Air transport

The consortium comprising Basic Element, one of Russia’s diversified industrial groups, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Changi Airports International (CAI) announces the acquisition of Vladivostok International Airport in Russia’s Far East.

The first A350-1000 took off this morning for its maiden flight at Blagnac in Toulouse, France at 10.42 hrs local time.

Tonight, on 23 November, the strike announced by pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit began. The special flight schedule is being carried out as planned. More than two thirds of all Lufthansa Group flights are taking place according to schedule today.

Lufthansa deeply regrets that the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called for its members to go on strike tomorrow, 23 November 2016, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Rockwell Collins was awarded $27 million to activate a depot capability for the U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft HF-121C and miscellaneous radio components.

 American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) announced today that it has expanded its partnerships with flight information providers FlightStats and OAG.

Aeroflot today launched regular flights between Moscow Sheremetyevo and London Gatwick, the airline’s second destination in the UK.

KLM will operate its flights to Freetown and Monrovia using Airbus 330-200s which can seat 267 passengers. Flight KL0511 will depart on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 14.35 from Amsterdam and arrive in Freetown at 19.30, local time.

American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) today reported October and year-to-date 2016 traffic results.

Gazpromneft-Aero and PTT Public Company Limited (PTT), the largest oil and gas company in Thailand, have signed new agreements on fueling of Russian airlines in the international airports of Bangkok and Phuket during the 2016-2017 Autumn-Spring navigation season.