George Taylor
April 12, 2016
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Cebu Pacific
The Philippines’ air carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), becomes the first airline in the Asia-Pacific region to order the SL3510 seat model from Recaro Aircraft Seating for its brand-new fleet of 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft. CEB is expecting to grow its 56-strong fleet to over 80 aircraft, with an expansion plan that includes orders for
George TaylorApril 12, 2016406 0 CommentFRAPORT
Positive Traffic Performance in the First Quarter Helped by the Timing of the Easter Holidays, the Non-Recurrence of Previous Year’s Flight Cancellations and an Additional Leap Day – Fraport’s Group Airports Continue to See Varying Results – Strong Growth Achieved in March 2016 In the first quarter of 2016, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) scored a new
George TaylorApril 12, 2016379 0 CommentGulfstream
SAVANNAH, GA – Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation today announced that its fleet in Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) has grown to more than 165 aircraft and makes up more than half of the Asia-Pacific fleet, the company’s largest internationally. “We have experienced tremendous growth in Greater China, particularly on the mainland, where we had
George TaylorApril 12, 2016385 0 CommentRwanda Air
The pace is gathering momentum at the corporate headquarters of RwandAir at the Kigali International Airport towards major fleet and destination expansion this year. The upcoming delivery in the second half of the year of two brand-new Airbus A330s will allow the airline to launch intercontinental flights for the first time in its history, and
George TaylorApril 12, 2016409 0 CommentJapan Airlines
Japan Airlines (JAL) sets fuel surcharge levels bimonthly based on the 2-month average price of Singapore kerosene-type jet fuel. JALannounced that it will maintain no fuel surcharge on all international passenger tickets purchased between June 1 and July 31, 2016. The price of Singapore kerosene-type jet fuel during the two-month period of February and March
George TaylorApril 12, 2016389 0 CommentAirbus, Boeing, Iran Air
Iran may develop a substantial market for importing aircrafts after decades of embargo rules. Airbus was already in Iran. Iran Air has already signed agreements to buy 118 planes from the European consortium Airbus and 20 more from French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. Now according to Iran’s official IRNA news agency a delegation from Boeing Co.
George TaylorApril 12, 2016680 0 CommentGulf Air
Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, has announced the appointment of Mr. Abdul Hussain Abdul Rahman Hussain, a seasoned aviation professional with over 20 years’ experience, as its Country Manager in Greece. Over the course of his career to date Abdul Hussain has amassed an in-depth, working knowledge of the aviation and travel
George TaylorApril 12, 2016530 0 CommentAirbus, Etihad Airways
Airbus, manufacturer of the flagship A380 aircraft, has presented Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, with the prestigious award for the best “Operational Reliability Performance” in the first year of A380 operations. The Etihad Airways A380 fleet recorded an extraordinary 99.8 per cent operational reliability between January and December 2015. This
George TaylorApril 12, 2016397 0 CommentMunich Airport
Munich Airport saw growth in all traffic segments in the first quarter of 2016. The number of passengers increased by 3 percent to 8.9 million – more than ever before in the first quarter of a calendar year. The 88,350 take-offs and landings represented a year-on-year gain of 1.3 percent. The 79,300 tons of airfreight
George TaylorApril 12, 2016569 0 CommentAir Madagascar
The choice of flying with Air Madagascar no longer seems that natural, now that militants within the airline’s ranks have boycotted the handling of Air France flights when landing at Antananarivo, compelling the French national airline to divert flights to Reunion’s Roland Garros International Airport. From there, passengers have been transported on to the Madagascar
George TaylorApril 12, 2016415 0 Comment
Air Malta will start scheduled services between Malta and Palermo as from 4th July. These flights will operate in addition to the 13 weekly flights between Malta and Catania/Sicily and reinforce the airline’s leading position between Italy and Malta. Air Malta gives the best choice for travelers from both Italy and Malta with 34 weekly
George TaylorApril 12, 2016303 0 CommentFinnair
In March, Finnair’s overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew by 3.3 percent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 4.2 percent year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor rose by 0.6%-points to 79.5 percent The capacity in Asian traffic remained unchanged in March, while traffic increased by 0.1 percent year‐on‐year on the back
