One of the worst hurricanes to hit the United States since Katrina 12 years ago, has led to the cancellation of over 3,000 flights in the United States, predominantly involving flights to and from airports in southeast Texas. Cancellations began on Friday and have continued through to today (Monday). Houston saw both William P. Hobby
Boeing and Tokyo-based Japan Investment Adviser (JIA) have finalized an order for 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8s airplanes, valued at US$1.12bn at current list prices. The order was previously announced as a commitment at the 2017 Paris Air Show in June. The new 737 MAX 8s are the first directly purchased airplanes for JIA and
British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA), the pilots’ union which represents 400 of Thomas Cook’s 560 pilots, has confirmed that a vote cast by 88 percent of the carrier’s pilots last Friday was in favor of industrial action. The vote was the result of 8 months of failed negotiations over pay and benefits. Currently Thomas Cook
Ryanair CEO Ryan O’Leary has made it clear that subject to being provided with more information, and one major condition, Ryanair would be very interested in making a bid for the whole of the insolvent Air Berlin. He has indicated that obtaining additional data on the airline’s finances was critical. According to Mr. O’Leary, “We
After failed consultations with Canada over what was considered to be US$3.0 billion of unfair subsidies provided to Canadian plane and train manufacturer Bombardier, an approach will be made to the World Trade Organization by the Brazilian government to establish a dispute settlement panel. Brazil has estimated that US$3.00 billion has been provided to Bombardier
As of January 2018, all Royal Schiphol Group’s business units will use only sustainable energy generated in the Netherlands after the Dutch company struck a 15-year deal with Rotterdam-based energy provider, Eneco. The deal is for the provision of 200GWh of green energy every year for 15 years. The intention is for all energy used
After posting a series of annual losses, including €780 million in 2016, Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest carrier by passenger numbers, has filed for bankruptcy protection after Gulf carrier Etihad Airways, a 30% stakeholder in the company, withdrew any further financial support. Air Berlin has been granted a €150 million bridging loan to enable it to
It has been announced by the Qatar Ministry of Interior, Qatar Tourism Authority and Qatar Airways that, with immediate effect, citizens from 80 countries will now be allowed visa-free entry into Qatar. No longer will entry visas have to be paid for and, instead, multi-entry waivers will be issued free of charge at the point
ExpressJet is to close down its Atlanta, Georgia operations, which will likely include its CRJ maintenance facility. The regional carrier is also headquartered and has its OCC at Atlanta Airport as well. This will mean the end of flights for Delta Connection. As a consequence, there will be a number of changes at ExpressJet, including:
HNA Group Co., (HNA), the Chinese conglomerate headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China has continued with its European expansion program with the acquisition of an 82.5% stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport at a cost of US$15.8 million. The successful bid was made back in March this year and received European regulatory approval. The stake was owned by
