Mark Nensel is the Managing Editor of Aviation Daily. Prior to taking the helm of daily production of Aviation Week's commercial aviation newsletter in 2018, Mark was a reporter and data analyst for Air Transport World.
During the quarter, the Santiago, Chile-based airline group deferred two Boeing 787-9s and three Airbus A320-family aircraft, and converted orders of two A350-1000s into two A350-900s.
LATAM Airlines Group’s route capacity and fleet management efforts, combined with a 10.6% rise in passenger revenues, helped to push its 2017 second-quarter operating profits to a company record of $48.2 million, compared to $1.3 million for 2Q 2016.
Boeing’s Helena, Montana, manufacturing site is set to install new machinery for manufacturing critical titanium parts for 777X production, the US manufacturer said Aug. 17.
