EMIRATES announced plan to retrofit an additional 71 aircraft (43 A380s and 28 777s), increasing nose-to-tail cabin refreshes to 191 aircraft (110 A380s and 81 777s); complete program now calls for 8,104 next-gen premium economy seats, 1,894 refreshed first class suites, 11,182 upgraded business class seats and 21,814 economy class seats.
ATSG had $8.6m net income on $486m revenues in 1Q24 vs $20.1m on $501m in 1Q23. It also announced deal to operate 10 additional 767Fs for Amazon by end of 2024, and to extend their commercial flying agreement to May 2029.
URBANLINK (led by Ed Wegel) agreed to order 20 Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft for operation in South Florida; order follows start of assembly of the first Lilium Jet at end 2023 with the first piloted flight test targeted to occur in late 2024.
Seeing potential for growth in the region’s air transport sector, Tony Fernandes called for economic integration in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations.
Reno-Tahoe International Airport has agreed a public-private partnership to build a new $299 million ground transportation center to house rental car companies.
