Air Italy boosts frequencies after strong summer

Revitalized Air Italy has reported strong summer season passenger loads on its new flights to the US and has announced frequency increases on several of its international routes. The Sardinia-based carrier, which rebranded from its former identity of Meridiana in March following Qatar Airways’ decis...

Lufthansa to take charge of LCC Eurowings long haul network

Lufthansa is preparing to take over planning and control of LCC Eurowings’ long-haul network, as the subsidiary’s role in the segment evolves, company sources say. Lufthansa said, “We absolutely cannot confirm this. We don’t comment on rumors floating around.” The shift has not been formally decided...

Re: Thai Airways re-evaluates fleet upgrade plans

workhorse wrote:

LPSHobby wrote:

workhorse wrote:

I say, order some 747-8s (let's say 3).

why just 3?

Re: Thai Airways re-evaluates fleet upgrade plans

workhorse wrote:

I say, order some 747-8s (let's say 3).

Re: Thai Airways re-evaluates fleet upgrade plans

[quote="TheEuphorian"]Fleet needs to be standardized this way: 777-200, 777-300, 747-400 (except HS-TGF, HS-TGG) needs to leave the fleet. Transfer all the 787-8 to WE(Thai Smile) Reconfigure the J and Y product on the 777-200ER and A330-343 fleets won´t hese 777-200ER and A330-300 leave t...

Thai Airways re-evaluates fleet upgrade plans

Thai Airways is assessing whether it needs to adjust its fleet upgrade plans, with the latest review expected to be completed by year-end. The Thailand flag carrier had submitted a plan for new aircraft orders to the appropriate government ministries and cabinet for approval. However, it has now wit...

Rolls identifies 787 Trent engine fix; cites air pollution cause

Air pollution, especially in large Asian cities, is believed to be one cause of reliability issues that have affected a large portion of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787 fleet. But the manufacturer says it is close to fielding a final fix to the problems. Dozens of 787s have been sittin...

First AVIC MA700 on track for delivery in 2022

The first Aviation Corp. of China (AVIC) MA700 turboprop airliner is on track for delivery in 2022, the manufacturer said in a program update. AVIC is aiming for validation of the MA700’s intended Chinese type certificate by both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the FAA, an official of...

Wizz Air to close Poznan base in Polish reshuffle

Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has announced plans to close its base at Poznan in Poland, although it will grow its other Polish operations by adding a seventh aircraft at Gdansk and upgrading Warsaw to an all-Airbus A321 fleet. “After careful consideration, we decided to adjust our Pozna...

Airbus Mobile delivers first biofuel-powered A321 to JetBlue

Airbus sent JetBlue Airways’ latest A321ceo off on its delivery flight Sept. 19 from Mobile, Alabama, with 15.5% renewable jet fuel onboard, continuing a trend the manufacturer started with its Toulouse delivery flights two years ago. The JetBlue delivery and four others slated for the rest of the y...

Small Planet’s German airline to restructure after insolvency

The German airline of Lithuania’s Small Planet Group has launched insolvency proceedings, but the company said it has permission to continue German and Dutch flight operations while it restructures. Small Planet Airlines GmbH—the group’s German airline—was formed in 2015 and secured its air operator...

Re: Do any airlines still offer free playing cards to passengers?

Air Baltic distribute post cards of their planes

Gulf Air considers keeping A330s

Gulf Air is apparently reevaluating its plan to phase out its Airbus A330s in favor of incoming Boeing 787s. The Bahraini flag carrier operates six A330-200s on long-haul services to destinations such as London Heathrow Airport and Manila, Philippines. It is phasing in 10 Boeing 787-9s as its new wi...

Brussels Airlines looks at wet-lease options for Sukhoi aircraft

more news on the Sukhois: Brussels Airlines is considering whether to move its wet-lease arrangement from Ireland’s CityJet, following longer-than-anticipated delays in solving technical problems with its Russian-built Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s). The Belgian airline has used four of Dublin-based...

Why doesn´t Boeing make a longer range 737 Max?

Why does´t Boeing develop a longer range range 737 Max? When I say a kloger range I say a plane with the same, or more, range as the A321LR. Drawings new wings, too much expensive?

your toughts, please

A Hub of the Americas in MAO ( Manaus )?

dear driends,

and what about create a hub im Manaus, Brazil ( MAO ) connecting the south and central South America with the Central and North America using A319/A321/A321s, do you think could this work? If yes or no, why?

