Travel Commerce Platform Travelport, has signed a new, multi-year renewal content agreement with Toronto, Canada-based Porter Airlines. Porter operates flights to 23 destinations in Canada and in the United States. Under the new agreement, Porter will join more than 250 global airlines using Travelport’s Rich Content and Branding merchandising solution to display their branded fares
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) will be a launch customer for Rolls-Royce LessorCare, an integrated service offering for aircraft lessors. Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer of DAE said: “LessorCare will provide comprehensive support across all Trent engine types under one comprehensive framework allowing DAE to reduce delays in accessing services and thereby increasing the earnings capacity
Commenting at the Airline Economics Conference in Dublin on Monday, January 22, four of the major carriers, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines and Dubai-based Emirates, confirmed they will not be hedging fuel bills, despite a recent rise in the cost of oil. For the first time in three years, the global Trent benchmark
Ryanair has confirmed that all 15 of its UK pilot bases – including London Stansted, which had previously rejected an improved pay deal, have now voted in secret ballot to accept pay increases of up to 20% and these increases will be paid in the January payroll. The majority of Ryanair’s pilots in Ireland have
In what would appear to be an overt snub to Taiwanese authorities, China has opened up a number of disputed air routes, including a northbound M503 route in the Taiwan Strait, without informing Taiwan. According to Taiwan, this contravenes a deal agreed in 2015 to discuss such routes prior to opening. Openly, Taiwan has condemned
According to preliminary figures released by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 2017 saw a 7.1% increase to a record figure of 4.1 billion for the number of passengers carried by the aviation industry. While the number of departures, globally, rose to circa 37 million, world passenger traffic measured in revenue passenger-kilometers (RPKs) was up
AAR, a leading integrator of aviation supply chain solutions, will provide in-flight connectivity logistics, repair and aftermarket management services to Viasat, a global communications company. Through this partnership, AAR’s OEM Aftermarket Solutions group will manage the aftermarket inventory pool of Viasat components including modems, antennas, radomes, wireless access points (WAPs) and power supply units (PSUs).
In what has, over recent years, become a very sensitive topic, the Chinese government has issued a warning Qantas requesting the carrier amend its website listing of Taiwan and Hong Kong as individual countries, as opposed to Chinese territories. In an emailed statement, Qantas confirmed: “Due to an oversight, some Chinese territories were incorrectly listed
Swiss-AS has continued its upswing in 2017 in terms of new customers, financials and company growth. Among the 12 new customers that joined the AMOS community, there are well-known aviation companies, such as WOW air, Boeing’s Global Fleet Care, VivaAerobus, Turkmenistan Airlines, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MITAC), USA Jet Airlines and ENGINEERING Holding incl. S 7
Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, has further extended its reach in the Nordics and is now present at Reykjavik-Keflavik International Airport (KEF/BIKF), Iceland’s largest airport. This marks the first location for Air BP in Iceland and comes in response to increased customer demand from both the business and commercial aviation
