Ryanair is expanding its services at London Gatwick Airport (LGW) after acquiring all the slots International Airlines Group (IAG) had to surrender at the airport as part of its deal to acquire Aer Lingus.
Rapidly growing LCC Vietjet is continuing to build its domestic network in Vietnam by branching out to additional secondary cities as it takes delivery of new aircraft.
Large aerospace companies in Europe benefited from low oil prices in 2015, and will continue to do so in the coming year, French aerospace suppliers group GIFAS said, though some companies will face difficulties as they invest heavily in new programs and industrialization.
Aero Shade Technologies, based in Fort Pierce, Florida, has acquired the assets and intellectual property of MSA Aircraft Partners, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in June.
In September, the Calgary-based airline said it would begin Boeing 767 service to London from these two cities and four others: Vancouver; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Edmonton, Alberta; and St. John’s, Newfoundland.
As it has grown, Virgin America has steadily persuaded the government to add to its fleet size limit, which started in 2007 at 22 aircraft, so it has never had trouble adding aircraft to its fleet.
A June 5, 2015, incident involving a CommutAir Dash 8-200 flying as United Express Flight 4776 on the approach to Bradley International Airport resulted in an emergency landing, after which the passengers evacuated on a taxiway.
Flybe CEO Saad Hammad says RAF Northolt is an “underused national asset” that could be opened up to allow 300,000 passengers a year, rather than its current use as a London gateway for a “privileged few in executive jets.”
The agency’s approval is valid for two years. In another application filed earlier in December, Royal Air Maroc said it plans to start the new service in September 2016 with Boeing 787s.
