China Southern Airlines plans to open four medium- and long-haul services from its Guangzhou base in the three months beginning December, including daily flights to Madrid.
Final airline financial data from 2Q indicate a drop in airline profitability compared to the year-earlier period. And while industry-wide cash flows have improved this year overall, there are significant differences between regions, according to IATA’s latest Airline Financial Monitor, released Oct. 17.
The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) has urged the UK government to bring forward its program of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, education and registration following a near-miss over London it said could have had disastrous consequences.
Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker told members of the media Oct. 18 in New York that its oneworld membership is in question and the Doha-based carrier could leave the alliance in 2019.
Bombardier has sued the aircraft unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., alleging the Japanese company recruited Bombardier employees with the intent of acquiring proprietary trade secrets for use in its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program.
A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 was forced to abort takeoff at Shanghai Pudong Airport after two tires burst as the aircraft was accelerating from runway 35R around 1:30 a.m. local time Oct. 21.
Icelandic LCC WOW Air is adjusting services on North American routes and plans to cancel three US services from Reykjavik Keflavik to Cincinnati (Ohio), St. Louis (Missouri) and Cleveland (Ohio).
Austria-based Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion will close two crew bases in Austria as part of a cost-cutting program, an airline spokesperson confirmed to ATW.
Delta Air Lines expects to launch daily nonstop service between Shanghai-Pudong Airport (PVG) and its Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) hub in June 2020.
Qatar Airways—which will begin double-daily Doha-New York JFK Airbus A350-1000 service Oct. 28—is looking into investment opportunities in the US, according to Group CEO Akbar Al Baker.
With air cargo traffic expected to double over the next 20 years, the global freighter fleet will need to expand by more than 70% to satisfy demand, from the current 1,870 aircraft to 3,260 in 2037.
Ultra-LCC Volaris expects to operate a fleet of 82 Airbus A320ceo/A321neo-family aircraft next year. It now operates out of Costa Rica as well as Mexico. But it has also had to adapt to the changing US-Mexico political environment.
US legislators want to determine minimum seat size and pitch, lavatory square footage and the amount that can be charged to change a non-refundable ticket.
French aerospace firm Safran and seating and cabin interior manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace last week signed an agreement to merge Zodiac Aerospace into Safran, eight months after the success of the initial tender offer and as the integration process is already under way.
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, has taken a significant minority stake in Denmark-based regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will probe Irish regional airline CityJet’s plans to place aircraft on long-term wet-lease with International Airlines Group (IAG) Irish carrier Aer Lingus.
Ryanair’s first-half profit fell 7%, hit by lower fares, air traffic control strikes and higher fuel, staff and passenger compensation costs which offset growth in ancillary revenues.
The air cargo industry has finally seen a resurgence, with demand booming to transport everything from fish to pharmaceuticals and from iPhones to fresh berries, expediently around, across and between continents.
Latvian LCC Primera Airlines and both the German and Polish units of Lithuanian leisure carrier Small Planet Group, are failing or scrambling to restructure.
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