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Cebu Pacific is making contingency plans to handle potential further delays to its Airbus A321neo deliveries, which could disrupt the carrier’s fleet and network strategy.
Airbus and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have agreed to research possible improvements to the A330 MRTT tanker, focusing initially on automatic operation of the refueling boom.
Southwest Airlines now expects its first-quarter revenue per available seat-mile to be down 2–3% year-over-year, the airline said in a March 10 traffic update.
Alitalia’s board believes the airline’s relaunch business plan is “serious and realistic,” and should win final approval next week, the airline said in a statement.
A group of airlines may face multi-million-euro fines from the EU over an alleged cargo cartel, after attempts to reach a settlement in a long-running case failed.
A spokesman stressed that the core geared turbofan architecture is proven across 17 operators, and the company has added 15,000 engines to its backlog.
Hybrid Air Vehicles has made design changes to the Airlander 10, including the ability to recover the mooring line after release, following the heavy landing at the end of the hybrid airship’s second flight in August 2016.
The first Boeing 777-300ER will leave the fleet this year. But the arrival of more Airbus A380s and new -300ERs will ensure that the carrier still grows at 7–8% per year.
The operation will be purely domestic, as India’s bilateral air service agreements would preclude a foreign-owned airline from flying routes between India and third countries.
The rapid growth of the aircraft maintenance sector in the Asia-Pacific region is creating a significant risk of oversupply, some industry executives say.
