The EU on Friday is easing restrictions on liquids in hand-luggage, allowing passengers connecting through EU airports from a third country to carry liquids, aerosols and gels purchased either at an airport duty-free shop or aboard a non-EU airline.
All Nippon Airways posted a ¥23.3 billion ($284.4 million) net profit for its fiscal year ended March 31, reversed from a ¥57.3 billion net loss in the prior fiscal year.
Norwegian Air Shuttle said that high oil prices “strongly contributed” to a first-quarter net loss NOK293.2 million ($55.3 million), widened from a NOK199.1 million deficit in the year-ago period.
Finnair Group reported a loss of €33.8 million ($49.6 million) for the first quarter ended March 31, widened from a deficit of €21.7 million in the year-ago period. CEO Mika Vehvilainen cited the impact of events in Japan, as well as rising fuel prices and excess industry capacity for the lower results.
Chinese airlines continue to post large profits, but Air China and China Southern Airlines both saw earnings dip in the 2011 first-quarter compared to the year-ago period, despite strong revenue growth.
In reality, when Paul Simon's song "Kodachrome" was on the record charts in 1973, Kodachrome slide film was only about halfway through its 75-year lifespan. Simon's plaintive request took on added meaning in more recent times; first when Kodak stopped making the film in 2009 and then in December 2010 when the final processing source completed its "last call" for unprocessed film. Fortunately it was made with significant advance notice so that photographers weren't left with their "bricks" (20-roll packages) of Kodachrome with no means of getting it processed.
All Nippon Airways posted a ¥23.3 billion ($284.4 million) net profit for its fiscal year ended March 31, reversed from a ¥57.3 billion net loss in the prior fiscal year.
Travelport said that Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings implemented the Travelport ETDBase e-ticketing hosting service to store and manage electronic ticket data for online and interline e-ticketing. This "for the first time," gives Germanwings that ability to accept e-tickets plated by LH and accredited travel agencies for Germanwings flights.
SITA told media Tuesday that the first of six regional cloud data centers running its new ATI Cloud computing infrastructure will be operational in Singapore beginning in May. Atlanta and Paris will "shortly follow," said SITA, which noted it will also open centers at Johannesburg, Hong Kong and Sydney.
Two former Air France-KLM cargo executives were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago Tuesday on charges of conspiring to fix rates and surcharges to and from the US on airfreight shipments, the US Dept. of Justice said.
French Air Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA) on Wednesday confirmed that investigators searching for wreckage of the Air France A330-200 that crashed in the South Atlantic June 1, 2009 located the aircraft’s flight data recorder. However, BEA subsequently told Bloomberg that the FDR is missing "the memory module that stores its crucial information,” the news agency reported.
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported net income of $855,000 in the three months ended March 31, an almost fourfold improvement over a profit of $216,000 in the year-ago period as $8.4 million in gains on fuel derivative contracts offset a 56% rise in fuel costs between the two quarters.
US FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt cautioned that he is "concerned" the level of agency funding called for in the reauthorization bill recently passed by the House of Representatives would be too low and, if enacted, could "degrade" safety and efficiency.
LAN Airlines overcame a 32 % rise in fuel prices to post a net profit of $97.2 million in the first quarter ended March 31, up 10.1% compared to income of $88.3 million in the year-ago period.
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney on Wednesday all but eliminated any possibility that Boeing will make an announcement at the upcoming Paris Air Show (June 20-26) regarding a successor plan for the 737NG.
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney on Wednesday all but eliminated any possibility that Boeing will make an announcement at June's Paris Air Show regarding a successor plan for the 737NG.
Garuda Indonesia took delivery of one new Airbus A330-200 from Dublin-based aircraft lessor AWAS. Recaro Aircraft Seating received an order from Malaysia Airlines for Recaro Comfort Line 6510 seats for its Airbus A330-300 fleet. The carrier took delivery of its first aircraft equipped with Recaro seats on April 14. Messier-Bugatti inked a contract with Copa Airlines to supply wheels and carbon brakes for 86 new or retrofit Boeing 737NG aircraft.
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 (N799SW) slid off runway 13C while landing at Chicago Midway Airport on Tuesday, marking the second time a SWA 737 has had a runway excursion at the airport. Flight 1919 was en route from Denver. There were no injuries among the 134 passengers, five lap children and five crew members on board, the airline said, noting that the passenger count was still preliminary. Passengers were deplaned using air stairs.
Bombardier Aerospace said that Pluna Lineas Aereas Uruguayas signed a follow-on order for three CRJ900 NextGen regional jets, from an order announced last year ( ATW Daily News, April 15, 2010). It is valued at approximately $129 million based on list prices. The Montevideo-based airline already operates 10 of the type.
Sichuan Airlines on Tuesday launched a Yunnan subsidiary to enhance its position in the lucrative Yunnan market and take advantage of the fast-growing Chinese economy. The Chengdu-based carrier operates four aircraft in Kunming and plans to expand its fleet to 25 aircraft by 2015. In the next five years, Sichuan expects to open 33 domestic routes to other province capitals and major cities starting from Kunming, which will increase its share of the Yunnan market from 6% to 20% by the end of 2015.
Arab Air Carriers Organization Secretary General Abdul Wahab Teffaha on Tuesday directly challenged Assn. of European Airlines Secretary General Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus's assertion made earlier this year that Emirates Airline, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways represent a new kind of competitive threat that is incompatible with the existing world aviation order.
US Airways reported a first-quarter net loss of $114 million, widened from a $45 million net deficit in the year-ago quarter, as surging fuel costs outweighed revenue gains.
