Friday, August 16, 2019

Friday, August 16, 2019

In airline routes and ground services news, UK trade union Unite says strike action proposed for 23-24 August at Heathrow Airport has been suspended after a new pay offer has been made to workers

Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Rupert Hogg has resigned, according to reports in China

An Ural Airlines Airbus A321 was substantially damaged in the early hours of yesterday morning when it was forced to land in a cornfield shortly after take-off due to a dual bird strike and engine failure

Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines are boosting flights between the UK and US from next summer, which sees Delta join Virgin Atlantic serving Gatwick Airport together for the first time since their partnership began in 2014

Gazpromneft-Aero has signed a new agreement with Air France to refuel regular flights at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla International Airport, where the airline has just launched regular flights to Paris

In air cargo news, Swissport International has closed and settled its debt refinancing and is using the net proceeds to repay its existing debt and is targeting new acquisitions

John Menzies plc – parent company of Menzies Aviation – has reported a loss of £4.4 million for the first six months of 2019 – compared to a profit last year

Australia Post and Qantas have announced an expanded domestic and international air freight agreement to support the growing demand for parcels

SpiceJet has revealed that its dedicated air cargo arm SpiceXpress, will start operating scheduled services on the Delhi-Kabul-Delhi route from later this month

LATAM Airlines’ cargo revenues decreased by 10.2 per cent to US$269.3 million in the second quarter ending 30 June 2019, as the sale of a Mexican subsidiary and weaker demand in South America reduced figures

In airside news, British Airways (BA) has celebrated its 100,000th aircraft pushback using the airline’s fully-electric, remote-controlled Mototok tugs

Aircraft refuelling company Garsite has completed a large order of fuelling units to the US military, announcing that they finished the project ahead of schedule

Uganda’s recently re-launched national flag carrier, Uganda Airlines, has signed a one-year contract with National Aviation Services (NAS) to provide the airline with ground handling services

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India has proposed daily random breathalyser tests for at least ten per cent of staff employed in airside operations

Gatwick Airport has published its five-year Capital Investment Programme (CIP), which pledges £1.11 billion and places an emphasis on automation and technology as key growth enablers

In business aviation news, fixed-base operator (FBO) network Sheltair has broken ground on its new $20 million FBO facility at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC)

Honda Aircraft Company has announced that it’s HondaJet has achieved more deliveries in the first half of 2019 than any other aircraft in its class

Private plane booking company Wheels Up has announced it raised $128 million in new equity last week, to bring its total valuation to over $1.1 billion

Aircraft charter and management company Heron Aviation has announced the addition of a Cessna Citation Mustang to its fleet, under the Spanish registration EC-LCX

Aeromedical services supplier Ambulance by Air Trek is seeking monetary damages for the loss of two Cessna Citation jets due to fuel contamination by diesel exhaust fluid (DEF)?

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