- Russian Helicopters Signs an Events Roadmap for Ka-226T Localization in India[Feb. 06, 2020]
Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has signed a roadmap at the Defexpo 2020 exhibition with the Russian-Indian company Indo-Russian Helicopters Limited (IRHL) for localization of Ka-226T helicopter production in India.
- Sheremetyevo Presents Strategic Plans at NAIS 2020[Feb. 07, 2020]
A delegation of managers and specialists from Sheremetyevo International Airport participated in the business section of the NAIS 2020 forum. At the Effective Strategies for the Development and Management of Airports conference, Andrey Nikulin, First Deputy General Director for Production at SIA JSC, gave an extensive presentation on modern infrastructure and the prospects for development at SIA.
- Qatar Airways Swoops for RwandAir Stake and Eyes Bigger LATAM Holding[Feb. 06, 2020]
Qatar Airways is in talks to buy a 49% stake in Africa's RwandAir and is interested in doubling its holding in LATAM Airlines Group to 20%, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
- U.S. Jet Fuel Imports Fall to Lowest Since January 2019: EIA[Feb. 06, 2020]
The four-week average for U.S. jet fuel imports fell last week to the lowest since January 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
- Airbus Reaches Agreements with French, U.K. and U.S. Authorities[Jan. 31, 2020]
Airbus has reached final agreements with the French Parquet National Financier (PNF), the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) resolving the authorities' investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption, as well as with the U.S. Department of State (DoS) and the DoJ to resolve their investigations into inaccurate and misleading filings made with the DoS pursuant to the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
- Ryanair to Take Longer to Reach 200 Million Passenger Target Due to 737 MAX Woes[Feb. 03, 2020]
Ryanair will take longer than expected to reach its long-term target of flying 200 million passengers per year due to delays in the delivery of Boeing's 737 MAX jet, the Irish airline announced on Monday.
- Airbus Demonstrates First Fully Automatic Vision-Based Take-Off[Jan. 16, 2020]
Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two pilots, two flight test engineers and a test flight engineer took off initially at around 10h15 on 18 December and conducted a total of 8 take-offs over a period of four and a half hours.
- Cathay Pacific Group Releases Combined Traffic Figures for DecembeR 2019[Jan. 16, 2020]
The Cathay Pacific Group today released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for December 2019 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2018.
- Pulkovo St. Petersburg Airport Serves Record 19.6 Million Passengers in 2019[Jan. 17, 2020]
In 2019, Pulkovo St. Petersburg Airport served a total of 19,581,262 passengers, 8.1% more than in 2018.
- Terminal C Officially Opened at Sheremetyevo Airport[Jan. 17, 2020]
Today, January 17, 2020, Sheremetyevo International Airport's new passenger terminal - built and equipped in compliance with the highest global standards - was opened to the public. The official opening ceremony was attended by Aleksandr Yurchik, Transport Deputy Minister of Russia; Aleksandr Neradko, Head of the Federal Air Transport Agency; Igor Bryntsalov, Head of the Moscow Region Duma; Aleksandr Ponomarenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC SIA; Mikhail Vasilenko, CEO of JSC SIA; and Andrey Chikhanchin, Deputy CEO of Aeroflot as well as other officials, partners of the SIA Group, and Russian and global media.