Barathan Pasupathi, Jetstar Asia CEO, Francis Loi, Jetstar Asia Head of Commercial and Bertrand Schmoll, ECS Group CEO and Adrien Thominet, ECS Group COO were in Singapore last week to introduce the new partnership and services to the air cargo industry. Following the appointment of ECS Group Asia Pacific as its General Sales Agency (GSA) […]
Boeing and Donghai Airlines announced the finalization of an order for five 787-9 Dreamliners, valued at $1.32 billion at current list prices. Shenzhen-based Donghai Airlines previously informed its intent to order 25 737 MAX 8s and five 787-9 Dreamliners in July 2016 at the Farnborough International Airshow. Wong Cho-Bau, Chairman, Donghai Airlines, said: “Under China’s […]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is launching twice-weekly Boeing 747 freighter services connecting Heathrow, the UK’s biggest port by value, with its international network via its Moscow hub, starting 3 November. The new flights every Thursday and Saturday will each offer customers more than 100 tonnes of cargo capacity. Last year, 29% of the UK’s non-EU exports […]
Dubai-based carrier Emirates considers the possibility of scrapping flights to African airports as the continent’s economies are shaken by decreased oil prices. On the 18th of October, during an IATA conference, Tim Clark, President of Emirates, said that the company is likely to “cut frequencies and possibly even cities”. “Certain African countries have seen their […]
Lufthansa is saying goodbye to its Boeing 737 fleet after 48 years. This marks the end of an era for Lufthansa, spanning almost 50 years. A B737-300, with registration D-ABEC (“Karlsruhe”), flew from Frankfurt to Hamburg on 31st October, special flight LH9922, where Lufthansa’s B737 fleet is to be officially bid farewell during a joint […]
Qatar Airways’ first daily regularly-scheduled Airbus A350 service to London Heathrow arrived in the United Kingdom on Sunday 30 October, as the airline introduced the state-of-the-art aircraft on the route, complementing the existing ‘best of fleet’ on its six daily flights from Hamad International Airport. The Qatar Airways Airbus A350 represents the pinnacle of modern […]
Boeing and UPS, a logistic company, announced an order for 14 B747-8 freighters for $5.3 billion. The agreement also includes an option to purchase an additional 14 of the cargo airplanes. Brendan Canavan, President, UPS Airlines, said: “These aircraft are a strategic investment for increased capacity for UPS customers around the globe.” Boeing claimed that […]
Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company, wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, announced today that it has delivered its first shipset of A350 – 1000 Flap Support Fairings (FSFs), from its contract with Saab, to Airbus. The first shipset was delivered through Saab business unit Saab Aerostructures to Airbus, following the […]
Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aerostructures manufacturing facility wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, celebrated the successful completion of the First Article Inspection (FAI) of Aileron and Flap Track Fairing (FTF) shipsets for the Airbus A330neo. In 2015, Strata was awarded the sole supplier contract to provide ailerons to Airbus for the A330 […]
Air New Zealand has taken out two significant innovation awards at the prestigious Air Passenger Experience (APEX) Awards held overnight in Singapore. The airline received Best Inflight Entertainment Innovation for its inflight entertainment system which was first introduced on the revolutionary Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and has been progressively rolled out across the airline’s international fleet. The system […]
