Airlines & Routes

Waypoint Leasing, the independent global helicopter leasing company, has delivered an H145 on lease to Servicios Aéreos de los Andes (Andes Air), a leading Peruvian helicopter operator. Waypoint’s H145 will be the first variant of its type to operate in Latin America and will support MMG/Las Bambas’ mining operations from Andes Air’s Cusco Base.

Air Canada has launched daily year-round flights from Montreal to Shanghai, China, on February 16. This is Air Canada´s first direct service to Asia from Montreal, offering convenient one-stop access to points throughout Quebec, Atlantic Canada and the United States. It also marks the airline’s first route from Montreal to be operated with its state-of-the-art

Garuda Indonesia plans to launch direct flights from Jakarta to Moscow in August 2017. Operated by Airbus A330-200, this route will be served 3 times a week. The plan was announced by the CEO & President of Garuda Indonesia M. Arif Wibowo in Jakarta, on February 14. In accordance with the potential increase in tourist

Atlas Air Worldwide reported that its Atlas Air unit has entered into an agreement to operate one of its Boeing 747-400 Freighters for Asiana Cargo. The contract is initially for one aircraft to be provided and operated by Atlas Air and to be flown on key global routes across the transpacific, connecting Korea with several

Air Canada announced a significant expansion in services between Canada and Israel , with the introduction of a seasonal non-stop service between Montreal and Tel Aviv and an increase in its current Toronto – Tel Aviv non-stop service to a daily frequency year-round. “This new service also reflects Air Canada’s ongoing international expansion strategy, from

The Brazilian government has had shared concerns with Embraer that the Canadian government’s subsidies to Bombardier violate Canada’s World Trade Orgainization (WTO) obligations. In December 2016, the Council of Ministers of the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX) authorized the opening of dispute settlement proceedings against Canada. At the WTO in Geneva (Wednesday, Febr. 9), Brazil

As of April 10, Finnair will double its flights between Helsinki and Moscow, by adding one daily frequency, which smoothly connects to flights arriving from Asia, Europe and the Americas to Helsinki. The flight from Moscow to Helsinki in turn connects with Finnair’s Hongkong and Singapore flights, as well as domestic flights in Finland. The

Qatar Airways launched its new record-breaking Auckland service on February 5. Qatar Airways touched down on the North Island of New Zealand, just after sunrise. Celebrations to commemorate the launch of the world’s longest commercial flight, which takes 17 hours and 30 minutes and covers a distance of 14,535 kilometres, began at the airport with

IBM and United Airlines announced a collaboration to deliver a robust suite of enterprise iOS apps, unleashing the power of the more than 50,000 iOS devices in the hands of the airline’s front-line employees. As part of IBM and Apple’s global partnership to redefine the way work gets done, these made-for-business apps will be powered