Qatar Airways lifts IAG stake to 25%
Qatar Airways has increased its shareholding in British Airways and Iberia parent IAG from 21.4% to 25.1%.
EgyptAir receives first A320neo
EgyptAir has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, the initial aircraft in a batch of 15 being acquired by the Middle Eastern flag-carrier.
El Al to serve third London airport with Stansted link
Israeli carrier El Al is to re-open a connection to London Stansted, more than a decade after it last operated to the airport.
Kuwaiti terminal adds to strong Jazeera full-year profits
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways has turned in strong full-year results, more than doubling its operating and net profits.
Flawed firefighting preceded fatal Emirates 777 explosion
Flawed firefighting tactics and inadequate accident site surveillance contributed to the sole fatality after an Emirates Boeing 777-300 crashed on the runway at Dubai during a failed go-around.
Emirates 777 crash probe revisits pilot awareness of design logic
Investigation of the Emirates Boeing 777-300 go-around accident in Dubai is likely to draw further attention to the issue of pilots’ awareness and understanding of aircraft system design logic.
Captain perceived ‘thermals’ before ill-fated Emirates 777 go-around
Investigators have disclosed that an Emirates Boeing 777-300 captain perceived the aircraft had encountered a thermal updraught, and would not be able to land in the touchdown zone at Dubai, before an ill-fated go-around attempt resulted in the jet’s crashing on the runway.
Qatar Airways in negotiations to acquire 49% of RwandAir
Qatar Airways is in talks to acquire a 49% stake in state-owned RwandAir and is “keen to invest” in Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo when the time is right, the Gulf carrier’s chief executive Akbar Al Baker disclosed today.
Avianca latest to probe relationship with Airbus
Colombian carrier Avianca has engaged a law firm to conduct an independent internal investigation into its relationship with Airbus, after the airline was linked to the extensive probe into alleged bribery involving the airframer.
Strata delivers first flap-track fairings for PC-24
Abu Dhabi composite aerostructures specialist Strata has delivered the first shipset of flap track fairings to Pilatus for the PC-24 business jet.