The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has reported the region’s airlines carried 22.5 million passengers in November, up 6.7% over the year-ago month.
Members of the Association of European Airlines (AEA)—22 carriers from throughout Europe—transported close to 307 million passengers on scheduled services in 2015.
202 firearms were discovered at US airports in December 2015, down 4.3% year-over-year, as detailed in Total TSA Gun Catches for December 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms discovered at TSA checkpoints at airports across the US).
Spring Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Spring Japan will receive a capital injection of JPY18 billion ($151 million) from Japanese companies, according to Spring Japan CEO Wang Wei.
Thailand-based regional carrier Kannithi Aviation (Kan Air) is looking to expand its fleet with either Airbus A320 or Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft.
Malaysia Airlines will resume normal baggage carrying on its flights to its European destinations of London, Paris and Amsterdam from its Kuala Lumpur base, Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) said in a Jan. 6 statement.
The Lufthansa Group will hire more than 4,000 workers in 2016, which includes nearly 2,800 flight attendants, 240 pilots and 150 service staff at Munich Airport.
Saudi Arabia announced Jan. 5 it is ceasing all air services with Iran due to increasing tension between Riyadh and Tehran following Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shia Moslem cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Japan’s Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC) has become the launch operator for Bombardier’s new Q400 passenger-cargo “combi” version, which can carry up to 9,000 lb. (4,082 kg.) of cargo and 58 passengers.
Shanghai Pudong Airport has begun construction on a new 622,000 sq m satellite terminal, which will handle 38 million passengers per year, increasing the airport’s annual capacity to 80 million.
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) has denied reports that parent company ANA Holdings has completed a deal to acquire three Airbus A380s that were repossessed from low-cost carrier Skymark Airlines.
Ryanair is seeking to have the Norwegian government roll back plans for an environmental tax for flights originating in Norway, saying such a move would harm jobs and growth in the Nordic nation.
Air France has confirmed it has been informed of strike action by the CGT trade union on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 and by Alter, a minor pilots’ union, from Jan. 10-13.
