News from FlightGlobal – Page 79
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NewsUnited plans ‘unique’ 2025 network expansion reaching Greenland and Mongolia
United Airlines is adding several international destinations to its summer 2025 schedule that could be considered off the beaten path, including cities in Greenland and Mongolia.
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NewsDelta takes profits hit from July tech outage but upbeat on rest of year
Delta Air Lines kicked off the third-quarter earnings season by expressing optimism for the rest of the year, even after reporting lower adjusted net profit following a technology outage in July.
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NewsStart-up Air Haifa takes second ATR as conflict interferes with network
Start-up Israeli carrier Air Haifa has taken delivery of a second ATR 72-600, as it negotiates the problems of expanding operations during the current conflict in the region. The airline emerged around July this year and introduced its first aircraft a couple of weeks later. “Our second aircraft is already ...
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NewsSaudi lessor AviLease acquires A350, 787 and other jets in further Avolon transaction
Saudi Arabian aircraft lessor AviLease has acquired another nine aircraft through a second transaction with Irish-based Avolon. It has not identified the aircraft types involved in the latest agreement. But Avolon shareholder Bohai Leasing says they comprise an Airbus A350, an A330neo and a Boeing 787-9 plus four Airbus A320-family ...
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NewsAeroflot switching completely to domestic software next year: chief
Russian carrier Aeroflot expects to switch fully to domestically-developed software next year as part of its digitisation strategy, its chief executive has told the country’s prime minister. Aeroflot chief Sergei Alexandrovsky informed prime minister Mikhail Mishustin during a meeting that the company had achieved “significant progress” in transforming its digital ...
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NewsAir Serbia to reinforce Chinese links with third route next year
Air Serbia is to open another long-haul route to China, with services to Shanghai Pudong from early next year. The carrier states that it will fly the Belgrade-Shanghai sector from 11 January. Air Serbia will operate a twice-weekly service during the winter season, and continue the route over summer 2025. ...
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NewsEmerald founder urges Irish leadership to tackle Dublin passenger cap
Irish regional carrier Emerald Airlines’ founder is urging the country’s leader to intervene over the controversial passenger cap being imposed on Dublin airport. The cap is the result of a legacy condition originally introduced in 2007 which limits Dublin’s overall terminal capacity to 32 million annual passengers. Emerald founder Conor ...
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NewsS7 reconfiguring A320s to capitalise on increased business-travel demand
Russian carrier S7 Airlines is reconfiguring several Airbus A320s to introduce a business-class cabin, taking advantage of rising demand for premium service. S7 is to refit 16 A320s which had previously featured an all-economy layout. It says the aircraft will be updated to have eight business seats as 156 in ...
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NewsUS airlines and Florida airports brace for the impact of Hurricane Milton
US airlines have added flights to evacuate residents and tourists from Florida ahead of the impending impact of Hurricane Milton, which is set to slam into the west coast of Florida later in the day.
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NewsBoeing withdraws contract offer to striking union after talks fail again
Boeing has withdrawn a pay offer to some 33,000 striking workers, after the latest round of negotiations again ended in stalemate.
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NewsCourt hands Qantas A$100 million penalty for ‘ghost flights’ controversy
Australia’s federal court has formally ordered Qantas to pay A$100 million ($67.3 million) in penalties for advertising and selling tickets on flights that it eventually decided to cancel.
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NewsS7 becomes first carrier to sign up to Russian ACARS network
Russian carrier S7 Airlines has become the first in the country to sign up for a domestically-developed network offering the ACARS aircraft communication and reporting service. S7 reached the agreement with state technology firm Rostec’s Infocom-Avia division. Access to ACARS was previously provided by foreign communications companies with message processing ...
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NewsFirst Global A380 awaits heavy maintenance after ferry to EFW facility
Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly’s ferry of the first Global Airlines Airbus A380 to Germany, like its transatlantic flight to Scotland, was carried out with its undercarriage deployed. Hi Fly vice-chair Carlos Mirpuri, who led the flight, states that the aircraft flew 789nm (1,461km) from Glasgow Prestwick to Dresden where ...
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NewsSpiceJet adds more aircraft as fundraising wraps up
SpiceJet is to lease seven more aircraft and reactivate another three by the end of November, as it wraps up a round of fundraising amid ongoing regulatory and legal woes.
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NewsVietJet, CFM firm Leap orders pending 737 Max deliveries in 2025
VietJet has reaffirmed its order with CFM International for more than 400 Leap-1B engines as it prepares to take delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max in 2025.
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NewsCebu Pacific buys regional carrier AirSWIFT in Ps1.75 billion deal
Cebu Pacific has acquired regional compatriot AirSWIFT in a deal worth Ps1.75 billion ($30.8 million).
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NewsSeveral Florida airports to cease commercial operations ahead of Hurricane Milton
Several major airports in Florida are planning to shut down operations in preparation for Hurricane Milton, which has rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic storm as it approaches the state’s Gulf Coast.
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NewsAir Serbia expands widebody fleet with arrival of latest A330
Air Serbia has introduced a third Airbus A330-200, expanding its widebody fleet, during a ceremony at Belgrade. It is also expecting a fourth to arrive by the end of this year. The carrier’s latest A330 – originally delivered to Etihad Airways in 2014 – was previously operated by Air Belgium. ...
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NewsAeroflot Group unifies crew training to provide single pilot source for carriers
Russian operator Aeroflot Group is to create a single training entity which will supply pilots for all airlines within the company. Aeroflot will select graduates and students from civil aviation education institutions as part of the project. Along with the main Aeroflot operation – which carried 25 million passengers last ...
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NewsNTSB opens investigation into Frontier Airlines fire in Las Vegas
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has opened an investigation into an incident in Las Vegas in which a Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 landed, apparently with its right main landing gear on fire.