Airbus A350 XWB European launch customer Finnair is finalizing preparations for the arrival of its first aircraft, which will be delivered at the end of September ahead of its commercial launch in early October.
Philippines low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific will introduce three new international schedules to its Asian network in December 2015, flying to Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.
Due to delays in the retrofit process, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has postponed the planned launch of its new premium economy class on some major international routes.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines will close its Stavanger-Houston, aka oil route, on Oct. 23 due to decreased demand and passenger loads resulting from reduced activity in the oil industry.
Russia’s Transaero Airlines reported a 2015 first-half net loss of RUB3.2 billion ($57.6 million), narrowed from a RUB10.4 billion net loss in a year-ago period.
Canary Islands regional airline Binter Canarias has taken delivery of the first of 12 ATR 72-600s ordered through two different contracts signed in 2014 and earlier this year.
An Air France pilot has reported a debris sighting just off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, where a part of the Boeing 777-200 that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was found on July 29.
Finnair has canceled one domestic flight on Sept. 17 and a further 15 on Sept. 18 in preparation for a nationwide labor demonstration, which is likely to disrupt its operations.
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has won orders for 10 150-seat C919s and 10 ARJ21 regional aircraft from Thailand’s City Airways and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Leasing Co. (ICBC).
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 233 airports worldwide - current through July 2015 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
