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Frontier Airlines Unveils New 30 Percent Lighter Seat Design

WIL BALDWIN December 29, 2020

Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines today unveiled details of its latest action to reduce the company’s environmental footprint with a new aircraft seat design that will feature a 30 percent weight reduction over existing seats. The…

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Eva Air Addresses COVID-19 Infected Pilot Dismissed for Cause

WIL BALDWIN December 29, 2020

On behalf of EVA Air, we offer our sincere apology to frontline epidemic prevention teams, health-care workers and the general public for the impact on public epidemic prevention efforts our dismissed pilot’s regulation violations have…

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Air Lease Announces Delivery of New Airbus A320-200neo Aircraft to Peach

WIL BALDWIN December 28, 2020

Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) announced the delivery of one new Airbus A320-200neo aircraft on long-term lease to Peach Aviation Limited (Japan). This aircraft, featuring CFM International LEAP-1A engines, is the first of two new…

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Rex Airlines Takes Delivery of First Boeing 737-800ng in Full Livery

WIL BALDWIN December 28, 2020

Rex Airlines marks another major milestone tomorrow, as the first of its Boeing 737-800NGs lands in Sydney in full Rex livery (airline colours). The aircraft arrived in Brisbane today just after 7:30pm on a transit…

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Hyundai Mipo Shipyard Chosen to Build New Interislander Ferries

WIL BALDWIN December 28, 2020

KiwiRail has named world-renowned Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) based in Ulsan, South Korea as its preferred shipyard to build the two new Interislander ferries. KiwiRail Chief Executive Greg Miller said the decision to work with…

Qantas & Japan Airlines Form Tourism Recovery Business Venture

WIL BALDWIN December 27, 2020December 27, 2020

Qantas and Japan Airlines (JAL) today announced plans to form a new joint business, designed to better serve customers travelling between Australia, New Zealand and Japan and support the tourism industry’s recovery when international flying…

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FedEx Modernizes Fleet With Delivery of Regional ATR Freighter

WIL BALDWIN December 25, 2020

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, announced the delivery of the first ever purpose-built turboprop regional freighter to the FedEx fleet. This follows the company’s…

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Canadian Pacific Completes Acquisition of Detroit River Rail Tunnel

WIL BALDWIN December 22, 2020

CALGARY, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific Railroad (NYSE: CP) announced today it has completed its previously announced agreement to purchase an 83.5 percent stake in the Detroit River Rail Tunnel from certain affiliates of OMERS, the…

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Air Saint-Pierre Takes Delivery of a New ATR 42-600

WIL BALDWIN December 22, 2020

Air Saint-Pierre has taken delivery of its new ATR 42-600 aircraft, following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding in July 2018. Based on one of the three main islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon…

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Belavia Takes Delivery of First Embraer E195-E2

WIL BALDWIN December 21, 2020

Belavia, Belarusian Airlines, the national carrier of Belarus, took delivery today of their first E2 next generation Embraer aircraft in Brazil. The new aircraft is the first of three E195-E2 jets to be leased to…