Airlines

United reaches tentative agreements on new contracts for IAM-represented employees

United and the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) reached tentative agreements on new contracts for all of the airline’s nearly 30,000 IAM-represented employees. The seven agreements cover airport operations employees, contact center agents, storekeepers, maintenance instructors, central load planners, fleet technical instructors and related employees, and security officers who are represented by … Read more

Vistara announces the addition of Chandigarh to its route network

Vistara announced the addition of Chandigarh to its expanding network effective May 2, 2016. With this route launch, Vistara’s network will cover 16 destinations across India. Chandigarh, considered one of the best-planned cities in India with world-renowned architecture, is Vistara’s sixth destination in North India after Jammu, Srinagar, Delhi, Lucknow and Varanasi. The daily service … Read more

Congo Airways joins Q400 Turboprop family

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has welcomed Kinshasa-based Congo Airways, the flag carrier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the family of Q400 aircraft customers and operators. The airline, which started operations in October 2015, joined the Q400 aircraft family when it launched service with a previously owned 76-seat aircraft that was acquired from a … Read more

Cathay Pacific Airways signs A350 XWB Flight Hour Services (FHS) components support agreement with Airbus

Cathay Pacific Airways, an international airline based in Hong Kong, has selected Airbus to provide Flight Hour Services (FHS) components support for its new fleet of 48 A350 XWBs on order (22 A350-900s plus 26 A350-1000s). The long-term agreement covers guaranteed spare parts availability, maintenance and logistics services at Cathay Pacific’s main base and selected … Read more

Alaska Air Group to acquire Virgin America, creating West Coast’s premier carrier

Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines, and Virgin America, has announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement, under which Alaska Air Group will acquire Virgin America for $57.00 per share in cash. Including existing Virgin America indebtedness and capitalized aircraft operating leases, the aggregate transaction value is … Read more

Etihad Airways increases weekly flights between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, is introducing three additional passenger flights per week between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi during the months of July until September (inclusive) to cater for the increased demand on this busy route over the summer. Complementing the airline’s existing daily service between the two cities, the … Read more

Global demand for in-flight connectivity continues to soar

Gogo, the global leader in providing broadband connectivity solutions and wireless entertainment to the aviation industry, recently conducted a global study on in-flight connectivity and entertainment and found that the demand for in-flight connectivity services continues to soar and drive passenger behavior. Gogo’s global study reveals that when choosing a flight, more than half of … Read more

KLM and Xiamen Airlines sign maintenance contract for Boeing 787 engines

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance is a fully certified Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) organisation for the 787 GEnx engines. After General Electric, KLM E&M is the first MRO organisation for GEnx engines in the world. Xiamen Airlines is KLM E&M’s launching customer for this engine type and the agreement extends the close … Read more

Ryanair receives 400th Boeing 737-800

Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Boeing and Ryanair marked a milestone today with the delivery of the airline’s 400th Next-Generation 737-800. The Irish low-cost carrier operates the largest fleet of Next-Generation 737-800s in the world. “The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with its industry leading technical reliability and seating capacity, has been the foundation upon which our … Read more

Oman Air and SATS form cargo handling joint venture in Oman

Oman Air SAOC (Oman Air) and SATS, through its wholly-owned subsidiary SATS Investments, has signed a joint venture agreement for cargo handling at Muscat International Airport.  Under the agreement, Oman Air will transfer its cargo handling business and related assets to its wholly-owned subsidiary Oman Air Cargo LLC. Subsequently, SATS will acquire a 33% equity … Read more