Primera Air to add seven transatlantic routes from Frankfurt, Berlin Tegel

Nordic LCC Primera Air continues its long-haul expansion, adding nonstop long-haul services from Frankfurt and Berlin Tegel to Boston (Massachusetts), New York JFK, Toronto and Montreal (Canada). Primera Air will launch daily flights from Berlin to New York JFK June 7, 2019, followed by Boston (4X-w...

EasyJet to base three A320s at Nantes

EasyJet said it would open its seventh base in France, at Nantes Atlantique Airport in the west of the country, basing three Airbus A320 aircraft there from spring 2019. The UK LCC said the opening of the Nantes base would bring easyJet’s total capacity in France to more than 22 million seats, inclu...

China’s CIB Leasing converts half of CRJ orders to 90-seat Q400s

Bombardier has gained a second customer for its 90-seat Q400, as the Canadian manufacturer revealed that China’s Industrial Bank Financial Leasing Co. (CIB Leasing) has converted half of its standing order for 10 CRJ900 jets to five of the recently certified 90-seat version of the Q400 turboprop. Wh...

Re: First ANA A380 rolls out of final assembly

any chance of ANA ordering more A380s? What do you think about it?

AirAsia drops plans for Chinese JV, posts $78 million 2Q net profit

AirAsia has dropped plans to open a joint venture airline in China, as the group reported a higher net profit for the 2018 second quarter. The carrier revealed that its memorandum of understanding (MOU) with stakeholders in China had lapsed and will not be extended. AirAsia had planned to form a JV ...

United raises baggage fees, following JetBlue, Air Canada and WestJet

Chicago-based United Airlines became the latest North American carrier to raise checked bag fees, as airlines contend with lower revenues amid climbing prices for jet fuel. United announced Aug. 31 it had raised fees for checking a first bag from $25 to $30 and for a second bag from $35 to $40. The ...

SAS posts strong peak quarter results despite operational disruptions

SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson apologized for the airline’s poor operational performance during the 2018 summer season, casting a shadow over a record fiscal third-quarter performance which saw the airline climb to a SEK1.55 billion ($169 million) net profit. Announcing SAS’ fiscal year 2017/2018 third-q...

LATAM to retrofit cabin interiors on two-thirds of its fleet

Santiago-based LATAM Airlines Group will overhaul the interior of over 200 aircraft—two-thirds of its global fleet—over the next two years, in an investment of $400 million, the company said during its 2Q 2018 quarterly operations call. LATAM plans to debut its new retrofitted interiors by the end o...

Report: Wataniya Airways threatened with closure by Kuwait authorities

Kuwaiti hybrid carrier Wataniya Airways has been told by the country’s regulator to improve its standards of service or potentially face closure, according to a report from state-run news agency KUNA. The Aug. 25 report said that Kuwait’s Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has told the air...

Canada’s Flair Airlines plans 11 US flights

dmonton-based independent ultra-LCC Flair Airlines stepped up its competition with the Canadian majors’ subsidiary LCCs Aug. 20 by announcing 11 new nonstop transborder US flights for the upcoming winter season. New nonstop routes out of Flair’s Edmonton International Airport (YEG) hub include Las V...

JAL plans high-density Dreamliners for new long-haul LCC

Japan Airlines (JAL) is looking to significantly increase the seat density of the Boeing 787-8s that are assigned to its newly announced LCC unit and is eyeing markets in Asia, Europe and the Americas. JAL formally established the new corporate entity Aug. 2 under the interim name TBL Co. Ltd. JAL o...

Air Baltic anounces summer 2019 destinations

Latvian flag carrier airBaltic has announced its first destinations for the 2019 summer season, which starts at the end of March. The fast expanding carrier will add services from its Tallinn base in Lithuania, including 2X-weekly services to Malaga (Spain); 3X-weekly to Brussels (Belgium); and 4X-w...

Swoop places 4th 737 in service

WestJet ULCC subsidiary Swoop has placed its fourth Boeing 737-800 into service and is using it to support previously announced seasonal flights between Abbotsford International and Winnipeg Richardson International airports. The Calgary-based carrier plans to run the new flights daily from Aug. 16 ...

