As part of its continued growth strategy, Germany’s largest commercial airline, Lufthansa, has made a non binding offer for U.K. travel giant Thomas Cook’s offshoot carrier Condor. According to a Lufthansa spokesperson: “We have made a non-binding offer for Condor, with the option of extending it to all Thomas Cook airlines.” Thomas Cook has been
When questioned whether the Russian-built Sukhoi Seperjet-100 would be grounded following Sunday’s fatal Aeroflot crash which killed 41 people, the country’s transport minister, Yevgeny Ditrikh, commented bluntly that “There are no grounds for that.” The Sukhoi Superjet-100 is the first new passenger jet to be developed in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union
An Aeroflot Sukhoi Superject-100 with 78 passengers on board caught fire after taking off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport a 17:15 local time, Sunday, en route for the city of Murmansk. According to the Interfax news agency, the flight crew issued a distress signal shortly after take-off, but the plane apparently failed with its first attempted
BOC Aviation has delivered to Air Europa the first of seven new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. These are part of a purchase and leaseback transaction. The remaining six aircraft – also Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners – are scheduled for delivery between now and the fourth quarter of 2020. All seven aircraft will be powered by Rolls Royce
Only three months after acquiring the wing manufacturing unit from Triumph Group, Bombardier has announced its intention to sell both its wing-making plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and its aerostructures plant in Morocco. While both enterprises supply customers beyond Bombardier, 3,600 jobs are now at stake in Belfast, while the Morocco unit has over 400
Only two hurdles now remain for Qantas to overcome as it looks to provide record-breaking 21-hour non-stop flights between Sydney and London – approval from both Australia’s aviation regulator and pilots themselves to agree to what are currently unprecedented duty times. With planes such as the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350 now capable of travelling
As part of one of Europe’s largest privately financed infrastructure projects, Fraport AG has laid the cornerstone for the new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport. Due for completion in 2021, Pier G will provide capacity for an additional 5 million travelers to the current level of 70 million in 2018. With the completion of Piers
Scandinavian airline SAS has confirmed that it will reject all passenger compensation claims resulting from the current pilots’ strike which began last Friday, and which has so far affected over 100,000 passengers. According to the airline, compensation need only be paid if flights are canceled owing to “extraordinary circumstances”, events which could not have been
With President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador canceling the new partially constructed hub located on the eastern side of Mexico City amidst claims of corruption and the project being too costly, plans for a new airport, located 29 miles away at Santa Lucia, have now been confirmed. According to Reuters, Brigadier General Ricardo Vallejo, head of
Aircraft seat manufacturer Recaro grew its revenues with 22% to almost €600 million in 2018. With this result, Recaro continues its more than 15 years of non-stop double-digit growth. The global passenger seat market grew approx. five percent per year in that same period. Recaro will invest ten percent of this positive revenue back into
