Delta Air Lines has placed a new order for 10 Airbus A330neos, increasing its total order for the widebody to 35, while further deferring delivery of 10 A350XWBs that were previously delayed.
Gulf Air is reconsidering an earlier plan to retire its Airbus A330-200 long-haul aircraft as the Bahraini flag carrier's new Boeing 787-9s are placed into service.
Copa Holdings posted a third-quarter (3Q) net profit of $57.7 million, down 55% from the same period last year—the result of rising fuel costs and weakened currencies in Brazil and Argentina.
Muscat International Airport’s new terminal is already delivering a better experience for passengers as well as improved airline operations, Oman Air officials said.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has called on the FAA and US National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) to assist in providing information on an automated pitch-control system suspected of possibly contributing to the October fatal crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8.
Oman Air believes joint ventures (JVs) with codeshare partners would offer greater benefits to the national carrier than membership in a global alliance.
China Southern Airlines will leave the SkyTeam global alliance at the end of next year, a move the airline said will allow it to forge closer ties with other carriers, including oneworld member American Airlines, a part-owner of the Chinese airline.
Spurred by strong demand for air travel in Vietnam, LCC Vietjet Air reported an operating profit for the first nine months of 2018 of VND2.4 trillion ($107 million), up 13% year-over-year (YOY).
Expenses for US carriers outpaced revenues in the third quarter, driving industry-wide profitability to its lowest levels since 2014, according to Airlines for America’s (A4A) latest year-to-date (YTD) operational and financial results, released Nov. 14.
Air France subsidiary Joon plans to offer a new ancillary product, where parents can pay to convert their children’s economy seats into a small bed and play area.
Satellite communications specialist Inmarsat and telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom are poised for the European Aviation Network (EAN) inflight-connectivity service to go live with launch customer British Airways (BA), after an initial test phase planned for December.
ATW speaks with Steven Greenway, president of Canadian LCC Swoop, about the airline’s fleet development plans and its drive to change the business model through digital.
Transport Canada’s (TC’s) unwillingness to make rules without industry buy-in is keeping some of the country’s key safety issues from being addressed, the country’s top safety investigation official said.
Wider adoption of inflight connectivity (IFC) in the Asia-Pacific region would reap financial and operational rewards for airlines, satellite communications specialist Inmarsat said.
