Italy’s Del Vecchio family business Delfin SARL has purchased the 13% stake in Luxair, which the Luxembourg government had acquired in November from Lufthansa.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 208 airports worldwide - current through Dec. 14, 2015 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
Egyptian investigators for the Metrojet Airbus A321 crash say it has not received “information indicating unlawful interference” or a “terrorist act” in the Oct. 31 crash, contradicting statements made by Russia’s Federal Security Police in mid-November that “a self-made explosive device equivalent of up to 1 kg of TNT” had been set off on board.
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh is interested in strengthening relations with Latin America’s LATAM Airlines Group, hinting at a potential joint venture (JV) between the oneworld partners.
Government-owned airport terminal services at Ahmedabad and Jaipur in northern India will be managed by specialist teams from Singapore’s Changi Airport by April 2015.
US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate, contrasted with the previous month's performance, and the year-ago month's performance.
HNA Group subsidiary Yangtze River Airlines plans to launch passenger service on Dec. 15 with twice-daily Boeing 737 flights on three routes from Shanghai to Sanya, Guiyang and Zhuhai, according to president Yang Zhihua.
A small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) registration website administered by FAA will go live Dec. 21 and all small UAV owners in the US will be required to register their devices.
Icelandic ACMI specialist Air Atlanta has acquired two Boeing 747-400s from Air France, which is in the final stages of retiring the type after four decades of service.
Russia’s Kaluga International Airport will now be able to handle scheduled flights from Germany after authorities agreed to replace Perm with Kaluga as a Russian destination.
As the UK government announced more delays on a decision regarding additional runway capacity in the South East, European air traffic controllers have converted a trial project to reduce delays of inbound aircraft at London’s Heathrow Airport into standard operating procedure.
A number of fumes and small fire incidents involving lithium-battery-powered hoverboards loaded on to airliners has prompted IATA to develop industry guidelines for handling the new-fad gliding vehicles.
The UK government has come under a barrage of criticism from the business community over its announcement late Wednesday to further delay a decision on desperately needed additional runway capacity in the South East.
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair plans to substantially increase its presence in Romania, with the creation of up to five bases in the Eastern European nation over the next few years, according to CEO Michael O’Leary.
