Global air passenger traffic grew 7.1% year-over-year in January, building on December’s 5.4% growth, according to IATA’s latest Air Passenger Market Analysis.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines posted a first-quarter FY2015/2016 net loss of SEK246 million ($28.7 million), narrowed from a SEK640 million net loss a year ago.
JetBlue Airways has partnered with Canada-based simulator manufacturer and training provider CAE to create a pilot recruiting and training program for candidates with no prior flying experience.
Expressing deep dissatisfaction with the direction of United Airlines, two of the carrier’s shareholders are nominating a slate of six new directors to the board of parent United Continental Holdings, most prominently including former Continental Airlines CEO Gordon Bethune.
A US senator wants to add regulation to the FAA reauthorization bill that would set minimum seat-space requirements for airlines, saying that “rapidly shrinking seat width and leg room” is a health and safety hazard.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Global mobile satellite communications service provider Inmarsat a contract to enhance air traffic management (ATM) in Europe with a new generation of satellite-based data link communications.
Over the next three years, passengers will enjoy seamless self-service with airlines and at airports as the “Internet of Things” (IoT) comes to travel, according to IT provider SITA’s latest industry report, “The Future is Connected.”
The latest US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures - for January 2016 and comparative prior months - organized by domestic, international and system totals.
United Airlines’ more than 420 dispatchers, represented by the Professional Airline Flight Control Association, have voted by a 91% margin to ratify a tentative agreement that will extend their current contract through the end of 2021.
Russian authorities have set a budget of RUB3.25 billion ($44.4 million) for nine carriers to take part in a government-subsidized program on flights between Russia’s Far East and other parts of the country.
Qunar, a Chinese online travel agency (OTA), plans to launch a low-cost carrier (LCC) in Shenzhen in an effort to enhance its position in the travel supply chain.
2015 financial year results to-date for airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses and net income/losses for 2015
Financial results to-date for airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses and net income/losses for the fourth-quarter of 2015.
ICAO has adopted new aircraft tracking provisions, including a requirement that aircraft carry a device that can autonomously transmit its location every minute during emergency circumstances.
