Air Transport World

By Linda Blachly
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s Authorized Service Facility (ASF), SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance, has received its CSeries aircraft Part 145 base maintenance approval from the Civil Aviation Authority, The Netherlands.
Maintenance & Training

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Alaska Airlines are to sign codeshare and frequent flier agreements for flights across Japan and the US Pacific Northwest.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Egyptian investigators are reportedly sending the damaged flight data and cockpit voice recorders of the crashed Egyptair Airbus A320 to French air accident investigation agency BEA, after failing to extract information from them, according to multiple media sources.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

US Airlines tarmac delays of two hours or longer, ranked by percentage-delayed of the total number of regularly scheduled flights, lowest-to highest.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Malaysian low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia is backing a campaign to rename the second terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) from KLIA2 to Low Cost Carrier Terminal 2 (LCCT2 or LCC2), to emphasize its role as AirAsia’s main hub.
Airports & Networks

The top 30 Airlines, calculated and ranked by available reported RPK figures for 2016 as of June 24, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
A June 26 deadline is rapidly approaching to conclude negotiations that would allow Qatar Airways to take a major stake in Italian carrier Meridiana.
Airlines & Lessors

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Bakar has confirmed his interest in a strategic joint business partnership in Africa’s Royal Air Maroc (RAM), which was unveiled in May 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) have reached agreement on the terms of a labor contract that would bring all 25,000 United flight attendants under a single contract.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s aerospace industry has been left reeling after voters elected to ditch membership in the European Union (EU).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings Europe has launched its first flight from Vienna to Alicante June 23.
Airports & Networks

Worldwide airlines ranked by available reported Passenger Load Factor year-to-date 2016, as of June 23, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

For commercial airlines and airline groups worldwide, year-to-date 2016 passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs, as of June 23, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
US industry chiefs lauded former JetBlue Airways CEO Dave Barger Thursday when he was presented with the 2016 L. Welch Pogue Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded by the International Aviation Club (IAC) of Washington DC and Aviation Week & Space Technology.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Passenger Experience-June 23, 2016
Interiors & Connectivity

Taiwan-based China Airlines’ flight attendants are set to strike Friday, the first airline strike in Taiwanese history, over changes in working conditions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Memphis-based FedEx Corp. expects to spend $300 million in its 2017 fiscal year to cover capital expenditures and integration costs related to its acquisition of Netherlands-based TNT Express, which closed May 24.
Airlines & Lessors

With the number of air travelers around the world expected to double to more than 7 billion by 2035, according to IATA, the air transport industry is ramping up awareness on the critical need for airspace modernization.
Airports & Networks

The negotiations at ICAO over a global market-based measures (MBM) system to address aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions may come down to a single question: is China a “major” aviation market?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
China’s commercial aviation growth and transformation over the past 10 years has been astonishing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is aiming to become Airbus and Boeing’s biggest customer within 10 years and is seeking to move from fourth to third place among global lessors.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Moscow-based Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) has completed flutter tests on the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) extended range aircraft, which has a new wing with improved structure.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Dubai-based Emirates Airline plans to operate its daily nonstop Dubai-Auckland services with an Airbus A380-800 from Oct. 30, less than a year after switching from a Boeing 777-200LR.
Airports & Networks

French air traffic controllers (ATC) have called another strike for Thursday, June 23, which is expected to last for 35 hours and will see the cancellation of delays and more than 200 flights, European lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
A flight delay management project trialed at Xian International Airport is showing results and may be extended to other airports in China where delays have become commonplace.
Airports & Networks