Boeing recently delivered the first widebody 777-200LR (longer range) airplane for a US carrier to Delta Air Lines. The airplane is the first of eight Boeing 777-200LRs ordered by Delta Air Lines, enhancing the airline's ability to connect customers and cargo between virtually any two cities around the globe, nonstop. The aircraft is scheduled to enter scheduled service in early March flying between Atlanta and Los Angeles, followed by Atlanta-Tokyo. … [Read more...] about AMERICAS : First B777-200LR for a US carrier

Delta Air Lines began last week new daily nonstop service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. The new service complements Delta's daily nonstop to Tel Aviv from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Delta's new nonstop service between New York-JFK and Tel Aviv will be operated using 767-300ERaircraft. … [Read more...] about AMERICAS : Delta adds daily from JFK to Tel Aviv

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced a new canine programme to enhance explosives detection capabilities in US air cargo facilities. The agency will train and certify more than 400 explosives detection canine teams, composed of one dog and one handler, during the next two years. Eighty-five of these teams will be TSA employee-led and will primarily search cargo bound for passenger-carrying aircraft. The first TSA teams began training in January and graduated … [Read more...] about AMERICAS : US to use canine explosive detection

Russian airlines will need more than 900 passenger aircraft over the next 20 years in response to the strong growth in this market, according to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF). The Russian passenger aircraft fleet of 100 seats or more is expected to grow steadily from 528 aircraft in service in 2006 to nearly 950 by 2026. Over the next 20 years, Russia will require more than 900 aircraft to meet demand for aircraft replacement as well as fleet growth. This will represent a … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS : Russia needs 900 aircraft over next 20 years

Russia's freight traffic grew 6.3 per cent to nearly 2.5 trillion tonne-kilometres in 2007 compared to a year earlier, according to First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. He said a total of 12 billion tonnes of freight was carried in 2007, which is more than 2 per cent more than during the previous year, with commercial freight traffic reaching 2,325 billion tonne-kilometres, a 6.6-per cent increase from 2006. Commercial airfreight traffic saw the biggest rise, which exceeded 16 per … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS : Russia’s freight traffic growing

From 13 May Ural Airlines is launching a new service from Ekaterinburg in Russia to Almaty, Kazakhstan. The air service will be operated twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays utilising a Tu-154M. … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS : Ural Air’s new service to Kazakhstan