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
Having triggered a hostile takeover of Hong Kong’s third-largest carrier, former director Zhong Guosong has served a writ on four directors of ailing Hong Kong Airlines. The directors are chairman Hou Wei, Wang Liya, Sun Jianfeng and Tang Kit, all of whom have ties to controlling shareholder HNA Group. The writ, which was served Tuesday,
American Airlines will open a new Line Maintenance station at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) just in time for the summer peak season. The airline’s 29th Line Maintenance station will provide additional support for the increased maintenance needed to ready American’s aircraft for the busy summer travel season while also improving operational reliability and
Denis Muilenburg, Boeing Chairman, CEO and President, has confirmed that steady progress is being made towards certification for a new software upgrade for the troubled 737 MAX single-aisle jet. Tuesday saw an official engineering test flight that Muilenburg described as the “final test flight prior to the certification flight.” Boeing has been working frantically to
Lufthansa Group’s Adjusted EBIT declined to €-336 million in the first quarter of 2019 compared to €52 million for the first quarter of 2018, despite a 3 percent increase in total revenue of €7.9 billion for the quarter compared to 2018 figures. Adjusted EBIT was reduced by a EUR 202 million rise in fuel costs.
Having suspended all international flights last week and with only seven operational aircraft after creditors seized dozens of its aircraft, Jet Airways, India’s second-largest airline by market share, is on the verge of total collapse after failing to obtain emergency funding from its lenders. With current debt level running at approximately US$1.2 billion and pilots,
