Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is considering ordering the Airbus A321neoLR to operate on routes from Zurich to long-haul destinations in Africa, SWISS CEO Thomas Klühr told ATW.
Second-quarter 2017 net earnings for El Al Israel Airlines fell 53.1% year-over-year (YOY) to $16.4 million, a drop from $35 million in the year-ago quarter, as the airline “had to cope with the huge growth in competition at [Tel Aviv’s] Ben Gurion Airport,” according to El Al CEO David Maimon.
Berlin-based Germania is expanding its flight schedule for 2018 in an effort to fill a void in the German air travel market following the announcement of airberlin’s insolvency.
A new international commercial service airport in Williston, North Dakota received a boost Aug. 21 when FAA awarded $20 million in discretionary funds toward the project, as part of the US Department of Transportation (DOT)’s latest airport improvement program (AIP) grants.
Alaska Airlines has reached an agreement with Gogo to equip its Boeing 737s and Virgin America’s A320 family aircraft with Gogo’s satellite-based 2Ku Wi-Fi service, an upgrade over the air-to-ground (ATG) Gogo Wi-Fi now offered on Alaska’s flights.
Delta Air Lines is testing a new interactive assistance program at Washington National Airport (DCA) that allows customers to video chat from the airport with a Delta specialist—a first for US airlines.
Brazil has asked the Word Trade Organization (WTO) to rule whether Canadian federal and provincial government support for Bombardier’s CSeries constitute illegal subsidies.
Embraer believes a push for more regional domestic flights by Chinese regulators and growing air travel demand in western and central China open up a major opportunity for regional jet sales to Chinese airlines.
Research commissioned by Norwegian airports operator Avinor has concluded that 30% of Norway’s aviation fuel could be sustainable by 2030, but this depends on available funding.
Airberlin—which filed for bankruptcy last week—should be sold by September at the latest, CEO Thomas Winkelmann has told the German daily Bild am Sonntag.
Shanghai-based LCC Spring Airlines reported a net profit of CNY554 million ($81.7 million) in the 2017 first half, down 25.2% over net profit of CNY740.1 million in the year-ago half because of a sharp increase of operating costs.
UK lessor Falko Regional Aircraft, which focuses on the regional aircraft sector, has added four Embraer E190 regional jets to its portfolio, the company said Aug. 21.
It took a long while and a public relations disaster, but US airlines seem to have learned that passengers dislike being kicked off the plane because their flight was oversold.
Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport (EDI) has started construction work on a terminal building extension, as part of an £80 million ($103 million) investment program.
