New York-based JetBlue Airways is the launch customer for the first module of Airbus’ Scheduled Maintenance Optimizer, a long-term planning ‘e-solution’ tool, Airbus announced Sept. 22.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has upheld a US claim that the European Union (EU) has failed to act on illegal Airbus subsidies, but has rejected other allegations related to the Airbus A380 and A350 programs.
Lufthansa said it has presented the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) a “comprehensive and substantially improved” offer for the approximately 5,400 pilots employed after union talks failed last week, according to a group-wide collective agreement (KTV).
The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association’s (SWAPA) board of directors has decided to present a recent labor contract agreement with Dallas-based Southwest Airlines’ management to the carrier’s 8,400 pilots for a ratification vote.
The global airline industry is set for another strong collective profit this year, but there are indications that its financial improvement could be slowing.
Cutting across company department silos and ensuring the voices of all departments are heard is critical to an airline’s financial success, the CEO of Qantas Airways believes.
Speed and innovation will be essential to securing the future of a healthy global air transport industry as the world grows more uncertain and more difficult to predict, the new IATA chief said in his first public speech since joining the association.
The US government has issued licenses to Airbus and Boeing to sell aircraft to Iranian airlines. “We have received that license, and remain in talks with Iran Air based on the memorandum of agreement,” Boeing said in a Sept. 21 statement, referencing an earlier deal with the airline.
A JetBlue Airways first officer was temporarily blinded by a laser during a Sept. 19 flight from Boston (BOS) to Washington National (DCA), according to an FAA incident report.
Hawaiian Airlines completed the first flight on its second ASPIRE (Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions) route—Honolulu to Brisbane, Australia—Sept. 21.
African low-cost carrier (LCC) Fastjet recorded a 2016 first-half $15 million net loss, reversed from a net profit of $6.4 million for the year-ago period.
Airbus Group reportedly will name Fabrice Brégier, who has been the president and CEO of the Airbus commercial aircraft division since June 2012, Group COO as part of a major reorganization.
The European Commission has given approval for Chinese firm HNA Group, the parent of Hainan Airlines, to acquire Swiss airline catering firm Gategroup Holdings.
Pilots at UK low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet have voted in favor of industrial action in a dispute over pilot fatigue, triggering a last-minute offer from the airline.
Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air is aiming to become the lowest-cost airline in Europe, setting its sights on overtaking Irish LCC Ryanair.
