News from FlightGlobal – Page 865
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ExpressJet appoints Marren new COO
ExpressJet Airlines has appointed Alexandria Marren its new chief operating officer, following the retirement of Brad Holt.
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Ryanair to join Amadeus distribution system
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to join the Amadeus global distribution system from 1 November.
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NewsPICTURES: Virgin Australia reveals new business product
Virgin Australia has unveiled a new business class suite that will be rolled out on its Airbus A330s and Boeing 777-300ERs over the next year.
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Jet Airways to begin four new services to Abu Dhabi
Jet Airways will begin four new services from India to Abu Dhabi, starting 14 November.
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Flydubai to enter Tanzanian market from October
Flydubai will start a new route from Dubai to Dar es Salaam and will add two domestic sectors from the Tanzanian capital to Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro from October.
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Superjet puts 20-year 100-seat demand at 3,500
Deliveries of large regional jets will top 3,500 over the next 20 years, predicts Superjet International, the venture which markets the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
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Vanilla Air focused on international growth
Low-cost carrier Vanilla Air will continue to focus on growing its international route network, and could even push into Southeast Asia and Mainland China in future.
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ROUTES: New widebodies are ‘network-planning game changers’
New generation widebodies like the Boeing 787 and Airbus’s A350 and A330neo are revolutionising the network-planning world by making previously uneconomic routes viable.
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ROUTES: Alaska focuses on core capacity in 2015
Alaska Airlines will focus on growing its core capacity in 2015, with the planned 11% increase in departures from Seattle/Tacoma International airport at the centre of its strategy.
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ROUTES: Emirates to re-evaluate A350 alongside 787 next year
Emirates aims to launch a competition between the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 during 2015 once it has obtained detailed performance and in-service data for the two twinjets.
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NewsROUTES: Transaero eyes Prague traffic rights
Transaero plans to start a new service from Moscow to Prague next year if it is successful in securing the traffic rights in October, its deputy head of external relations Alexander Delezha states.
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NewsROUTES: Emirates could order 60 more A380s if Neo backed
Emirates would sign up for another 60-70 A380s if Airbus is prepared to develop an enhanced “A380neo” derivative. That was the public pledge made by the Gulf mega-carrier’s president Sir Tim Clark at World Routes in Chicago.
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NewsEthiopian orders up to 35 737 Max 8s
Ethiopian Airlines has ordered up to 35 Boeing 737 Max 8s, as part of its plan to become a leading airline in Africa.
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ROUTES: Event grows 10% as it marks 20 years
As World Routes marks its 20th anniversary, the global networking event is set for double-digit growth in 2014 as it touches down in the USA for the second consecutive year.
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CALC leases five A320s to Air India
China Aircraft Leasing (CALC) has agreed to lease five Airbus A320s to Air India, marking its first deal with an airline outside of China.
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NewsJetBlue names Hayes as new CEO
JetBlue Airways president Robin Hayes will succeed Dave Barger as chief executive officer effective 15 February 2015.
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NewsBoeing foresees no African demand for 747-8 in 20-year outlook
Boeing has confirmed that its latest commercial forecast does not assume any more demand for the 747-8 from Africa over the next 20 years.
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NewsEasyJet firms up remaining A320 options
UK budget carrier EasyJet has converted its last remaining 27 options for baseline Airbus A320s.
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NewsLufthansa orders 15 A320neos for Swiss
Swiss International Air Lines is to receive 15 Airbus A320neo jets following an order for the type from parent Lufthansa Group.
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NewsLufthansa to transform Eurowings into all-Airbus carrier
Lufthansa Group's Eurowings division is to become an all-Airbus operator after the German company approved an order for 10 A320s for the airline.