CCO: Austrian to raise summer 2019 capacity as LCC competition grows

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines plans to increase capacity in summer 2019 to protect its market share as LCC competition intensifies. Austrian Airlines CCO Andreas Otto told ATW that over the coming months the carrier will continue to evaluate how to position itself in the LCC market. “We hav...

EgyptAir updates freighter fleet with A332 P2F

EgyptAir Cargo has taken delivery of the first Airbus A330-200 to be converted to a freighter by Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture between ST Engineering Aerospace and Airbus that manufactures passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion. EgyptAir has placed firm orders for three A330-22P2Fs. T...

Ethiopian increases profit, revenue; eyes network, fleet expansion

Continued rapid expansion saw Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline group, report a satisfactory 2017-18 financial year. The carrier said it had continued to execute on its 15-year strategic roadmap, Vision 2025, with substantial increases in passengers and freight. The state-owned carrier di...

Brazil’s Azul posts $62 million 2Q net profit on fleet renewal revenue

Azul Brazilian Airlines reported a BRL238.3 million ($61.6 million) net profit for the 2018 second quarter, reversing its BRL386 million net loss of 2Q 2017, as revenues generated by seven new Airbus A320neos offset rising fuel prices, a weakened Brazilian currency and a nationwide truckers strike. ...

Air Canada prepares Rouge for ULCC competition

As the Canadian ULCC market heats up, Air Canada said it is prepared to leverage the significant flexibility of its rouge subsidiary to ward off competition, from adding flights in major domestic markets to re-configuring aircraft to match rivals’ all-economy offerings. “We have been preparing to en...

United, Avianca and Copa consider joint business agreemen

Chicago-based United Airlines, Colombia’s Avianca and Panamanian flag carrier Copa Airlines may form a three-way joint business agreement, according to statements released by the two Latin American airlines’ holding companies Aug. 8. Both Copa Holdings and Avianca Holdings said their respective comp...

Re: Norwegian eyes flights to Brazil

flymco753 wrote:

Total Florida opportunity for them especially with their off daily business model.

MCO: FOR, BSB, REC, GIG, GRU, CNF
FLL: CNF, BSB, MAO, GIG, GRU, FOR, REC, BEL, SSA

Post CSeries deal, Bombardier Commercial eyes return to profitability

Now that Airbus has taken control of the CSeries program, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft (BCA) said it will focus on returning to profitability by reducing the cost structure for its regional airliners, increasing production volume and growing aftermarket revenue, Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare told...

Norwegian eyes flights to Brazil

Low-cost, long-haul carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has applied to Brazil’s civil aviation authority ANAC for permission to fly to and from the country, as it continues its plans to expand into new markets. The carrier is now awaiting approval from ANAC, a process that typically takes 90-120 days, a N...

Bombardier wins approval for 90-seat Q400, eyes more orders

Transport Canada has certified Bombardier's 90-seat Q400 configuration, clearing the way for deliveries to launch customer SpiceJet starting later this year, and the manufacturer said more orders are on the way. source: http://atwonline.com/airframes/bombardier-wins-approval-90-seat-q400-eyes-more-o...

Bombardier wins approval for 90-seat Q400, eyes more orders

Transport Canada has certified Bombardier's 90-seat Q400 configuration, clearing the way for deliveries to launch customer SpiceJet starting later this year, and the manufacturer said more orders are on the way. source: http://atwonline.com/airframes/bombardier-wins-approval-90-seat-q400-eyes-more-o...

WestJet looks to grow ULCC Swoop ‘faster’

WestJet executives are not ruling out an accelerated ramp-up of its ULCC Swoop as a way to inject lower-cost lift into its system as it works to offset higher fuel costs and expenses tied to several key initiatives. Swoop, which operates 189-seat Boeing 737-800s shifted over from WestJet’s mainline ...

Re: ATR expect huge growth in regional/turboprop market

good chance for Embraer to enter this market !!!!

Canada ULCC Flair Airlines expands domestic network

Canadian ULCC Flair Airlines on June 15 launched flights from three new airports—Calgary International (YYC), Halifax Stanfield and Victoria International—stretching its all-domestic network from coast-to-coast, and setting up more direct competition with other carriers. source: http://atwonline.com...

Hawaiian and JAL seek to expand partnership