Air Transport World

Delta debuted two new products on the A350: The Delta One Suite for business class and the Premium Select cabin, a new international premium economy offering.

Most new commercial aircraft are going to carriers that are focused on traffic in China, Southeast Asia and India.

Airline Routes-Dec. 22, 2017

Sino-Russian commercial aircraft consortium Craic is taking over management of the program to develop the CR929 widebody aircraft, following the partners’ approval of a proposed budget and organizational structure.

Airberlin subsidiary NIKI’s administrator plans to continue negotiations with four bidders that have submitted binding offers for the insolvent airline.

The European Commission has given the go-ahead for aerospace supplier Safran to acquire seating and cabin interior company Zodiac Aerospace.

Selected 2017 airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements, in monthly and year-to-date figures, as of December 22, 2017.

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has directed six carriers to cut their winter charter programs because there is not enough aircraft to cover planned flights, the authority said in a statement Dec. 21.

After six years of negotiations, Las Vegas-based ultra LCC Allegiant Air and its 1,150 flight attendants have a contract.

The UK government has relaxed the ban on large personal electronic devices (PEDs) being carried in the cabin of aircraft operating from two Saudi Arabian airports.

Bristol Airport, the main airport in southwest England, was closed for several hours Dec. 22 after a bmi regional Embraer 145 slid off the runway while taxiing, according to an airport spokeswoman.

Airport traffic 2017 Jan-Nov 2017; Aircraft Values; Airline traffic 2017 Jan-Nov 2017; 2017 Third Quarter Airline & Lessor Financial Results

Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group and its LCC subsidiary Scoot plan to further grow their European network.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) instructing the operators of a small group of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to ensure that no twin-engined airliner has both engines from the affected batch.

Lufthansa—which plans to transfer five of 14 Airbus A380s from its Frankfurt home base to Munich from March 25, 2018—has announced seasonal network changes.

Emirates Airline is launching services to London Stansted Airport (STN), the Dubai-based carrier’s third London route, starting June 8, 2018.

Latin American LCC group Viva Air has firmed an order for 35 Airbus A320neo and 15 A320ceo single-aisle aircraft.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian estimates the 11-hour power blackout at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) Dec. 17 cost the company between $25 and $50 million, a Delta spokesperson confirmed to ATW Dec. 21.

Despite a renewed campaign against the hub Gulf carriers, the three US major airlines ended the year with essentially nothing gained.

The global airline industry continues to prove it can deliver profits year after year.

The No. 1 and No. 3 makers of large commercial aircraft, Boeing and Embraer, are in talks to formally align, although the Brazilian government appears to be the main hurdle, the companies and financial analysts said Dec. 21.

Irish LCC Ryanair is facing its first-ever pilot strike after German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) called for a four-hour walkout on Dec. 22.

Aircraft News-Dec. 21, 2017

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) has flown its Superjet SSJ100 regional jet for the first time with its new wingtip configuration.

Florida-based ultra LCC Spirit Airlines will launch two new year-round international routes, including the carrier’s first service to Ecuador, from its Fort Lauderdale hub in spring 2018.