Air Tracker February 2 , 2018 Vol1 Ep13 Suparna Nevagi

Good Morning, today is February Second, 2018. My name is Suparna Nevagi, a Data Engineer for our Aviation Intelligence Platform - REDBOOK. Beginning today's headlines in fleet orders and deliveries: UPS has ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 cargo jets and four 767 aircraft Air Astana confirmed an order for five Embraer E2s; deliveries starting in October 2018. Aeroflot will sign firm order with Rostec for 50 of the latest Russian-built MC-21 aircraft European Aviation has signed an agreement to acquire seven A340-600s and three A340-500s from Etihad which will be delivered over the next few months Avolon took delivery of one A320neo leased into Air India Gee E CAS took delivery of its first 737 MAX 8 leased to Travel Service Air China took delivery of one new A320neo SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES took delivery of one new A320neo In Airline News… Air Astana reported a profit of $39.1m in the year 2017. The airline recorded passenger growth of 12% and air freight growth of 23% in 2017 Air Malta and airBaltic began code-sharing that allows airBaltic passengers daily access to Malta and provides Air Malta greater connectivity to the Baltics and Eastern Europe. South African Airways (SAA) announced plans to introduce the new A330-300 on the London route from March 2018. The airline has also decided to adjust frequencies on the route to a single daily service. LOT has increased its frequencies on Kraków-Chicago route and will be operating regular flights between Budapest and Kraków starting from May. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Global Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs) increased by 7.6% in 2017 comparted to 2016 and the Freight Tonne Kilometres rose by 9% in 2017 making it the strongest year of growth for air freight Thank you for listening and please join us again next time for more aviation news!