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.
According to the IATA, India’s domestic passenger market, measured in revenue passenger kilometers, grew 23.3% in 2016, fueled by more routes and frequencies—a trend the organization said should continue in 2017.
American Airlines said Qatar Airways wants to buy around a 10% stake in the U.S. carrier, opening a new chapter in a bitter trade dispute that has raged between U.S. and Gulf carriers for years.
Airbus will fit new fixed and deployable combined flight data and voice recorders as standard on long-range aircraft starting in 2019 in a bid to make it easier to find aircraft wreckage in the event of an accident over the sea.
