Category: Airlines

Newly launched Dakar based carrier Senegal Airlines has signed a letter of intent for four Airbus A320s and two A330s. The new airline, which is predominately privately owned, will replace Air Senegal International and launch services in early 2010 to destinations in Africa and Europe. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Tiger Airways celebrated carrying its 100,000th passenger to Alice Springs on November 19, with the lucky passenger on its Melbourne-Alice Springs service receiving a Red Centre travel package. Tiger flies from Melbourne and Adelaide to Alice Springs, with both routes served three times weekly. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

Skywest has purchased an additional Fokker 50 turboprop to add to its fleet, which it says will help improve its on-time performance and add capacity. “We are satisfied with the terms we achieved for this plane and are pleased that we will be further able to increase reliability and on time performance and add additional

Emirates president Tim Clark says that Emirates could use an additional 20 A380s on top of the 58 already on order, and is also evaluating options to accelerate delivery of some other aircraft. Clark told Aviation Week that the airline would consider ordering the aircraft if Dubai International Airport (DXB) could be expanded to accommodate