Ireland-based aircraft lessor Avolon said an analysis it conducted on the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737NG and their successors, the A320neo and 737 MAX, concluded that the current versions won’t be quickly displaced when the new versions enter service in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
Oman Air leased two Boeing 737-800s to double daily services from Muscat to Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad. It will also increase service from Muscat to Lahore and Islamabad to daily. Cathay Pacific Airways will add a fifth daily flight on its Hong Kong-London Heathrow service June 27. Etihad Airways increased 7X-weekly Abu Dhabi-Lahore service to 11X-weekly. It will also increase 6X-weekly Abu Dhabi-Lagos service to daily March 31.
Air Berlin and Air Seychelles have reached a codeshare agreement, further tightening the bonds between Etihad Airways’ strategic equity alliance partners.
Flights delays “of up to 90 minutes” at major US airports should be expected during peak hours starting in April, government officials have warned airlines and airports.
United Airlines has removed the Boeing 787 from its flight schedule through June 5, though it is still hopeful it can launch Denver-Tokyo Narita 787 service in May.
A J Walter Aviation signed an agreement with Russia’s Engineering-The Aviation Maintenance Holding to establish an exclusive consignment stock pool of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 parts at Engineering’s facility at Moscow Domodedovo Airport. Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services (AMES) won a contract from DHL to provide heavy maintenance services for at least 28 C checks over three years on DHL-owned and leased Boeing 767-200Fs, operated by ABX Air.
The 10 US passenger airlines to have reported 2012 results earned a collective net profit of $152 million for the year, according to Airlines for America (A4A).
