Families of the victims of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes have had their request to declare that the government violated their legal rights when it reached a US$2.5 billion resolution of criminal charges with the American planemaker opposed by both Boeing and the US Justice Department. While the DOJ confirmed in its court filing
Alaska Airlines has targeted a significant, multi-million-dollar renovation and expansion of its most popular lounges with plans for all-new locations at both Seattle and Portland airports in the coming years. The revitalization of two current lounges – scheduled to get underway this spring – will eventually pave the way for completely new spaces in 2025-26.
Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the air travel restrictions that characterized much of 2021, Swissport can look back on a successful business year, thanks primarily to its cargo unit. In 2021, goods totalling 5.1 million metric tons (2019: 4.6 million tons) passed through more than 100 air cargo centres. This is
Boeing has signed a supply agreement for two million gallons (7.5 million litres) of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with EPIC Fuels to power its Commercial Airplanes operations in Washington state and South Carolina through 2022. “SAF is a safe, proven, immediate solution that will help achieve our industry’s long-term commitment to net-zero carbon emissions
ORIX Aviation has established a new office in Dubai, situated in the DIFC. The opening of the Dubai office is in response to the continued growth and success of ORIX Aviation’s business.” Chief Commercial Officer of ORIX Aviation Paul O’Dwyer, has relocated from Dublin to Dubai and will play a key role in the development
Canada Jetlines Operations (Canada Jetlines) has signed an exclusive five-year pilot training agreement with CAE. Under the agreement, CAE will train Jetlines pilots on the CAE 7000 XR Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS) at its Montreal training centre. Jetlines anticipates its inaugural flight in the spring of 2022, offering Canadians more selection and more economical
Nuseed has entered into a long-term strategic offtake and market development agreement with BP Products North America (bp), an affiliate of BP, that will see bp, or its affiliates, purchase Nuseed Carinata oil that it plans to process or sell into growing markets for the production of sustainable biofuels. Nuseed Carinata is a non-food cover
Embraer has successfully completed the reintegration of its commercial aviation business’ main information technology systems and processes. The work, done throughout January, did not hamper the continuity of the company’s essential operations. The reorganisation resulting from this process began in May 2020 and since then has been one of Embraer’s main focuses, as part of
An alliance of approximately 20 European airlines and airports, including all Lufthansa subsidiaries, Air France-KLM, Frankfurt and Schiphol airports, have challenged the EU’s climate change legislation that was presented last July. The major complaint is that the overarching consequence will disadvantage European carriers and airports against their non-European rivals. However, the alliance has made it
Canada Jetlines Operations has reported that the new all-Canadian carrier has received conditional approval for flight crew (pilot) training from Transport Canada, effective immediately. Final approval of Canada Jetlines’ pilot training programme will be granted once Transport Canada has reviewed the training conducted under the programme and it proves to be satisfactory. “This is an
