While data from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) shows improvement in airline customer service over the past decade, passenger complaints to the agency have increased over 10% during the same period, according to a recent report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has revealed new details of its plans for its initial Airbus A380s, which will replace other aircraft types on existing Honolulu routes in stages from May 2019.
Boeing continues to provide airlines more details on the MAX family’s stall-protection systems and carriers are sharing the information with their pilots, reiterating that even if elements of the systems are new, troubleshooting procedures have not changed.
A political declaration agreed by the UK and European Union (EU), setting conditions for how they will work after the Brexit separation, calls for an air transport agreement to ensure continued connectivity for airlines within the European trade bloc.
Airbus will give the market more concrete guidance on the proposed A321XLR in 2019, an aircraft Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Guillaume Faury said can “change the industry.”
Air France plans to reduce its 10-strong Airbus A380 fleet by returning at least two— and potentially all—of the five leased A380s the carrier operates.
Airbus is confident the A330neo will gain “more traction” in the market once airlines were able to verify the aircraft’s in-service performance, now that TAP Air Portugal has taken delivery of the first A330-900.
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation, looking at whether global distribution systems (GDS) Amadeus and Sabre restrict competition.
UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it is “reviewing its options” over a possible bid for Exeter-based UK regional airline Flybe, which has also confirmed that discussions are underway.
Singapore Airlines Group is performing a network reshuffle among its subsidiary airlines, which will see LCC Scoot take over 17 routes from SilkAir, which is in turn being merged into Singapore Airlines (SIA).
Ireland-based lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has posted a $168 million first-half pre-tax profit, up 7.5% on the prior year, and is preparing for a $1 billion capital boost over the coming weeks.
Inmarsat has signed agreements with five major air navigation service providers (ANSPs) in support of Iris, a European program aimed at increasing the use of data link services to support controller-pilot communications and improve trajectory management.
Boeing will hold a set of regional meetings and conference calls next week with 737 MAX customers to address their questions and concerns about a new system that was introduced on the re-engined narrowbody.
Traffic growth in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will generate demand for more than 1,200 new aircraft over the next two decades, more than doubling the size of the region’s fleet by 2037, according to Airbus’ Global Market Forecast, unveiled at the Wings of Future conference in Moscow Nov. 20.
Airbus’ management transition continued Nov. 21 with the appointments of Dominik Asam as CFO and Michael Schoellhorn as COO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft.
Russia’s State Transport Leasing Co. (STLC) has signed letters of intent (LOI) with Mirny-based Alrosa Airline and RusLine regional airline to lease two Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s) to each carrier for 12-years.
Italian rail company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) appears to be in pole position to acquire bankrupt Alitalia and is in talks with a number of airlines that could partner with it to run the carrier if its bid is successful.
AirAsia X Group, the long-haul arm of LCC AirAsia, recorded a net loss of MYR197.5 million ($47.7 million), deepened from MYR43.4 million loss in the year-ago quarter, as operating costs continue to increase.
