Air New Zealand plans to launch a cabin-refurbishment program for its Boeing 777-300ER fleet, and is also expanding premium classes in its upcoming 787-9 deliveries.
While Boeing has already given plenty of signs this year that sales of new widebody aircraft have slowed to a crawl, the full extent of the current order shortfall is becoming apparent.
Enter Air had one of its aircraft seized at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport for several hours, after the operator allegedly did not pay fines for a series of noise violations at the airport.
Singapore LCC Scoot will be looking to its own network and those of its partners to help fill its proposed Athens service, although it has yet to make any deals for feed from Europe.
The first flight of Hybrid Air Vehicles’ (HAV) Airlander 10 hybrid airship—an experimental intelligence-gathering platform—was the initial step in demonstrating the aircraft’s capabilities.
About 8,800 BA cabin crewmembers, represented by the British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) section of Unite, are calling for the airline to drop the “Dashboard Performance Management” scheme.
AirAsia’s Thai affiliate intends to grow its fleet and international network in the second half of this year, taking advantage of continued strong financial results.
