Karen Walker

Lufthansa Group hopes to see sales of the Bombardier CSeries aircraft improve, the company’s head of fleet management said Tuesday.

Since taking the role of Kuala Lumpur-based AAPA DG in November 2004, Andrew Herdman has expanded the organization’s role to ensure close relationships with regulators worldwide and other industry associations so that Asia-Pacific’s international carriers are well-informed and represented in global policy issues.Herdman spoke with ATW while attending the two-week ICAO Assembly in Montreal where the landmark accord on aviation emissions was reached.

Fresh from its strategic win over Boeing with an order from Japan Airlines for at least 31 Fresh from its strategic win over Boeing with an order from Japan Airlines for at least 31 A350s, Airbus is preparing the ground to challenge its US rival in the future cargo aircraft market.

Qatar Airways on Tuesday became the 13th member of oneworld and the first major Gulf carrier to join a global alliance.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a two-day investigative hearing in December on the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214.

Airbus has selected Michigan-based Comau Aerospace to supply the aircraft main assembly and test stations for A320s that will be assembled in the new Mobile, Ala. facility that Airbus is building.