Sukhoi Superjet 100 program received a major boost Sept. 11 with its largest order, from Aeroflot. Russia’s biggest airline signed an agreement with United Aircraft Corp. (UAC), parent company of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, for 100 aircraft of the type.
Air China business aviation subsidiary Beijing Airlines will apply the low-cost model after its imminent conversion to scheduled commercial air transportation, industry sources said.
Air cargo carrier Atlas Air will add another Boeing 747-400F to its operations for South Korea’s Asiana Cargo this month, according to parent company Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAW).
Saudi Arabian LCC Flyadeal is a few weeks from deciding the composition of its future narrowbody fleet, with Airbus and Boeing in the running for a 50-aircraft order.
Irish LCC Ryanair CEO Michael O´Leary said he expects that an “awful” lot of airlines will follow the carrier’s recently announced tightened hand-luggage policy.
Italy’s Leonardo has signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate the Aireon space-based surveillance system into its “LeadInSky” air traffic management (ATM) automation system.
Passengers traveling via the world’s commercial airlines exceeded 4 billion for the first time in 2017, up 7.3% over 2016 and equivalent to 280 million additional air trips, according to IATA’s annual World Air Transport Statistics report, released Sept. 6.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed bipartisan legislation aimed at ensuring only travelers who have undergone required background and security checks are able to use the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) PreCheck airport screening lanes.
Emirates is dealing with a “triple whammy” in the form of weakness of many emerging economies, a strong dollar and higher fuel prices as it evaluates capacity growth for 2019, said the airline’s president, Tim Clark.
UK LCC easyJet has signed a connecting-flight agreement with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its LCC subsidiary Scoot, and both plan to join the “Worldwide by easyJet” booking platform by year-end.
Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths believes aviation growth will be constrained unless airports decentralize and take the pain out of passenger processes.
The UK government office responsible for internet security is investigating a major data breach at British Airways (BA) that resulted in the theft of details of 380,000 passenger financial transactions.
Ryanair said it would not reduce its Dublin-based fleet this winter, after the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) voted to accept a collective operations agreement, ending weeks of tense negotiations and a series of strikes.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will introduce a high-density Airbus A350-900 for its medium-haul operations beginning Dec. 17, with Adelaide, Australia, as the launch destination.
