Connect to share and comment

CORRECTED: Singapore Airlines full-year net profit up 12.8 percent

Singapore Airlines said Thursday its net profit in the year ending March rose 12.8 percent, boosted by surplus from the sale of aircraft, spares and spare engines, but warned the outlook remained bleak. Net profit was Sg$379 million ($302.6 million) on revenue of Sg$15.10 billion, up 1.62 percent, the carrier said in a statement. For the fourth quarter, net profit was at Sg$68.3 million, swinging back from a Sg$38.2 million loss in the same period last year.

Switchboard damaged during ANA Boeing 787 training flight

A power switchboard was partially damaged by heat during a Boeing 787 Dreamliner training flight conducted by All Nippon Airways Co. on May 4, ANA officials said Thursday. ANA attributed the problem to faulty maintenance by Boeing Co. and said the damage was not caused by the modified battery system for the jet. Japan's transport ministry ordered ANA and Japan Airlines Co. to check whether similar problems have occurred during other Dreamliner flights.

Singapore Airlines full-year net profit up 12.8 percent

Singapore Airlines said Thursday its net profit in the year ending March rose 12.8 percent, boosted by surplus from the sale of aircraft, spares and spare engines, but warned the outlook remained bleak. Net profit was Sg$379 million ($302.6 million) on revenue of Sg$15.10 billion, up 1.62 percent, the carrier said in a statement. For the fourth quarter, net profit was at Sg$68.3 million, swinging back from a Sg$38.2 million loss in the same period last year.

Air India's Dreamliner takes to the skies again

State-run Air India on Wednesday resumed flights of its Dreamliner jets four months after global regulators grounded the Boeing planes following technical glitches in the passenger aircraft. All 50 Dreamliners operating globally were grounded in January after a fire aboard a parked Japan Airlines 787 in January and a smoking battery that forced the emergency landing of an All Nippon Airways 787 the same month.

Air India's Dreamliner takes to the skies again

State-run Air India on Wednesday resumed flights of its Dreamliner jets four months after global regulators grounded the Boeing planes following technical glitches in the passenger aircraft. All 50 Dreamliners operating globally were grounded in January after a fire aboard a parked Japan Airlines 787 in January and a smoking battery that forced the emergency landing of an All Nippon Airways 787 the same month.

Japan's ANA to resume Dreamliner service on June 1

Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA), the biggest customer of Boeing's glitch-hit Dreamliner, confirmed on Thursday that it would restart flights with the modified high-tech plane at the start of next month. ANA will resume services from June 1 "following the successful completion of a series of battery system modifications, safety checks and test flights", it said in a statement. "Our engineers have worked closely with Boeing to undertake the required improvements and we are fully satisfied with the safety of our 787 fleet."

Japan's ANA to resume Dreamliner service on June 1

Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA), the biggest customer of Boeing's glitch-hit Dreamliner, confirmed on Thursday that it would restart flights with the modified high-tech plane at the start of next month. ANA will resume services from June 1 "following the successful completion of a series of battery system modifications, safety checks and test flights", it said in a statement. "Our engineers have worked closely with Boeing to undertake the required improvements and we are fully satisfied with the safety of our 787 fleet."

Japan's ANA to resume Dreamliner service on June 1

Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA), the biggest customer of Boeing's glitch-hit Dreamliner, confirmed on Thursday that it would restart flights with the modified high-tech plane at the start of next month. ANA will resume services from June 1 "following the successful completion of a series of battery system modifications, safety checks and test flights", it said in a statement. "Our engineers have worked closely with Boeing to undertake the required improvements and we are fully satisfied with the safety of our 787 fleet."

JAL plane's engine catches fire after landing at Osaka airport

An engine on a Bombardier CL-600 operated by Japan Airlines caught fire after landing at Osaka airport Monday, the transport ministry said. There were no injuries among the 52 passengers and three crew members on board JAL Flight 2362 from Oita, southwestern Japan, according to the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry.

Japanese airlines report earnings after Dreamliner woes

Japan's two-biggest airlines said Tuesday they would take a revenue hit of more than $200 million from the grounding of Boeing's Dreamliner as the troubled aircraft takes to the skies again. All Nippon Airways (ANA) and rival Japan Airlines (JAL), which reported full-year earnings Tuesday, together account for half of the Dreamliners in service globally and had to cancel thousands of flights in the wake of the crisis tied to the next-generation jets' lithium-ion batteries.
Syndicate content