Rodger Foster, the long-serving head of South African regional carrier Airlink, is to retire at the end of March 2025, with his successor already named.
Air France-KLM has confirmed it is in talks with Air Europa, which is owned by Globalia, amid reports that it is looking to buy a stake in the Spanish carrier.
EASYJET had £610m pretax profit for year ended Sept 30 (vs £455m a year ago) on 14% higher revenues. It ended fiscal year with 347 aircraft (vs 336) and has 299 A320neo Family aircraft on order for delivery to FY34, plus 100 purchase rights.
AVIA SOLUTIONS GROUP had €88.3m net profit in 3Q24 (vs €70.8m in 3Q23) on 25% higher revenues; it ended quarter with 221 aircraft (183 pax/38 cargo). Its main revenue-generating regions are Europe (55.1%) and Asia (27.9%).
Safran is gearing up to begin a six-month test campaign with the low-pressure compressor of the CFM RISE engine demonstrator in the first quarter of 2025.
Taiwan flag carrier China Airlines expects to receive more widebody and narrowbody aircraft next year to continue the growth of its international operations.
Air India has revealed new details about how it will integrate Vistara’s operations into its domestic network following the recent merger of the two carriers.
Following the integration of Vistara earlier this month, Air India is optimising five domestic routes that will prioritise deployment of its narrow-body cabin products.
