Qantas to manage Jetstar Asia freight capacity
Jetstar Asia has entered into an agreement with Qantas Freight to manage its freight capacity from 20 November. The arrangement covers 23 ports in 13 markets, and gives the budget carrier access to Qantas Freight’s 130 partners. Cirium fleet data shows that Jetstar Asia operates 18 Airbus A320 aircraft, which the budget carrier says carries […]
Bolivia selects A330 for long-haul fleet renewal
Bolivia’s government has announced a $17.5 million cash injection into state-owned Boliviana de Aviacion to support replacement of its Boeing 767-300 long-haul fleet with Airbus A330s. BoA’s chief commercial officer Hugo Estrada says the funds are being made available to «help us to speed up our fleet renewal». He notes that BoA «has been profitable […]
Sunwing to ground 737 MAX 8s until spring 2020
Sunwing is grounding all of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft throughout the winter season. Sunwing’s new schedule will come into effect on Nov. 5 and run until mid-May 2020. While the move has been prompted by the ongoing worldwide grounding of the MAX 8, the company said that being able to provide clients with […]
Embraer and Mongolian Hunnu Air Sign Pool Program Agreement to Support its E190 Fleet
Embraer announced that the Company has signed a long-term Pool Program Agreement with Mongolian Hunnu Air to support a wide range of repairable components for the airline’s recently leased fleet of E190. Hunnu Air is the first E190 operator in Mongolia and took delivery of its first E190 this year in May. The Pool Agreement […]
JetSmart to double its Argentinian fleet by April 2020
Chile-based low-cost carrier JetSmart has disclosed plans to consolidate its Argentinian domestic presence by adding more aircraft and routes before April 2020, the first anniversary of its operations in country. In November, JetSmart will launch Airbus A320-operated flights to two new domestic Argentinian destinations: Rosario and Ushuaia. The airline will offer twice-weekly services to Puerto […]
Gol sticks by 737 Max in fleet upgrade
Brazilian carrier Gol continues to see the Max playing a key role in its fleet transformation plan, even as it plans for some of its 2019 orders to slip into 2020 as Max remain grounded around the world. In its second quarter earnings statement, the low cost airline said that “a portion” of its 2019 […]
Icelandair removes MAXs from flight schedule through October
Icelandair will keep the Boeing 737 MAX off its flight schedule through the end of October as uncertainty about when the grounded aircraft will return to service drags on. The Icelandic flag carrier has five MAX 8s and one MAX 9 in its fleet, all of which are grounded. Two of the 737-8s are owned […]
More than 400 737 Max pilots are suing Boeing over an ‘unprecedented cover-up’ of flaws in the plane’s design
More than 400 Boeing 737 Max pilots are suing the company over what they allege was an «unprecedented cover-up» of «known design flaws» in the plane, and over the financial losses they face as the plane remains grounded after two fatal crashes. A class-action lawsuit was filed against Boeing on Friday «for financial and other […]
French Caribbean Carrier Air Antilles Upgrading Fleet
Guadeloupe-based Air Antilles is upgrading its Caribbean fleet. The company, which specializes in flights around the French Caribbean, has signed an agreement with Viking Air Limited to purchase two Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft. The deal would make Air Antilles the first commercial operator of the new Series 400 in the wider Caribbean region. The […]
Korean Air signs for 30 more 787s
Korean Air has signed a letter of intent to take 30 Boeing 787s in order to modernise its long-haul fleet. The Seoul-based carrier has committed to ordering 10 787-9s plus 10 Dreamliners of the -10 variant under a deal with a list-price value of $6.3 billion. A further 10 787-10s will be supplied to Korean […]
