Nav Canada has implemented a new separation standard at Calgary International Airport (YYC) that allows reduced separations of aircraft making required navigation performance (RNP) approaches to parallel runways, becoming the first air navigation service provider to use the standard.
Finnair is preparing for disruptions in domestic and regional flights beginning Dec.1 as a result of a planned industrial action by pilots of its regional operation, Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra).
A coalition of consumer and passengers’ rights groups has come out in opposition to two of US Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary Elaine Chao’s recent appointees to the Department’s four-person Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC).
Air New Zealand is undertaking significant cost-cutting efforts in response to higher fuel prices. The carrier has identified about NZ$30 million ($20.6 million) in costs that can be removed before July 1, CEO Christopher Luxon told employees in a memo the week of Nov. 26.
TAP Air Portugal is expanding its US network by adding 5X-weekly Lisbon-Chicago O’Hare service starting June 1, 2019and 5X-weekly Washington Dulles service from June 16.
Finnair is preparing for disruptions in domestic and regional flights beginning Dec.1 as a result of a planned industrial action by pilots of its regional operation, Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra).
Brussels Airlines has begun replacing seven leased aircraft in its Airbus A330-family long-haul fleet with secondhand A330-300s the Lufthansa Group subsidiary decided to acquire last year.
Air France-KLM’s new CEO Ben Smith is said to be contemplating the future of Joon—the LCC hybrid sister airline to Air France launched by Smith’s predecessor—while considering plans to boost the airline group’s profitability.
Aeroflot Group’s net profit for the third quarter (3Q) reached RUB27.7 billion ($422.4 million), up 14.2% as the airline group implemented cost controls in the wake of high fuel costs and currency pressure seen through the year.
Falling fuel prices could trigger a small increase in near-term capacity but not major network additions at United Airlines, in part because of the airline’s success in passing through costs during fuel’s price rise, a top executive said.
Indigo Partners, a US private equity firm that specializes in ultra-LCCs, has emerged as a potential new investor in WOW Air, dramatically changing the fortunes of the Icelandic LCC in the same week that an acquisition attempt by Icelandair collapsed.
A preliminary report on the Oct. 29 crash of Lion Air flight 610 (JT610) confirms the accident aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, was not airworthy on at least its last two flights, spotlighting gaps in the airline’s maintenance practices and safety culture.
While airlines and airports have stepped up their cybersecurity efforts in recent years, a shortage of resources, skills and funding is holding back efforts at enhancing protection from cyberattacks in the aviation sector, according to SITA's report, “Air Transport Cybersecurity Insights 2018.”
The AirAsia Group saw its net profit nearly double in the third quarter thanks to one-off items, but operating profit dropped significantly mainly because of rising fuel costs.
Icelandair Group has abandoned plans to take over fellow Icelandic carrier WOW Air. The decision to scrap the deal was made after it became clear that Icelandair could not fulfill the necessary conditions of the share purchase agreement for WOW before a Nov. 30 group shareholders’ meeting.
