AirlinesAvianca Brasil to end Fokker 100 operations this week Avianca Brasil has set a Tuesday, November 24 date for its last Fokker 100 commercial flight - Brasilia-São Paulo Congonhas. Celebrities onboard will include airline CEO and chairman of Avianca Holdings, Jose Efromovich.
LinkCebu Pacific to start US operations in late 1Q2016 Cebu Pacific Air has announced Guam Int'l as its maiden destination in the United States with a 4x weekly service from Manila set to commence on March 15, 2016. Operations are on-board an A320-200.
LinkDana Air to start regional operations next month Dana Air will commence international operations on December 1 with the launch of daily Lagos to Accra flights. Operations are on-board one of the Nigerian carrier's five MD-83s and one MD-82.
LinkDelta to retain fourteen B757s past 2017 Delta Air Lines will retain fourteen of its 111 B757-200s past their original 2017 retirement date following the collapse in July of talks with its pilot corps over a tentative Collective Labour Agreement (CLA). Delta, which had tied the purchase of twenty EMB-190s and forty B737-900(ER)s to the CLA's ratification, had planned to replace the B757s with the newer B737s.
LinkEgyptAir bans freight from US, UK-bound pax flights EgyptAir has stopped ferrying mail and freight on its US and UK-bound flights with effect from Saturday, November 21. From now on, only passenger luggage will be allowed on-board the carrier's flights to New York JFK and London Heathrow with all other freight to be shipped by cargo aircraft.
LinkHong Kong Airlines eyes US flights in 2Q2016 Hong Kong Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for a Foreign Air Carrier Permit as well as route exemption for its planned launch of scheduled and chartered passenger flights to the United States next year.
LinkInterjet secures three more US route allocations Interjet is set to increase its coverage of the United States after the US Department of Transportation (DOT) recently granted the LCC three international route allocations previously reserved for the now defunct Mexicana (MX, México City).
LinkJet Airways will close its BRU hubJet Airways will close its Brussels National scissors hub in late March of next year citing its unprofitability Belgium's Standaard newspaper has said. The report says the airline has already informed its thirty-three Brussels based staff (twenty-five Belgians and eight Indians) of the decision.
LinkMexican 737-300 suffers gear collapse after touchdownMexico City’s international airport was forced to close a runway for 4h after a Boeing 737-300 suffered a landing-gear collapse after touchdown. The accident involved a Magnicharters service, UJ779, from Cancun.
LinkPhilippine Airlines set to order A350s Philippine Airlines has chosen the A350-900 as a replacement for its outgoing fleet of A340-300s CAPA has said. According to the report, the Filipino carrier is "close" to committing to at least six A350-900s for delivery from 2017.
LinkSriLankan to axe Euro, Australian plans As part of its new "Red-To-Black" restructuring program, SriLankan Airlines will dramatically curtail its European operations while dropping plans to start flights to Melbourne Tullamarine next year. An airline official who spoke to Sri Lanka's Sunday Leader newspaper on condition of anonymity said that of the carrier's European routes, Frankfurt Int'l, Paris CDG, and Rome Fiumicino would be dropped owing to their unprofitability while London Heathrow would be retained given the cost and difficulty in securing slots there.
LinkTaban Air adds first B757 to fleet Taban Air has wet-leased a B757-200 from Tajik Air with the aircraft - EY-752 (msn 27599) - having been ferried from Dushanbe to Tehran Imam Khomeini late last week.
LinkTigerair Australia gets maiden Boeing metal Tigerair Australia has added its maiden Boeing equipment to its fleet following the delivery of B737-800 VH-VUB (msn 34013) late last week.
LinkIATA Cuts Long-Term Air Travel ForecastSlowing growth in China, the fastest growing market for air travel, will dampen global demand for air transport, IATA said as it cut its long-term forecast for global passenger numbers. Concerns over the outlook for global economic growth have been looming large in recent months, prompting the heads of the world's 20 largest economies to warn this month that growth around the world was uneven and falling short of expectations.
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