Virgin America, which started operations out of San Francisco in 2007, is reportedly in talks to sell itself to either Alaska Air Group or US independent JetBlue Airways.
Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) parent airline Singapore Airlines and SIA subsidiary SilkAir announced a codeshare agreement with Air China, effective March 29.
American Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for permission to fly daily between Los Angeles (LAX) and Beijing (PEK), pitting it against rival Delta Air Lines for the route authority.
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) said a preliminary analysis of the flydubai Boeing 737 data recorder has found “no onboard system malfunctions, aircraft components’ defects or power system failures.”
Alaska Airlines plans to form a wholly owned subsidiary, McGee Air Services, a dedicated airline services company to provide ground handling, aircraft cleaning and airport mobility services.
As Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, remains closed following the March 22 deadly terrorist attacks, Brussels Airlines says the airport closure is costing it €5 million ($5.6 million) a day.
French air traffic controllers (ATC) plan to strike for at least 36 hours, starting from Wednesday evening, Airlines for Europe (A4E) lobby group said in a statement.
EgyptAir has confirmed the hijacker of its Airbus A320—which was en route from Alexandria to Cairo and forced to divert to Larnaca, Cyprus—has been arrested.
Alaska Airlines has canceled 41 flights to and from six cities in northern Alaska—including all flights operating to and from Fairbanks—because of a massive ash cloud that is moving north at up to 65 knots (75 mph). The canceled flights affect 3,300 passengers.
As released by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on March 25,2016, a comprehensive list of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) sightings reported to the FAA by commercial passenger and air cargo carriers from Nov.13, 2014 through Jan. 31, 2016.
FAA has forecasted total annual unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sales of 7 million in the US by 2020 and also released a new report detailing UAV sightings around airports, which the agency said have “increased dramatically over the past two years.”
Demand for air travel in the US in 2015 grew at the fastest rate since 2007, according to FAA, which has slightly increased its 20-year annual growth rate forecast for US airline traffic.
Russian authorities have established the Aviation Register of the Russian Federation, which will be responsible for aircraft design, components, engines and propeller certification.
Malaysia’s newest airline, Rayani Air, is to face an investigation by Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport (MoT) following procedural problems with boarding security and on-time compliance.
JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines have reached an agreement under which Azul will place its code on JetBlue flights from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Orlando (MCO).
The head of the United Arab Emirates’ aviation regulator has appealed for a halt to speculation on the cause of the crash of a flydubai Boeing 737-800 at the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on March 19.
