Lomé, Togo-based ASKY Airlines is considering launching its first long-haul routes next summer, and the carrier’s CEO said its strategic partner and shareholder, Ethiopian Airlines, will participate in choosing aircraft to fly the routes.
Fleet plans have already been made for most carriers, both for short-haul and long-haul services, and Airbus and Boeing order books are full for the next eight years. Anything but some kind of pause would be both unusual and unhealthy.
Since launching the Leap program, GE-Snecma joint venture CFM has added more engines to support Airbus, Boeing and Comac, partly to reduce risk as production begins.
General Electric is targeting the general aviation and business turboprop market with an engine using an integrated gas generator and propeller control.
The move comes almost a week after cabin crew union UFO ended an eight-day strike that forced the airline to cancel around 4,500 flights affecting 550,000 passengers.
Initially deployed on the Amsterdam-Abu Dhabi-Bahrain route, the aircraft is the first of 25 Boeing 787s that the airline—a unit of the Air France-KLM Group—plans to phase in. KLM recently decided to take six larger 787-10s and 19 -9s.
United Airlines is introducing a new sophisticated computer system that will help rebook passengers with delayed and canceled flights as well as ensure the airline has less “spoiled inventory” during irregular operations, the carrier told Aviation Daily.
SkyTeam’s governing board has formalized the appointment of Perry Cantarutti as the alliance’s new CEO, taking over from Michael Wisbrun, who will become chairman.
Hurt by a decrease in tourism following the Oct. 31 crash of a Metrojet Airbus A321, the Egyptian government plans to launch an international public-relations campaign to “revitalize” the tourist flights coming to country’s airports, particularly Sharm el-Sheikh, from which the doomed Airbus A321 headed for St. Petersburg, Russia, had departed.
The 10-year plan is expected to be completed by the end of the year, Garuda CEO Arif Wibowo told Aviation Daily at the recent annual assembly of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.
EgyptAir is finalizing a turnaround and expansion plan that will lead to the carrier placing an order for new-generation single-aisle and widebody aircraft next year, its new CEO said.
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has introduced a safety forum specifically for turboprop operators, a move prompted by the growing interest in these aircraft by Asian carriers.
Volaris has rolled out new tablet-based technology for pilots, and is studying how it could provide new entertainment options for passengers’ mobile devices, airline executives at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum said.
Virgin America will add San Francisco-Denver service in March, a move that will give the LCC service to each of the 10 most-popular destinations from San Francisco, as measured by daily passengers each way, from its largest hub.
American Airlines will switch the way members of its AAdvantage loyalty program earn rewards from the number of miles flown to the amount spent for a ticket.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) expects the addition of seven of the ultra-long-range (ULR) version of the Airbus A350 will enable it to reveal an additional nonstop U.S. route, aside from those it has already announced.
