Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Please click on photo for full view, information and other QANTAS photos.
QANTAS Airways (Sydney) remains bullish and still plans to purchase 160 aircraft over the next 10 years.
News link:
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/qantas-bullish-despite-downturn-20091007-glmh.html
Copyright Photo: Bernhard Ross. Please click on photo for full view, information and other Air India photos.
Air India (Mumbai) is offering three Boeing 777-200LR (Longer Range) and four Airbus A310F freighters for lease.
News link:
www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/06/333116/air-india-offers-seven-aircraft-for-dry-lease.html
More Boeing 747-400s are expected to be parked in the present downturn. Please click on photo for full view, information and more BA photos.
British Airways (London) is planning to cut a further 1,700 jobs (mainly cabin crews) as it pulls back on flying.
News link:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8293536.stm
Meanwhile the cabin crews are taking a strike vote and are predicting “strike chaos” at Christmas if the vote is approved.
News link:
Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Please click on photo for full view, information and other AC photos.
Air Canada (Montreal) has raised C$300 million in equity financing.
News link:
www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/air-canada-gains-more-breathing-room/article1314791/
Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.
American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth) continues to build up its hubs by adding spoke routes. On April 6, 2010 it will add routes from Chicago O’Hare to both Charleston, WV and Harrisburg, PA. Both routes will be assigned to Embraer ERJ 145s.
Charleston press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Eagle-Airlines-prnews-4214366398.html?x=0&.v=1
Harrisburg press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Eagle-Airlines-prnews-1339370591.html?x=0&.v=1
SilkAir (Singapore) will take over the Singapore-Penang route from parent Singapore Airlines on December 1.
New link:
biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/6/business/4847429&sec=business
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.
Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.
Arkefly (TUI Airlines Nederland) (Amsterdam) will fly a weekly service between Amsterdam and Kathmandu with Boeing 737-800s.
News link:
US Airways (Phoenix) has begun selling off some of its Embraer ERJ 190s. ย N961UW and N963UW were removed from service and ferried to Pittsburgh yesterday (October 5) for a new operator.
Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. US Airways already has a NFL Philadelphia Eagles logojet. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.
US Airways (Phoenix) has become the official airline of the National Hockey League (NHL) Philadelphia Flyers. Is this the next US Airways logojet?
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Airways-Becomes-the-bw-1525575294.html?x=0&.v=1
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.
Frontier Airlines (2nd) (subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings) (Denver) will seasonally increase the number of flights from DEN to the Mexican markets it serves starting on December 19.
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/Frontier-Increases-Flights-to-bw-1446217012.html?x=0&.v=1
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