Monthly Archives: March 2017

Plane with 44 on board crashes in South Sudan

A Fokker 50 passenger plane with 44 people on board, operated by local air carrier South Supreme Airlines, at Wau Airport in the recently independent country of South Sudan at around 3 PM local time (12 PM GMT), according to local media and observer reports. The crash reportedly happened during landing. The passenger aircraft was flying from […]

EU fines air cargo carriers €776M for price-fixing cartel

The European Commission has re-adopted a cartel decision against 11 air cargo carriers and imposed a fine totalling €776,465,000 ($836.237 millon) for operating a price–fixing cartel. The Commission’s original decision was annulled by the General Court on procedural grounds. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “Millions of businesses depend on air cargo […]

International Airlines Group to launch new long-haul carrier LEVEL

International Airlines Group is launching LEVEL – a new low cost long-haul airline brand. The carrier will take to the skies in June, with flights from Barcelona to Los Angeles, San Francisco (Oakland), Buenos Aires and Punta Cana. LEVEL will fly two new Airbus A330 aircraft branded in its own livery and fitted with 293 […]

BOC Aviation orders two more A320ceos

BOC Aviation has ordered two additional Airbus A320ceos that will be delivered by the end of 2017. The Singapore-based lessor says in a statement that the two aircraft have already been placed with an Asian carrier. No engine selection has been disclosed, with the choice of either the CFM International CFM56 or International Aero Engines […]

CBD Aviation signs $3.3bn deal with Boeing for 30 737 MAX 8 planes

Boeing and CDB Aviation have announced an order for 30 737 MAX 8 airplanes, valued at $3.3 billion at current list prices. Both sides agreed to take this opportunity to broaden communication and strengthen cooperation in various fields, bringing the partnership to a new level. “Our commitment to our customers is to provide them with […]

CargoLogicAir sends extra aircrew to Rome to speed up urgent delivery of adsorbents to Saudi Arabia

CargoLogicAir positioned extra aircrew in Rome to support a fast delivery of 96 tonnes of adsorbents used to improve process economics at industrial gas plants. The British cargo airline was contracted by DHL Global Forwarding charter desk to operate the Boeing 747 freighter flight from Leonardo Da Vinci Fiumicino International Airport in Rome to Jeddah, […]

Embraer-Bombardier dispute at WTO is joined by Japan

Tokyo has been paying more attention to the dispute between Brazil and Canada at the World Trade Organization over the subsidies of the Canadian government to Bombardier. Japan places its own position as the main exporter of aircraft components, according to a WTO document quoted by Law 360 journalists. Brazil‘s Council of Ministers of the […]

Airbus launches Routehappy alliance

Would you book a hotel room without seeing pictures of one? It’s unlikely. In an age where consumers have more information than ever before to make the smartest purchasing decisions, airline passengers still have little visibility into their inflight experience before booking a flight. Leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus has teamed up with Routehappy, the merchandising […]

EU officials seek to fine Air France-KLM and other carriers

After a failed attempt to arrange a deal, Air France-KLM, British Airways and many other carriers may confront multimillion-euro fines from EU regulators on the ground of antitrust, Bloomberg reports. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is pursuing to re-penalise the airlines with around 800 million euros ($844 million) in fines. In 2015, the EU court […]