More than two years after Norwegian’s Irish subsidiary Norwegian Air International (NAI) applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for a US foreign carrier permit, DOT finally gave tentative approval in April. But the waiting continues as labor groups log more protests.
More than two years after Norwegian’s Irish subsidiary Norwegian Air International (NAI) applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for a US foreign carrier permit, DOT finally gave tentative approval in April. But the waiting continues as labor groups log more protests.
Passengers at Chicago O’Hare and other major US hubs have been missing their flights, sometimes sleeping in cots on airport floors, as security screening queues have grown painfully longer through this spring.
Passengers at Chicago O’Hare and other major US hubs have been missing their flights, sometimes sleeping in cots on airport floors, as security screening queues have grown painfully longer through this spring.
An Antonov An-12 freighter belonging to Azerbaijan airline Silk Way Airlines is reported as having crashed in southern Afghanistan on May 18 with multiple fatalities.
The 10 publicly traded mainline US airlines reported a collective first-quarter pre-tax profit of $4.8 billion, according to Airlines for America (A4A).
Italian flag carrier Alitalia is holding firm on its target of hitting breakeven in 2017, although new CEO Cramer Ball is hoping to go further and post a profit.
Airlines for America (A4A) has called on the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to publicly release data on security screening checkpoint wait times at airports, and rejected the notion that airlines’ checked bag fees are to blame for extremely long security lines.
Korean Air is set to receive additional widebody aircraft that will help upgrade its passenger and cargo fleets, and allow the carrier to retire its remaining Boeing 747-400s by the end of 2017.
Salisbury, Maryland-based Piedmont Airlines and its parent company, American Airlines, soon must make decisions about the future of the regional carrier’s Bombardier Dash 8 fleet.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust division has requested Alaska Airlines and Virgin America to provide additional information regarding their merger proposal.
Korean Air recorded a consolidated net loss of KRW175 billion ($149 million) for the first quarter, up from a KRW133 loss in the same period a year earlier.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group reported net profit of S$804.4 million ($568.7 million) in its fiscal year ended March 31, more than doubling a S$367.9 million net profit in its previous fiscal year.
Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines’ pilots union is seeking court protection to prevent the airline from operating Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft without a contract provision for the type, a suit the airline calls “premature.”
