KLM is to take delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs in spring 2015, one from Boeing and another from Air Lease, taking its total 777-300ER fleet to 10 aircraft.
Chinese carriers reported a collective net income of CNY 1.4 billion in April, down 28.3% compared with a net profit of CNY 1.953 billion for the same month last year.
Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) earned net income of S$379 million ($303.4 million) for its 2012-2013 fiscal year ended March 31, up 12.8% over a net profit of S$336 million in the prior fiscal year.
Kuwait Airways chairman Sami al-Nasef said the airline has “signed a letter of acceptance with Airbus” to purchase 25 aircraft, according to reports from Kuwait City.
Air Baltic said it slimmed its first-quarter net loss by LVL6.7 million ($12.3 million), representing a 41% improvement, although it did not specify the actual loss figure.
Qantas subsidiary QantasLink will increase its Boeing 717 fleet operated by Cobham Aviation Services from 13 to 18, in an AUD$150 million ($148.3 million) contract extension.
As the strike by Croatia Airlines pilots and flights attendants over pay cuts stretches into its third day, Minister of Transport Sinisa Hajdas Doncic said the carrier would go bankrupt if the restructuring plan is not put into action.
Dubai-based Emirates and New York-based JetBlue Airways plan to expand their current partnership to include bilateral codesharing, subject to regulatory approvals.
Southwest Airlines has converted 30 existing Boeing 737NG firm orders to 30 firm orders for the 737 MAX 7, becoming the launch customer for the MAX 7, the smallest version of the re-engined Boeing narrowbody family.
On the heels of LATAM Airlines Group’s first-quarter results, Chile-based LAN Airlines announced it completed a test flight of its Boeing 787 after installing battery modifications, paving the way for the grounded aircraft to resume operations “in the coming days.”
