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Air Botswana to update fleet and expand routes

Air Botswana has announced its plans to renew its fleet as well as expand on its routes by 2017. The airline told ch-aviation that it plans to phase out its three ATR42-500s, one ATR72-500 and two ARJ-85s, with either the A319-100 of the A320 stepping in as replacements. Air Botswa...

Golden Wings leases Q300

Golden Wings Aviation South Africa has added its first Dash Q300 to its fleet, the first of its type in the airlines fleet. Golden wings also currently operates a Fokker 70 for its affiliate Golden Wings Aviation Sudan.

Nile Air plans to launch into European market

Nile Air plans to link Europe to Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada as part of a plan that sees the airline acquiring widebodies by 2020. The airline told ch-aviation that its European routes would operate using a combination of chartered and scheduled flights. Nile Air will be taking delivery of its fifth and sixth A320-200’s in May and July of next year to help with the new pla...

WawJet plans to launch fleet of B737 Classics

Guinean start-up WawJet plans to acquire B737 Classics for regional operations, ch-aviation reports. Founder and chief executive officer, Alpha Diallo, told Routes Online that he plans to operate a fleet of B737-300s and B737-400s WawJet plans to use Conakry as its primary hub, with no released launch date.

Fast jet announces change of directorate

Fast jet has announced a change of directorate as Nick Caine, chief financial officer, leave the company. The search for Caine’s successor is underway as he plans to return to Australia next year to continue his career nearer to his family and home. “Nick has made an invaluable contribution to the development of fastjet, in particular in restructuring the finance func...

Rolls-Royce signs TotalCare Flex Agreement with AerCap and South African Airlines

Rolls-Royce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AerCap and South African Airways for TotalCare Flex. Rolls-Royce will support Trent 500 engines for three AerCap Airbus A340’s operated by South African Airways with TotalCare Flex, which is designed for owners and operators of mature engines. “We are proud to have a global leader in the lessor market such as A...

Etihad Airways named best airline – business class

Etihad Airways has been named Best Airline – Business Class at the 26th Annual TTG Travel Awards 2015. The prestigious award, voted for by the readers of TTG Asia, TTG China, TTG India, TTG mice, TTG-BT Mice China, TTG associations and TTG Asia Luxury, was presented to the airline at a gala ceremony in Bangkok last week. Peter Baumgartner, chief commercial officer at Etihad Airwa...

Air Partner delivers United Nations aid to Central African Republic

Air Partner has transported 90 tonnes of aid from Belgium to the Central African Republic to support the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Air Partner chartered a Boeing 747 Freighter from Liege Airport to fly the supplies to M’Poko International Airport in Bangui, the capital of the Ce...

Third-party logistics division growing at Volga-Dnepr

Volga Dnepr Group’s says its growing third-party logistics division in Russia and the CIS has organised the delivery of over 190 tonnes of shipments for project engineering company, Telekom-Zapad. The cooperation started with Volga-Dnepr delivering a shipment of cable samples to Yakutsk in the Russian Far East, located 450 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, using bellyhold c...

ISTAT: Market warned of need for 'stable' reaction if rate rises

Stable market reactions to any interest-rate increase by the US Federal Reserve are crucial, Oxford Economics has warned. David Goodger – director for Europe at the forecasting specialist's Tourism Economics subsidiary – expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December. However, the increase will "moderate" as the Fed will be realistic abo...

VietJet A320 suffers radome damage after bird strike

A VietJet Air Airbus A320 aircraft suffered extensive damage to its radome in a bird strike incident on the evening of 30 September. The aircraft was flying on the Buon Ma Thuot-Hanoi route operating flight VJ496, confirms VietJet. The carrier provided no details on the number of passengers or crew aboard the jet, but says it landed safely. Images on social media show the aircraft...

Ryanair may allow small dogs in the cabin on short-haul flights

Ryanair is considering allowing pets onto its flights, an airline chief has revealed. Until now the budget airline has had a no-pet policy, meaning its passengers must either put their pets in kennels or forsake their holiday. But the airline recently suggested it has thought about permitting small dogs in the cabin on short-haul flights to Europe. 'We are open to lots of suggestion...

Alaska Air Group, 10% passenger traffic increase in September, 2015

Alaska Air Group Inc. reported September and year-to-date operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and on a combined basis. Detailed information is provided below. On a combined basis, Air Group reported a 10.0 percent increase in traffic on a 10.3 percent increase in capacity compared to September 2014. This resulted in a 0.3 point decrease in load factor to 8...

Air France announced its restructuring plan to employees

Paris - Tense Monday for Air France agents: they are called to strike against the restructuring plan threatening in the short term 3,000 jobs, which should be announced in the morning at a central works council. Three unions (CGT, FO and Unsa) at national level, and CFDT, in the South, called for the mobilization, but the strike rate is unknown, some agents opting to strike a few hour...

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Korean Air places landmark order for 103 Boeing aircraft

Boeing and Korean Air announced that the carrier has finalized a purchase agreement for 103 aircraft spanning Boeing’s widebody and single‑aisle families. The deal includes 20 777‑9, 25 787...