Air Malta (KM) has rebranded and will be named Malta–The Airline of the Maltese Islands. The marketing move is intended to shift focus from the airline to its destinations, the Malta Independent reported.
News from Travel Technology Update: Southwest Airlines (SWA) took to Facebook to keep customers informed after a computer issue resulted in customers being charged multiple times for a single ticket.
Ryanair (FR) says Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) is looking at potential modifications that the Irish low-cost carrier would like to see in the C919 single-aisle jet.
The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Dept. (CAD) has frozen the fleet expansion plans for Hainan Airlines subsidiary Hong Kong Airlines (HX) due to safety concerns.
LATAM Airlines Group announced Friday that Libano Barroso has left his position as CFO of the Group. Barroso will remain as VP-TAM, advising TAM CEO Marco Bologna. Alejandro de la Fuente will become interim CFO. De la Fuente has been the CFO of LAN Airlines since 1995. Air Berlin has named Stefan Magiera as VP-corporate sales for the DACH region, which covers Germany, Austria and Switzerland, effective Aug. 1.
Russia’s lower legislative house, the State Duma, will consider adding European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) amendments to its environmental protection law, which were put in place 10 years ago.
US-based MRO provider Pemco World Air Services has reached an agreement in which it will be acquired by Sun Capital Partners affiliate Avion Services Holdings.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) regional affiliate SilkAir (MI) announced Monday that Leslie Thng has been named its new CEO, replacing Marvin Tan, who will return to SIA as SVP-cabin crew.
India’s largest airline group, Jet Airways (9W) has returned to the black in the first quarter with a net income of INR52.7 billion ($948.5 million), up 31.4% from the year-ago period.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has delivered two leased Airbus A320s to VivaColombia. The carrier began service on May 25. CDB Leasing secured financing from KfW IPEX-Bank and The Korea Development Bank for the acquisition of three new Airbus A320 aircraft. The aircraft are subject to a sale and lease-back with the Indian carrier InterGlobe Aviation. The first aircraft has been delivered; the remaining aircraft are scheduled for delivery this month.
United Airlines (UA), the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787, said it will take delivery of the first of 50 Dreamliners it has on order in September.
The UK’s Virgin Atlantic Group, which includes Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS), recorded an operating loss of £80.2 million ($120.3 million) for the 2011-12 financial year, compared to an £18.5 million operating profit for the preceding year.
Singapore Airlines regional affiliate SilkAir, which has an all-Airbus fleet, has moved in a different direction with a letter-of-intent (LOI) to purchase 23 Boeing 737-800s and 31 737 MAX aircraft valued at $4.9 billion at list prices.
Sharply increased half-year losses at International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) have led chief executive Willie Walsh to warn of imminent major restructuring at subsidiary Iberia (IB) to correct “deep and structural” problems. Redundancies were inevitable, he said.
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has reported a first-quarter net profit of ¥0.6 billion ($7.54 million), reversed from a net loss of ¥8.4 billion in the year-ago period.
Swiss International Air Lines (LX) reported its first-half profit dropped 53% to CHF61 million ($63.8 million) compared to CHF129 million in the year-ago period.
