Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed an agreement with Ethiopian Airlines to create a new Boeing 767 passenger-to-cargo conversion center in Addis Ababa, with three Ethiopian Airlines 767-300s set to launch the new venture.
Taiwanese startup Starlux Airlines has turned to business travel and cargo demand as the basis for selecting its next destinations, postponing and suspending leisure routes the airline had promoted before the pandemic.
Lessor BOC Aviation believes commercial aviation’s global recovery will continue to be uneven, but the company remains confident in the outlook for airline passenger growth.
Disruptive innovation by startups could play a key role in enabling a sustainable future for aviation, but the sector is barely being considered by investors, the Hamburg-based Sustainable Aero Lab says.
The airline’s expenses accelerated as it employed more staff and neared its first flight on June 30, having started the process toward becoming an operating carrier in October 2020.
Increased flight activity during the last quarter boosted TransDigm’s aftermarket sales both sequentially and year-over-year (YOY), yet another positive sign that the sector is in recovery mode.
Latvia’s airBaltic is set to receive a €90 million ($105 million) equity injection from the state to compensate for the losses incurred during the COVID-19 crisis and to support the carrier’s recovery.
The Hong Kong-based startup intends to operate a launch network of three routes across the Asia-Pacific region once it commences commercial operations.
The study, conducted by the DLR’s Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), focused initially on engine washes as part of a broader effort to develop a modular framework for life-cycle assessment of aircraft maintenance.
Tourists were told to leave Martinique after a new wave of COVID cases, highlighting the fragile nature of the broader aviation sector recovery—when the virus reemerges in a given region, the situation for the airlines serving it can change dramatically in days.
A new process for producing jet fuel from ethanol with less energy and smaller facilities creates the potential for a distributed processing system located close to biomass sources, according to its developers.
Avelo Airlines will begin U.S. East Coast service with four routes from its Connecticut base to four leisure-heavy Florida destinations—Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Orlando and Tampa Bay—the recent start-up said Aug. 19.
