Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Mexico City-based Grupo Aeromexico have agreed to jointly cooperate on cargo operations in the US-Mexico transborder market, the airlines said June 6.
UK aero engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has opened an Airline Aircraft Availability Center that will use data analytics to help optimize engine operations and maintenance.
Two years after Bombardier reintroduced the CSeries with a new senior management team at the 2015 Paris Air Show, the Canadian manufacturer hopes to build off the aircraft’s successful service entry to win new orders for the aircraft at the 2017 Paris Air Show later this month.
The CEO of United Airlines, which attracted a barrage of public criticism over its bumped passenger incident, said this week that those who fly regularly are impressed with airline service.
US airlines have emerged from years of losses and bankruptcy to being among the most profitable in the world, but rising costs could derail them from this trajectory unless further transformation happens, consultants say.
Although the three largest US carriers are stepping up their lobbying efforts with the new administration to curtail Gulf carriers’ access to the US, the CEOs of two smaller US airlines are resolute in their continuing support for US open skies policy.
The air-cargo industry, buffeted by the 2008 global financial crisis, is beginning a slow climb to returning to historic norms of growth, the IATA said at its AGM in Cancun.
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) is moving closer to a lease deal for used Airbus A330s that will allow the carrier to upgauge narrowbody aircraft routes in high-demand, international markets.
Europe’s largest regional airline, Flybe, has reached an agreement with UK regional Eastern Airways, under which the latter airline will operate as a Flybe franchisee.
ICAO and IATA officials are moving quickly to spread the message that the withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate agreement does not derail the aviation emissions agreement adopted by ICAO last year.
The first effects of the flight ban placed on Qatar Airways by several Arab states began to be felt June 6, as air traffic between the emirate and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt came to a halt.
Air France-KLM’s new subsidiary Boost project is on track, but pilots will ultimately control the destiny of the company’s proposed new long-haul operation.
African low-cost carrier fastjet reported a net loss of $48 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2016, more than doubling the $21.9 million loss in the year-ago period.
As Embraer’s E2 jet program moves from program development into entry-into-service, test results have led the company to uptick ranges on its E190 and E195 E2 jets by 100-200 nautical miles, according to Embraer Commercial president and CEO John Slattery.
Japan Airlines (JAL) will keep its growth to a steady rate over the next few years, but will likely see a more dramatic increase in 2020, chairman Masaru Onishi said.
Higher operating costs are becoming the “emerging challenge for the airlines,” the IATA’s chief economist Brian Pearce warned at the association’s AGM in Cancun.
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh emphasized that IAG subsidiary British Airways’ (BA) IT system did not fail during the recent episode that caused widespread flight cancellations, and offered criticism of the media for how the incident was covered.
It is no secret that New York-based low-cost carrier (LCC) JetBlue Airways is considering transatlantic flights, but the mix of premium and economy seats the LCC could offer on those flights remains a subject of internal debate.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and Moroccan national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a cargo cooperation between the two airlines.
