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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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Myanmar Airways International Commences Revenue Flights with Embraer E190

WIL BALDWIN December 25, 2020

Myanmar Airways International’s (MAI) first E190 commenced operations from Yangon yesterday, operating four flights throughout the day. In addition, MAI’s second E190 is due to arrive in the country on 23 December 2020 and the…

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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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Alaska Airlines Boosts 737 MAX Orders and Options to 120 Jets

WIL BALDWIN December 22, 2020

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Alaska Airlines [NYSE: ALK] announced that the carrier is buying 23 more 737-9 airplanes, building on its original order and an agreement last month to acquire new 737-9s through lease. The…

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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…

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JetBlue Adds 4 Cities to Its Route Map, Following Rivals

WIL BALDWIN December 20, 2020

From Adam Levine-Weinberg at The Motley Fool The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated air travel this year. Paradoxically, though, that has led a number of airlines (particularly low-fare carriers) to expand their route maps. Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) chief…

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Lockheed Martin Inks $4.4B Deal to Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne

WIL BALDWIN December 20, 2020

From Reuters News - Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington, D.C., Editing by Greg Roumeliotis Dec 20 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE: LMT) said on Sunday that it has agreed acquire U.S. rocket engine…