The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has fined Emirates Airline (EK) AUS$10 million ($10.3 million) for cartel activity, kicking off a string of airline cases that will be heard by Sydney’s federal court over the coming weeks.
United Airlines will operate 5X-weekly Chicago O'Hare-Shannon, Ireland 757-200 service June 6-Aug. 26, subject to government approval. It will also increase 2X-daily Houston-London Heathrow service to 3X-daily March 30. EasyJet will launch Edinburgh service to Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Copenhagen, Reykjavik and Dubrovnik in 2013.
Pinnacle Airlines, the wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp., has reached a tentative agreement with its flight attendants—represented by the Assn. of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA)—on concessions to emerge from Chapter 11 proceedings with a competitive cost structure.
Austrian-based low-cost carrier FlyNiki (HG), an Air Berlin (AB) partner, may see its branding disappear as the integration process with the German carrier moves forward.
The Bahraini government has approved a BD185million ($494 million) cash injection for flag carrier Gulf Air (GF)—but the deal may include a radical restructuring.
American Airlines (AA) said it will install the same locking device to the seats on 49 of its Boeing 767s as was installed on 48 757s after recent incidents in which economy seats became loose during flights.
Europe’s network carriers, represented by the Assn. of European Airlines (AEA), have warned that a European Union regulatory proposal covering chemicals will harm the European MRO industry.
A J Walter Aviation has signed power-by-the-hour agreements with four customers—Air Moldova (A320s), Cosmo Airlines (A320s), BH Air (Airbus aircraft) and AeroSvit Airlines (Boeing 737CL/NGs). Lufthansa Technik AG and GE Aviation have signed a long-term cooperation agreement for material supply, also extending to the supply of OEM spare parts and parts repairs of CF6-80C2 and CF34 engines operated by Lufthansa Technik customers.
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY) has created a long-haul subsidiary—Norwegian Long Haul—to accommodate the 2013 arrival of its first Boeing 787-8.
AirAsia (AK) has dropped plans to acquire Indonesian carrier Batavia Air (Y6) after they failed to reach an agreement, according to local news reports.
A Hyderabad, India, court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Kingfisher Airlines (IT) chairman and founder Vijay Mallya and five other IT executives for allegedly bouncing checks to the city’s airport operator.
With the Single European Sky (SES) initiative now into its tenth year “and still not delivering,” European Commission VP-Transport Siim Kallas is talking tough with EU member states, saying they “need to be made accountable if they do not meet their targets.”
Embraer delivered 40 aircraft (27 E-Jets and 13 executive jets) in the third quarter compared to 46 (two ERJs; 26 E-Jets; 18 executive jets) in the year-ago quarter. Atlas Air (5Y) has taken delivery of its sixth Boeing 747-8 freighter, which will be operated by Atlas Air in Polar Air Cargo Worldwide’s express network under an ACMI arrangement for the benefit of DHL Express. 5Y expects to receive one additional 747-8F in 2012 and two in the first half of 2013 for a total of nine.
The European Commission is about to “raise serious doubts” about UPS’ €5.2 billion takeover of TNT Express, which is parent to TNT Airways, according to a report by the Financial Times.
