million), a 16.7% drop from the net income of C$359 million in the year-ago quarter.
Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet has reported a net loss of Rs5.59 billion ($90 million) for the second quarter ended Sept. 30, widened from a loss of Rs1.6 billion for the year-ago period.
Luxembourg-based Luxair will finalize its future fleet strategy by mid-2014, with the Bombardier CSeries and Q400, Embraer E2 and the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) emerging as possible contenders.
