A Ryanair investor has renewed a call for management change at the airline, saying the Irish LCC's chairman is not independent and has not adequately overseen recent labor issues.
Lufthansa Group’s airlines are adding seven weekly frequencies from hubs at Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Zurich to Cape Town, South Africa, during the coming southern warm-weather season.
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) LCC subsidiary Scoot will begin introducing sister company SilkAir’s Boeing 737-800s after April 2019 as part of SIA Group plans to optimize the airline’s network and better compete against regional LCCs.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened a formal merger inquiry into Irish regional airline CityJet’s plans to wet-lease two Avro RJ85s to International Airlines Group (IAG) Irish carrier Aer Lingus.
Finnair is evaluating its plans for narrowbody replacements, with deliveries anticipated to begin about 2020, as 37 of the airline’s existing narrowbody fleet approach mid-life
Mexicans want president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador to cancel construction of the $13.3 billion new Mexico International Airport (NAIM) project, according to the results of a four-day "national consultation" that concluded Oct. 28.
Southwest Airlines is nearing the end of its required FAA certification process to launch Hawaii flights, and could launch service within weeks of getting final approval, top executives said.
A Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, with no reports of survivors.
A Lion Air Boeing 737-8 has crashed into the sea soon after takeoff from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, with no reports of survivors, marking the first loss of a Boeing 737-MAX family aircraft.
BREAKING NEWS: Early news reports say a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. Reports came in around 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29 local time; 10p.m. Sunday Oct. 28 US eastern time. There are no more details and the Indonesian LCC has not confirmed the crash. This story will be updated.
Southwest Airlines reported third-quarter 2018 net income of $615 million, a 16.5% increase from a $528 million net profit in the same period last year.
Boeing has opened a Boeing 737 and 767 components manufacturing plant in Sheffield in northern UK, marking the manufacturer’s first European production site.
International Airlines Group (IAG) weathered the effects of rising fuel prices and unfavorable currency movements to record a net profit before exceptional items of €1.14 billion ($1.29 billion) for the third quarter (3Q), nearly the same as the year-ago restated figure.
Ireland-based LCC Ryanair has signed a collective labor agreement (CLA) with Belgian unions CNE-CSC and LBC-NVK, putting in place another piece in its patchwork of new labor agreements with staff across Europe.
International Airlines Group has revealed that the data breach of its British Airways (BA) customer database in September 2018 affected more customers than previously believed.
China’s Juneyao Airlines plans to begin intercontinental operations in June 2019 with a connection between Helsinki and the private carrier’s home town of Shanghai.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is preparing to introduce Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s on domestic routes next year and is looking to replace its Boeing 767 fleet.
Alaska Air Group—parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air— experienced a drop in net income for the third quarter in a row, as the company struggled to generate enough revenues to offset higher fuel costs.
South African Airways (SAA) is in line for another government bailout as part of a restructuring initiative aimed at restoring profitability by 2020-21. More cash is also in the works for regional carrier SA Express.
