With a projected 5.6% rise in intra-regional traffic, Latin American carriers will require deliveries of 1,050 new 60- to 150-seat aircraft in the next 20 years, Bombardier VP and head of Marketing Patrick Baudis said at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Buenos Aires Nov. 19.
Dublin-based lessor Avolon has finalized a firm order for 55 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 20 MAX 10s, plus options for 20 MAX 8s, valued at nearly $11 billion at list prices.
Indian LCC IndiGo—which so far has relied on Airbus A320s—will introduce its first ATR 72-600 turboprop Dec. 21, when it will take off from Hyderabad, India.
Despite doomsayers over the years condemning it to the technology junk heap, the IFE seatback screen is here to stay, especially on long-haul flights, but airlines have to improve the retail opportunities that today’s IFE capabilities present.
Bombardier has signed a firm purchase agreement with Denmark-based Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) for two Q400 turboprops, for lease to Kenyan LCC Jambojet.
Belgian aviation authorities have granted an air operator’s certificate (AOC) to regional VLM Airlines for its Fokker 50 aircraft, just days after approving an AOC for Airbus A320s acquired from Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium.
Although Hawaiian Airlines CEO Mark Dunkerley is leaving the carrier in March, there is unlikely to be any change in strategy or direction when airline veteran Peter Ingram takes over.
Santiago-based LATAM Airlines Group reported a 2017 third-quarter net profit of $160.6 million, compared to $4.7 million net income in 3Q 2016, boosted by a $59 million foreign exchange gain based on a 4.4% appreciation of the Brazilian real during the quarter.
Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO Mark Dunkerley will retire and be replaced by EVP and CCO Peter Ingram, effective March 1, 2018, ending a 15-year run in which Dunkerley transformed the Honolulu-based carrier.
The resurgence of the Turkish tourism industry helped LCC Pegasus Airlines’ 2017 third-quarter net profit more than double to TRY538.5 million ($139.6 million) from TRY246.2 million in 3Q 2016.
Cathay Pacific is the latest airline to unveil an extensive onboard Wi-Fi deployment plan, as it looks to introduce the service across its widebody fleet.
Ethiopian Airlines expects to make a decision next year on an order for a 100-seater type and is carefully watching Boeing’s plans for a Mid-Market Aircraft (MMA), the airline’s group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said at the Dubai Air Show.
Russian manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Corp. (SCAC) must decide by 1Q 2018 about whether to begin developing a smaller or larger variant of the SSJ100 Superjet.
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) may team up with the group’s LCC flyadeal to increase frequencies on Saudi Arabian trunk routes to feed Saudia’s upcoming hub operations in Jeddah.
