Éste es el hombre que te puede conseguir un avión para escapar de un asesino

Es una noche templada en el arbolado barrio de Gunhill, en Harare, cuando suena el celular de Ameerh Naran. Quien llama es el hijo de Emmerson Mnangagwa, el entonces vicepresidente de Zimbabwe y tiene una petición: quiere que Naran ayude a su padre a huir del país. El presidente Robert Mugabe acababa de despedir a […]

Bombardier sees 50%market share with revamped CRJ 900 jet

Bombardier’s revamped CRJ 900 regional jet should win «half or more» of the market against competing planes from Brazil’s Embraer SA , the company’s Commercial Aircraft President Fred Cromer told reporters on Thursday. The Canadian plane-and-train-maker, which won an order this week from Delta Air Lines for 20 CRJ 900s with upgraded cabins, expects to […]

Pastor pide 54 millones de dólares a sus fieles para comprarse un jet privado

Si un mortal evoluciona"¦ Obviamente que Jesús también lo hace. Y si bajara de la Tierra para predicar, no viajaría en un burro, sino en avión. Es al menos lo que considera el predicador evangelista estadounidense Jess Duplantis. Duplantis ha sorprendido en los últimos días, pues ha anunciado que necesita alrededor de 54 millones de […]

MH17: Netherlands and Australia to hold Russia accountable

Russia is formally to be held responsible by the Dutch and Australian governments for the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine four years ago. The Netherlands and Australia are two of the five participant states "“ along with Ukraine, Malaysia and Belgium "“ in the Joint Investigation Team which has been probing the […]

IATA Airlines Financial Monitor – March 2018

We are pleased to send you herewith the March report of the Airlines Financial Monitor. Key points: * The final data for Q4 2017 confirms the stabilisation in airline financials in 2H17. The industry-wide EBIT profit margin was a robust 8.7% of revenues in Q4 2017 "“ effectively unchanged from Q4 2016. * The broad-based […]

Crude oil, jet fuel prices 30% higher than a year ago: IATA

Crude oil and jet fuel prices are currently almost 30% higher than their level of a year ago; the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said, but noted it does not expect significant change in oil prices over the next 12 to 18 months. The oil price futures curve continues to suggest that financial markets […]

Boeing Recognized by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDSâ„¢ for 10,000th 737

Thousands of Boeing (NYSE: BA) employees gathered at the company’s Renton, Wash. factory today to celebrate the 10,000th 737 to come off the production line. With this airplane, a 737 MAX 8 for Southwest Airlines, the 737 has broken the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the most produced commercial jet aircraft model. Thousands of Boeing […]

Embraer almost doubles net firm orders in 2017

Embraer received 86 net firm orders for commercial aircraft in 2017, almost doubling the 45 net orders it logged in 2016. The airframer delivered 101 commercial aircraft in 2017, out of a total of 210 jet deliveries. Embraer had previously forecasted commercial deliveries of between 97 and 102 aircraft for the year. In the fourth […]

Boeing Sets Airplane Delivery Record, Finishes 2017 with Larger Order Book

Boeing (NYSE: BA) delivered more commercial airplanes than any manufacturer for the sixth consecutive year and set an industry record with 763 deliveries in 2017, driven by high output of the market-leading 737 and 787 jets. At the same time, the company grew its backlog with 912 net orders, reflecting healthy demand for its single-aisle […]