News from FlightGlobal – Page 831
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ROUTES: Growing Mango eyes African expansion
South African low-cost carrier Mango will turn its attentions to expanding into routes beyond South Africa as it continues on recent strong growth.
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ROUTES: Bengaluru airport details expansion plan
Bengaluru's Kempegowda International airport is looking at ways to further expand the capacity of its existing terminal to cope with the unanticipated growth that the airport is experiencing.
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ROUTES: Fastjet expects Zimbabwe AOC 'within weeks'
Pan-African low-cost carrier Fastjet is "about a week away" from securing the AOC for its new Zimbabwean subsidiary.
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ROUTES: Taoyuan plans extra terminal ahead of T3 opening
Taipei Taoyuan International airport is seeking approval to build a new terminal to cope with the expected passenger growth at its already congested airport, before its planned third terminal comes into operation in 2020.
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ROUTES: Ethiopian pushes for progress on African open skies
Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam is urging the African union to maintain its drive to liberalise the continent’s air transport system and adopt a Europe-style approach to bilateral negotiations.
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ROUTES: Proflight Zambia plots all-jet fleet
Proflight Zambia will eventually phase out its fleet of BAE Systems Jetstream 31s and 41s to become a “jet only” operator, commercial director Keira Irwin discloses.
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ROUTES: South Africa's Skywise plans to quadruple fleet
Johannesburg-based Skywise Airlines is in "expansion mode" and is planning to acquire seven to eight Boeing 737-800s to its fleet over the next three to four years, co-chairperson Tabassum Qadir discloses.
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ROUTES: Durban eyes new direct air links
New international air links to Durban will be formally confirmed during World Routes this week as the region embarks on a major tourism push as part of its economic development strategy.
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Alitalia chief steps down
Alitalia's chief executive Silvano Cassano has stepped down with immediate effect.
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NewsLighting-collision Qatar 777 conducted intersection departure
Investigations into a Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER’s collision with lighting during departure from Miami will examine whether the intersection take-off played a role in the accident.
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NewsPICTURE: First Finnair A350 conducts maiden flight
Finnair’s first Airbus A350-900 has carried out its maiden flight, just a few weeks before the carrier becomes the first European customer to introduce the twinjet.
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Avation delivers first ATR 72 leased to Flybe
Lessor Avation has delivered the first of five new ATR 72-600s leased to UK operator Flybe.
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NewsPICTURES: TAM's first A350 emerges from paint shop
TAM's first Airbus A350-900 has rolled out of the paint shop in Toulouse, ahead of the aircraft's delivery to the Brazilian carrier in December.
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ANA takes two 777-300ERs from GECAS
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has taken delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs under a sale and leaseback deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
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NewsThailand's City Airways signs for 10 C919s, 10 ARJ21s
Thailand’s City Airways has signed a tripartite agreement with Comac and ICBC Leasing to take 10 C919 narrowbodies and 10 ARJ21 regional jets.
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Wow chief sees buyers' market for aircraft
Declining fuel prices, China's economic woes and global instability have created a "buyers' market" for new aircraft, Wow Air chief executive Skuli Mogensen believes.
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Cebu Pacific to start three international services
Cebu Pacific will start three international services on 17 December.
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Virgin America eyes more growth in California
Virgin America believes it still has plenty of growth opportunities out of San Francisco and Los Angeles, cities where it already has the bulk of its capacity.
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Air Canada Rouge to add Africa and four European cities
Air Canada Rouge will begin seasonal service to five new destinations in mid-2016, including Air Canada's first route to Africa.
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GE stops short of confirming BA 777 engine failure
GE Aviation is not yet confirming initial reports that a British Airways 777-200ER suffered a “catastrophic" engine failure on 8 September.