Air Transport World

By Victoria Moores
UK LCC easyJet has formed a partnership with US-based Wright Electric, which aims to develop an 180-seat electric aircraft for commercial aviation use within 10 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Irish LCC Ryanair is cutting winter capacity growth by 25 aircraft and its planned summer 2018 fleet by 10 aircraft because of a pilot-leave scheduling failure, although the airline’s profit forecast remains unchanged.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airports & Networks

Southwest Airlines has publicly apologized to a passenger who was physically pulled off a Boeing 737 by law enforcement officers at Baltimore/Washington International Airport over a pet-allergy dispute.
Airlines & Lessors

Lufthansa will expand its long-haul network from Berlin and Dusseldorf from Nov. 8, as insolvent airberlin ceases long-haul flight operations by Oct. 15, as leasing companies gradually withdraw their A330 fleet.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Icelandic LCC WOW Air sees potential to serve Asia using the latest longer-range narrowbodies, although they also threaten to undermine Reykjavik’s role as a hub.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The US will impose a duty of almost 220% on Bombardier CSeries imports if a parallel price-dumping investigation finds subsidies on the narrowbody jet ordered by Delta Air Lines in April 2016 threaten to materially damage Boeing. The duty is expected to be in place before deliveries to Delta begin in April.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Calgary-based low-cost carrier WestJet has announced the name and logo for its ultra-LCC subsidiary in Canada will be Swoop.
Airlines & Lessors

Airbus revealed JetBlue Airways as the launch customer for its new Airspace A320-family cabin Sept. 26 at the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) expo in Long Beach, California, and unveiled a mock-up of the interior.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Victoria Moores
Airports & Networks

The top 40 Airlines ranked by available reported RPK figures for 2017 as of Sept. 26, 2017.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Airline panelists speaking at World Routes in Barcelona would like to see electric aircraft enter the market and—in the shorter term—to have the ability to reconfigure aircraft during turnarounds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Hawaiian Airlines and Japan Airlines (JAL) have signed a new partnership arrangement that includes extensive codesharing, lounge access and frequent flyer program reciprocity.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Sept. 26, 2017
Maintenance & Training

Inflight Internet provider Gogo said it is working with Delta Air Lines to provide wireless seatback IFE on the airline’s new Bombardier CSeries aircraft, provided via mounted tablets.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian authorities are studying VIM Airlines’ route network to determine how other carriers could take over certain parts of it in case VIM must cancel flights because of financial problems.
Airlines & Lessors

Air France-KLM and its Brazilian partner, São Paulo-based LCC GOL will open a third hub in Brazil with new flights to Fortaleza in the summer 2018 season.
Airports & Networks

Lufthansa Group’s supervisory board has approved a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) investment to purchase and lease up to 61 aircraft for its LCC subsidiary Eurowings as the bidding process for parts of the insolvent airberlin continues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
Air service resumed at San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) Sept. 24, with nearly 100 total arrivals and departures including military and relief operations, according to FAA.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh is hoping to finalize a connecting deal between group carrier Aer Lingus and Irish LCC Ryanair at their Dublin hub before summer 2018.
Airports & Networks

The US regional airline industry is “shrinking” because of a pilot shortage that is reducing air service to smaller markets throughout the US, Republic Airways Holdings president and CEO Bryan Bedford said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Air France-KLM’s new affiliate Joon is to launch scheduled flying Dec. 1 with services to Porto and Lisbon, Portugal; Berlin; and Barcelona.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Qatar Airways announced an order for two Boeing 747-8 freighters and four 777-300ERs, valued at $2.16 billion at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion