New routes: Hawaiian, Alaska Airlines to Hawaii
Hawaiian Airlines, which is on the verge of beginning commercial service with its new Airbus A321neos, said it will use the planes to expand service from the West Coast next year. The airline will add a new route on May 1 between San Diego and Kahului Airport on Maui using an A321neo, and will begin […]
Boeing, Neos and AerCap Celebrate Delivery of Airline’s First 787 Dreamliner
Boeing (NYSE: BA), Neos and AerCap today celebrated the delivery of the leisure carrier’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Neos is leasing the 787-9 through an agreement with AerCap and becomes the first Italian operator of the airplane. «With a significant portion of the 787 produced in Italy we are proud to be the country’s first […]
Routes reveals busiest air trip in South America
A new study published by Routes shows that the one-hour flight between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is the busiest air route in South America. More than four million people travelled the 378 kilometre distance between São Paulo Congonhas and Rio de Janeiro"™s Santos Dumont Airport between November 1st, 2016 and October 31st, 2017, […]
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay make further advances in regional ansp integration and cooperation
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay today reaffirmed their commitment to continue working together toward higher operational safety, quality and efficiency standards in their air navigation services. Representatives from the four countrie"™ Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) gathered in Buenos Aires to hold the Second Regional Integration and Cooperation ANSP Meeting, within the framework of the […]
New A330-800 starts final assembly
Final assembly of the newest member of the A330neo Family, the A330-800, has started and is on track for the first flight planned in mid-2018. The A330-800 complements the A330-900, the largest member of the A330neo Family. With its 242-tonne Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) as base variant, the A330-800 can operate routes of up to […]
Mexico will add 264 Airbus A320 aircrafts to the skies
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus plans to deliver 264 A320 aircrafts in Mexico in the next few years, once the contract with Indigo Partners, one of the shareholders of the airline Volaris, is signed. The president for Latin America and the Caribbean of the company, Rafael Alonso, explained that this shows that the Mexican market […]
Aerolíneas Argentinas set to receive Latin America"™s first 737 MAX 8
CEO Mario Dell"™Acqua said Aerolíneas Argentinas will take delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 Nov. 29. The aircraft will make its first commercial flight Dec. 1. "It is a great honor to be the first Latin American airline to fly the MAX," Dell"™Acqua told ATW on the sidelines of the ALTA Airline Leaders […]
Copa and Gol see different missions for Max 9 and 10
Copa Airlines and Gol see different missions for the Boeing 737 Max 9 and 10, suggesting the larger variant may not cannibalise orders for its smaller sibling as much as some have speculated. Panama City-based Copa, which is the only carrier in Latin America with orders for both the 737-9 and -10, sees the former […]
United adds eight routes from four hubs next spring
United Airlines will add new service to eight cities from its Chicago O’Hare, Denver, Los Angeles and Newark hubs next spring, including new flights to Elmira in New York. The Star Alliance carrier will add new service to El Paso and Fresno from Chicago O’Hare; Jacksonville from Denver; Kalispell, Medford, Missoula and Redmond from Los […]
Gatwick named the top airport
GATWICK has scooped three top awards at separate ceremonies. It won: – Airport of the Year at the National Transport Awards – Global environmental award for its world-first waste plant at the Digital Impact Awards – Digital In-house Team of the Year at the Digital Impact Awards. Chris Woodroofe, Chief Operating Officer, Gatwick Airport, said:"These […]
