Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines will lower its planned second-half 2016 system capacity growth by one percentage point to below 2% year-over-year, and predicted the move will enable it to return to positive unit revenue growth this year.
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) will create a different business and service model for its Airbus A380s, which will begin to come into the fleet in 2018, president and CEO Osamu Shinobe told ATW in Tokyo.
Eight Asia-Pacific low-cost carriers (LCCs) have formed a new standards-based collaborative marketing group, using the IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC) digital interoperability standard.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)—which will take delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries 100 at the end of June—is making preparations for entry-into-service (EIS) of the new generation aircraft.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded Hawaiian Airlines the right to operate between Tokyo Haneda Airport and Honolulu and Kona, Hawaii.
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.
US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Thailand-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Nok Air reported first-quarter net loss of THB379.9 million ($10.8 million), reversed from net profit of THB55.6 million in the year-ago period.
UK aerostructures and components manufacturer GKN Aerospace plans to expand to the point where it makes up 50% of the turnover of parent GKN Group, CEO Kevin Cummings said in London.
Ryanair has opened a training center at London Stansted Airport, as it seeks 1,000 more pilots, cabin crew and engineers this year to fuel its expansion.
Bombardier will begin steep-approach test flights in Wichita, Kansas, next week, focusing on final validation by July, Bombardier VP-CSeries Rob Dewar told ATW in Montreal.
Belgian regional VLM Airlines has filed a formal application asking for creditor protection for six months to avoid bankruptcy, a source close to the situation confirmed to ATW following media reports in the Belgium and the Netherlands.
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has put forward a plan to address increasingly long lines at security checkpoints at major US airports, but also is asking for patience from air travelers.
Vietnam Airlines and part-owned subsidiary Cambodia Angkor Air are looking to “substantially increase” domestic services in both countries, as well as expand regional services to nearby Asian countries.
