Ethiopian Airlines will expand its Bombardier Q400 fleet from 13 to at least 26 aircraft by 2025, but could go further depending on the needs of its sister airlines.
The merger of Chile’s LAN Airlines and Brazil’s TAM, completed in June 2012 under the umbrella of LATAM Airlines Group, has been bumpy at times with resistance from some employees—including from within management ranks.
UK budget carrier easyJet has reported a record pre-tax profit of £478 million ($770.3 million) for the year ended Sept. 30, up 51% from £317 million in the previous year.
Russia’s Red Wings Airlines, which relaunched flights in June, has moved from Moscow Vnukovo to Domodedovo Airport and reopened scheduled flights to the Russian cities of Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Mineralnye Vody, Makhachkala and Krasnodar.
Malaysia Airlines reported a third-quarter net loss of MRY375 million ($115.3 million), reversed from a net profit of MRY37.1 million in the 2012 September quarter.
Finnair said on Monday that reconciliation had been reached between the Finnish Aviation Union (IAU) and Finnair’s catering subcontractor LSG Sky Chefs Finland in negotiations led by the national conciliator.
Newly launched Libyan Wings has signed a memorandum of understanding for three Airbus A350-900s and four A320neos, which was announced at the Dubai Air Show.
Middle East lessor Palma Holding has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for four Bombardier Q400s, plus four options, which will be placed with Ethiopian Airlines.
Air Cote d'Ivoire, the national airline of Ivory Coast, announced at the Dubai Air Show that it has agreed to order two Bombardier Q400 NextGens for delivery in 3Q14, and option two more.
Lufthansa has announced at the Dubai Air Show that it has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power 30 A320ceos ordered in June 2013; the deal is valued at over $610 million.
Etihad Airways announced Sunday at the Dubai Air Show that it has agreed to acquire a 33.3% stake in Darwin Airline, a regional carrier based in Lugano, Switzerland, to launch Etihad Regional to connect passengers from secondary European markets onto its main network.
Engine makers were among the big winners on the opening day of the Dubai Air Show, collectively bagging orders for more than 1,000 engines as part of the airline order bonanza announced by Airbus and Boeing Nov. 17.
Flydubai announced Sunday at the Dubai Air Show that it has committed to order up to 100 Boeing 737 MAX-8s and 11 more 737-800s in deal valued at $11.4 billion at list prices.
