Sydney (Reuters) - Kenya Airways is interested in the Bombardier CSeries or Embraer’s E2 jet for a short-haul order of 15-20 aircraft, with a decision possibly coming at the end of this year, its chief executive told Reuters on Monday. “The performance of the CSeries has to be studied,” Sebastian Mikosz
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Ethiopian Airlines Scoops Bombardier Aerospace’s Airline Reliability Performance Award
Ethiopian Airlines, has won the 2017 Airline Reliability Performance Award, for the 7th year in a row, from Bombardier Aerospace. Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa has scooped the 2017 Airline Reliability Performance Award, for the 7th year in a row, from Bombardier Aerospace. Commenting on the award, Tewolde Gebremariam,
Global airlines issue warning over trade tensions
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global airlines and aviation executives issued a warning on Sunday over growing international trade tensions, saying they could damage the airline industry and the world economy. The U.S. government has renewed tariff threats against China and imposed duties on steel and aluminum on U.S. allies Canada, Mexico and
Alaska Airlines to boost cargo capacity by 40 percent following Virgin America integration
Seattle-based combination carrier Alaska Air Cargo is preparing to increase capacity by 40 percent by utilizing its seventy A320 and A321 aircraft for cargo transportation, which Alaska gained in its acquisition of Virgin America in 2016. Alaska Air Cargo – internationally recognized as one of the only low-cost carriers that operate
Drone-maker Natilus completes prototype taxi tests, releases images
The Natilus drone prototype is towed out to San Pedro Bay for taxi trials. Natilus, the cargo drone startup, has completed the latest phase of taxi tests on water for a 30-foot-long prototype of its planned, large-scale unmanned cargo aircraft. Aleksey Matyushev, CEO of Natilus, told Air Cargo World the prototype has been
Ethiopian Airlines Marks 100th Aircraft in Active Service
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it would take delivery on June 5, 2018 of its 100th aircraft, a Boeing 787-900, the first for an African airline to operate 100 aircraft fleet in the history of the continent, thus maintaining its pioneering aviation technology leadership role and ascertaining its leadership position
Air France-KLM invests in CSafe’s new cool-chain containers
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has acquired the services of cool-chain container manufacturer CSafe Global to utilize its CSafe RAP active-temperature-controlled containers, specially designed for pharmaceutical transportation. The RAP container – equipped with a compressor-driven cooling and heating system – was approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in January. Designed
Rolls-Royce says tripling capacity to fix Trent 1000 engine problems
FILE PHOTO: A view of one of two Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner during a media tour ahead of the Singapore Airshow on February 12, 2012. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo London (Reuters) - Britain’s Rolls-Royce said it would add maintenance facilities and people to triple its capacity to
