U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of new antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether imports of 100- to 150-seat civil aircraft from Canada are being unfairly dumped in the United States and whether Canadian producers are receiving alleged unfair subsidies. The investigations were initiated following a petition […]
Boeing made the first delivery of the new 737 MAX. The airplane, a 737 MAX 8, was handed over to Malindo Air at the Seattle Delivery Center. The Malaysia-based airline will be the first to put the 737 MAX into commercial service. “This airplane will change the face of the single-aisle market,” said Boeing Commercial […]
SIA Group airlines’ passenger load factor improved 2.7 percentage points to 80.8%. Passenger carriage (measured in revenue passenger kilometers) increased 7.5% compared to last year, against 4.0% expansion in capacity (measured in available seat kilometers). Singapore Airlines’ passenger load factor improved 3.7 percentage points to 80.8%. Passenger carriage increased 4.5% compared to last year, against […]
The Government of Canada on May 16, 2017 announced the proposal of the Transportation Modernization Act, which includes establishing new air passenger rights and liberalizing international ownership restrictions for Canadian air carriers, raising foreign ownership limits from 25% to 49%. The new legislation aims “to provide a better experience for travelers and a transparent, fair, […]
Iran Air, Iran’s national flag carrier, took delivery of its first four ATR 72-600s. ATR and Iran Air signed earlier this year a contract for 20 ATR 72-600s and overviewed options for a further 20. Deliveries of the first 20 aircraft will extend until the end of 2018. Following the relief of international sanctions on […]
Test flights of the re-engined Boeing 737MAX aircraft, suspended due to engine checks for defects, were resumed on May 12 – just two days after the suspension, Reuters reports. Boeing informed that only the aircraft that did not raise any doubts about their technical condition were returned in the air. The flights of Boeing 737 […]
AirAsia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Everbright and Henan Government Working Group to establish a low-cost carrier (LCC) in China. It outlines how the parties will incorporate a joint venture to be known as AirAsia (China) for the purposes of operating a low-cost aviation business based in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan […]
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand announced that flag carrier Thai Airways International has been recertified to the international safety standards of ICAO on May 8. Thai Airways is the third of Thailand’s international airlines to receive its AOC recertification as part of CAAT’s recertification program, in partnership with CAA International, the advisory arm of […]
Emirates today announced it will introduce a third daily service to Brisbane, Australia from 1 December 2017, complementing Emirates’ existing two daily services. The direct service, to be operated on a B777-200LR aircraft with eight seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 216 in Economy Class, will increase capacity on the route by 3,724 seats a week, inbound and […]
The airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 11.2 million passengers in April 2017. This shows an increase of 25.1% compared to the previous year’s month. The available seat kilometers were up 15.8% over the previous year, at the same time, sales increased by 25.2%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising 6.2 percentage points […]
