Star Alliance members Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) are expanding their codeshare agreements as part of a commercial joint venture (JV) that was concluded in November 2015.
United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Arabia has posted third-quarter net profits of AED297 million ($80.8 million), up 26% from a net profit of AED235 for the same period last year.
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines made the first commercial flight utilizing alternate jet fuel made from forest residuals—the limbs and branches that remain after a forest harvest—on Nov. 14, with Alaska Airlines Flight 4, a Boeing 737-800 bound for Washington Reagan National Airport carrying 163 passengers.
India’s Jet Airways Group recorded a net profit of INR850 million ($12.7 million) for the second quarter of the airline’s 2017 financial year, up 2.4% from INR830 million in the year-ago quarter.
Financial services firm Berkshire Hathaway has reversed course and made a $1.3 billion investment in three US airlines, not including an undisclosed investment in a fourth, regulatory documents show.
UK low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet reported a full-year net profit of £427 million ($534.7 million), down 22% from a £548 million profit in the prior year.
Initial Wall Street reactions to the US presidential election results do not necessarily signal long-term effects, Air Lease Corp. (ALC) CEO John Plueger said at the annual Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) Airline Leaders Forum in Mexico City.
United Airlines plans to convert its recent order for 65 Boeing 737-700s into four 737-800s and 61 737 MAX aircraft, airline management said during an Investor Day presentation Nov. 15.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines will recruit 100 new pilots without flight experience in 2017, and will train them in the European Flight Academy.
Some $3.8 billion of airlines’ funds remain trapped in Venezuela, which risks losing all air service to the country, IATA DG and CEO Alexandre de Juniac warned.
JetBlue has unveiled its newest special livery, “What’s Old Is Blue Again,” on an Airbus A320. Dubbed “RetroJet,” the aircraft will be used on this season’s first roundtrip service between New York JFK and Palm Springs International Airport.
Lufthansa has reacted strongly to a fresh threat of strike action from the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, labeling it as “absolutely incomprehensible.”
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines began scheduled commercial flights to Cuba Nov. 13 with the launch of 2X-daily service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) and Varadero, Cuba, a resort city 87 miles east of Havana.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has temporarily restricted the air operator’s certificate (AOC) for Pskovavia passenger and cargo airline through Dec. 7.
