Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.
Helen combines a deep knowledge of the aviation industry with years of experience in journalism. She was a business reporter at Flight International in London before moving to Paris to work for Reuters as European Automotive Correspondent. She has written for a variety of publications including the Guardian, the Observer, the Telegraph, Airline Business and Aircraft Cabin Management.
Ryanair said it had signed its first cabin crew recognition agreement, with the ANPAC and ANPAV unions in Italy, paving the way for them to represent the LCC’s directly employed cabin crew in Italy.
Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines joint venture SunExpress has signed up with Immfly to provide its passengers with its digital inflight entertainment (IFE) platform in a move aimed at improving choice for passengers and increasing ancillary revenues.
PARIS–Toulouse, France-based turboprop manufacturer ATR said Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd’s (JAC) decision to convert one of the ATR 42-600s it has on order into an ATR 72-600 sets up the ATR 72’s arrival in Japan for the first time.