Emirates Airline has appointed outgoing Malaysia Airlines CEO Christoph Mueller as chief digital and innovation officer, as the Dubai-based carrier kicks off a wide-ranging process review.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline is considering introducing a premium-economy class and ancillary revenue streams as yields continue to come under pressure.
Airlines face losing control of their customers to reservation systems such as Google FlightSearch unless they take measures to personalize their offers to passengers, audiences at the Aviation Festival in London heard Sept. 9.
In the approach to the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the terrorist attack on the U.S. using hijacked airliners as weapons, ATW’s editors reflect on the commercial air transport industry then and now.
FAA has warned airline passengers not to use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices on board aircraft following the suspension of sales of the smartphone because of fire fears.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines launched 5X-weekly Vienna-Hong Kong services Sept. 5, its third destination in mainland China after Shanghai Pudong and Beijing.
China’s Hainan Airlines has reported a first-half net profit of CNY1.67 billion ($227 million), up 4.4% over a net income of CNY1.6 billion in the year-ago period.
If something like 9/11 happened today—airspace in the world’s largest air transport market completely shut down for more than two days, plus weeks of tepid air travel demand—would a bailout akin to the one provided to US airlines in September 2001 be necessary?
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was listening to Canadian transport minister David Collenette address the Airports Council International-North America Conference and Exhibition at the Montreal convention center.
In the approach to the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the terrorist attack on the US using hijacked airliners as the weapons, ATW editors reflect on the commercial air transport industry then and now. Contributing Editors: Linda Blachly, Aaron Karp, Victoria Moores, Mark Nensel, Karen Walker
The implementation of the SITA QueueAnalyzer at Orlando International Airport (MCO) has resulted in 53% fewer passengers waiting in security checkpoint lines for longer than 15 minutes, according to SITA.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines will invest SEK500 million ($52.5 million) over the next three years to upgrade its short- and medium-haul Airbus A320 fleet with full cabin upgrades and onboard Wi-Fi services via a partnership with communications company ViaSat.
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle plans to launch flights from the US cities of Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Los Angeles (LAX), New York-Newark, and Oakland/San Francisco (OAK) to Barcelona in June 2017.
