Singapore Airlines will launch its new Airbus A350-900 aircraft on routes out of Manchester serving both Singapore and Houston. The flight will launch on January 17th next year and will be the first commercial A350 flight from Manchester Airport. Source
Passengers flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles will be the first to experience the Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner when the inaugural international service takes-off on December 15th next year. The Qantas Dreamliner will carry 236 passengers in a three-class configuration and complement the daily Airbus A380 service already flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles. Source
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has confirmed that it will exercise its call option on the outstanding 55% of the shares in SN Airholding, parent company of Brussels Airlines (as had been revealed earlier this year, in September), and also provided further details of the deal. Source
Traces of explosives have been found on victims of the Egyptair crash over the Mediterranean in May, investigators say. A statement by Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said a criminal investigation would now begin into the crash. Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo plunged into the sea on 19 May killing all 66 people on board.…
British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly for strikes in a dispute over pay, the Unite union says. More than 2,000 workers were balloted about the action, which will take place at Heathrow Airport. It comes after cabin crew rejected a 2% pay rise. The action will begin after 21 December and Unite has yet…
Here we go again. Donald Trump has tweeted another critique about a major defense company — and the stock immediately fell. Trump tweeted Monday morning that “the F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.” Shares of Lockheed Martin…
The one remaining ship still looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has begun what is likely to be its final search. Dutch-owned Fugro Equator left the Australian port of Fremantle on Monday. Several ships have combed the seabed of a vast search area in the Indian Ocean since the plane disappeared in 2014. The…
