Tigerair Australia has resolved a dispute with the Indonesian government that forced the low-cost carrier (LCC) to suspend service on popular leisure routes to Bali.
Russia’s S7 Airlines will start Embraer E170LR operations from April 1 with services from Novosibirsk to Surgut, Gorno-Altaisk, Nizhnevartovsk, Noyabrsk and Novy Urengoy.
China Southern subsidiary XiamenAir carried 23.7 million passengers in 2016, up 4.2% over 22.8 million in 2015 as market demand—especially on international routes—experienced rapid growth.
South African regional airline Airlink will acquire three Embraer E170s and two E190s from Embraer subsidiary ECC Leasing, as part of a wider plan to take 13 E-Jets in total.
French aerospace firm Safran has revealed it is in exclusive negotiations to acquire seating and cabin interior manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace, in a deal that would rank it as the third largest aerospace firm.
In the last week of the Obama Administration, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed that airlines and ticket agents be required to disclose specific baggage fees when providing airfare information.
The coming year will see continuing expansion of Oman Air’s fleet and network, as it seeks to increase its input to the Omani economy, the carrier will announce at its annual internal conference.
Dublin-headquartered leasing giant AerCap leased, purchased and sold a total of 458 aircraft in 2016 and signed $4.6 billion in financing transactions.
Emirates Airline will operate its first scheduled commercial Airbus A380 flight to South America when the Dubai-based carrier upgrades existing Boeing 777-300ER Dubai-São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) service March 26.
British Airways (BA) is bracing for a further three days of industrial action by some 2,900 cabin crew members, represented by the Unite trade union, in a continuing dispute over pay rates.
Finnair has denied media reports that it has plans to switch some of its Airbus A350-900 orders into the larger -1000 variant, a spokesperson in Helsinki confirmed to ATW.
The Malaysia-based AirAsia low-cost carrier (LCC) group will ramp up its fleet growth this year, with many of its new additions consisting of Airbus A320neos for its Malaysian and Thai operations.
Latvia is aiming to bring in a strategic investor for airBaltic before the end of 2017, building on the 20% stake that was acquired in early 2016 by German investor Ralf-Dieter Montag-Girmes.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will lodge a formal complaint against Lufthansa’s plans to wet lease 38 aircraft from its German competitor airberlin.
Search teams have recovered the second flight recorder of the ACT Airlines’ Boeing 747 freighter that crashed near Manas airport Jan. 16, the Kyrgyzstan government said in a statement.
American Airlines has introduced a basic economy fare option as part of the Dallas/Fort Worth-based carrier’s effort to better compete with ultra low-cost carriers, such as Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines.
United Airlines parent United Continental Holdings reported a full-year 2016 net profit of $2.3 billion, down 69.2% from net income of $7.3 billion in 2015.
FAA and Chicago-based aerial photography company SkyPan International have reached an agreement settling a $1.9 billion civil penalty FAA originally levied against SkyPan in October 2015.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group and German holiday company TUI Group will reportedly name the planned European leisure airline group FlyNiki, a source involved in the negotiations told ATW.
Rapidly expanding Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings reportedly plans to add SunExpress Germany to its portfolio as it aims to quickly reach a competitive size in the European LCC market, a source involved in the project told ATW.
