AirlinesWestJet, Swoop to both serve Edmonton-Winnipeg marketCalgary-based WestJet will add frequencies by its ultra-LCC subsidiary Swoop to the Edmonton-Winnipeg market, which already boasts its own mainline service as well as regional and ULCC frequencies.
LinkLaudaMotion to double fleet next yearLaudaMotion will double its Airbus fleet to 18 aircraft next year, the new Austrian carrier said a day after Irish LCC Ryanair completed a deal to buy 75% of the Austrian carrier from former formula 1 driver Niki Lauda.
LinkSwiss regional SkyWork Airlines ceases operationsSwiss regional SkyWork Airlines ceased operations Aug. 29, after fleet renewal efforts failed to improve the business after seven years of operations.
LinkThailand’s Nok Air CEO resignsThai LCC Nok Air CEO Piya Yodmani has stepped down from the position and will be succeeded by Pravej Ongartsittigul as acting CEO.
LinkAer Lingus beefs up London services with CityJet wet leaseIrish regional carrier CityJet has taken a further significant step away from its previous business model as a scheduled carrier to a capacity provider for others. The Dublin-based airline will relinquish operating the Dublin-London City route in its own right, instead flying on behalf of Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus.
LinkCorsair pushed off Senegal route for African newcomerFrench leisure carrier Corsair will cease flying its route between Paris Orly and Senegal’s capital of Dakar after the Senegalese authorities announced they wished to reserve the route for the African nation’s new national carrier.
LinkAeroflot Group posts $82.9 million loss in 1H on higher fuel costsRussia’s Aeroflot Group reported RUB5.2 billion ($82.9 million) net loss in 1H 2018, reversed from a net profit of RUB2.9 billion in 1H 2017. Revenue for the six-month period was RUB265.8 billion, up 13.2% year-over-year (YOY).
LinkATSB issues advisory on pitot tubes after MAS 330 incidentThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued a safety advisory following an incident in July in which a Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Airbus A330-300 was forced to turn back to Brisbane Airport because of three attached pitot tube covers.
LinkANA’s first Airbus A380 rolls out of FALAirbus has rolled out the first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) from the final assembly line (FAL) in Toulouse. The aircraft has now been moved to an outside station where various ground tests will be undertaken in preparation for first flight in the coming weeks.
LinkPrimera to add long-haul routes from BerlinPrimera Air intends to operate North American services from Berlin Tegel next summer. Services to New York JFK, Boston and Toronto will be launched in June 2019 and operated with Boeing 737 Max jets, says the carrier.
LinkGoAir to begin international services in OctoberIndian low-cost carrier GoAir will launch its first international services with Airbus A320s, linking the cities of Mumbai and Delhi with Phuket and Male.
LinkAir Canada A321 landed despite go-around orderCanadian investigators have disclosed that an Air CanadaAirbus A321 proceeded to land at Toronto despite being instructed to execute a go-around.
LinkHainan Airlines first half profit falls 55%Hainan Airlines Group posted an operating profit of CNY683 million ($100 million) for the first half of 2018, a 55% year-on-year decline from the same period last year.
LinkJet Airways to launch five new routesJet Airways will expand its network over the next month, with the launch of five new services. At the same time, the airline will look to launch another six domestic services. These are Bengaluru-Lucknow, Indore-Kolkata, Kolkata-Chandigarh, Coimbatore-Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam-Mumbai, and Visakhapatnam-Delhi.
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