Iberia to maintain components of Aurora Airlines MD-80 fleet
Iberia has signed a contract with Slovenia
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3 April 2008
BA releases traffic statistics for March 2008
In March 2008, passenger capacity was 1.6% below March 2007, traffic fell by 2.8%. This resulted in a passenger load factor decrease of 0.9 points versus last year, to 75.4%.
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Air France KLM: no basis for further negotiations with Alitalia
When it submitted its final offer on 14 March this year, Air France-KLM clearly indicated that the offer was contingent on prior agreement with the trade unions representative of the majority of the various categories of Alitalia employees (ground staff, flight crews); this agreement concerned the implementation of the Alitalia restructuring plan and its related
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Quarterly news review from Rolls Royce
During the first quarter of 2008, Rolls-Royce demonstrated the value of its broad portfolio and of its consistent strategy of investing in technology and capability and access to global markets. The continuing strength of the market was underlined by the announcement of around $14.7 billion of new business in the first three months of 2008.
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Sichuan Airlines selects Rolls-Royce Trent 700 to power first twin-aisle aircraft
Sichuan Airlines has chosen Trent 700 engines to power its fleet of three leased Airbus A330-200 twinjets from AerCap. The order includes a long term TotalCare services agreement. Sichuan Airlines is the 53rd customer or operator to select the Trent 700 for the A330 and will take delivery of its first aircraft in 2010. Sichuan
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Ural Airlines selects CFM56-5B/3 to power new A320 family aircraft
Ural Airlines has selected the CFM56-5B/3 engine to power seven new Airbus A320 aircraft scheduled to begin delivery in 2012. All of Ural Airlines new A320 aircraft will be equipped with advanced CFM56-5B/3 Tech Insertion Engines. The CFM56 Tech Insertion program, which was certified on A320 family aircraft in September 2007, incorporates advanced technologies that
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Redundancy announcement at BAE Systems Woodford and Brought
BAE Systems has announced a redundancy programme for 134 jobs at its Woodford site. The area impacted is a shared service team of engineers, known internally as Engineering Internal Supply. BAE Systems has also announced a requirement for 450 redundancies from their Brough site in East Yorkshire. The areas impacted include Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing
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Delta Air Lines achieves record March load factor
System traffic in March 2008 increased 2.3% over March 2007 with a capacity increase of 1.5%. System load factor was reported at 83.6% up 0.6 pts compared to March 2007.
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WestJet reports March load factor of 86.6%
WestJet announced March traffic results with a record load factor of 86.6%. This was accompanied by a capacity increase of 19.6% and an improvement in traffic of 21.7%.
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Alaska Air Group reports March traffic
Alaska Air Group reported March passenger traffic for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon). Alaska’s March traffic increased 10.7%, capacity was 5.2% higher than in March 2007 and load factor for the month was 80.8% compared to 76.8% in March 2007. Horizon’s March traffic increased 3.5%, capacity during March was 0.5% lower
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