European transport commissioner Violeta Bulc has detailed Europe’s new aviation strategy, although some stakeholders have criticized its lack of deliverables.
Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza has called Delta Air Lines’ basic economy fare an example of “good creative management,” saying Delta’s strategy makes it “hard for us to grow in their markets.”
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has reauthorized the commercial cooperation between Etihad Airways and Virgin Australia for a further five years.
A SpiceJet Bombardier Q400 with 53 passengers and crew on board suffered a runway excursion and emergency evacuation after hitting a pack of wild pigs on landing at India's Jabalpur Dumna Airport.
The more than five-month lapse of the US Export-Import Bank’s (Ex-Im) authority was brought to an end by the US Congress, which has overwhelmingly voted to reauthorize Ex-Im through 2019.
United Airlines has taken an aggressive stance toward Virgin America’s entry into the San Francisco-Denver market, adding five additional flights on weekdays beginning in March 2016.
Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO Mark Dunkerley told a Washington DC audience that government policy has not kept up with changes in the airline industry, limiting smaller carriers’ market access.
Singapore’s Changi Airport will increase its international low-cost carrier (LCC) flights with the introduction of Jetstar Asia services to Indonesia and Tigerair services to India from early December.
The Latvian parliament has agreed to increase the equity of national carrier airBaltic by €80 million ($87 million) as part of a deal to consolidate and increase its operations in the Baltic region.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines plans to launch weekly Boeing 767-300ER Vienna-Havana (Cuba) service, from Oct. 25, 2016, as part of a long-haul leisure market strategy.
Finnair is seeking to recruit 100 new pilots and 300 new cabin attendants in 2016 as part of plans to grow long-haul traffic following the delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in October.
Saudi Arabia domestic newcomers—Al Maha Airways and SaudiGulf—are experiencing further launch delays into 2016 as they aim to take advantage of liberalized rules.
WestJet Airlines will wet-lease two Boeing 767s from Omni Air International for one month beginning on Dec. 11 due to a delay in receiving its own ETOPS certification, an airline spokesman said.
Low-cost carrier Norwegian has begun flights between the US and Caribbean as it seeks to expand its US interests despite the continued delays in granting it permission to operate transatlantic services with its Ireland-based long-haul subsidiary.
Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines will phase out its fleet of Avro RJ100 regional jets by the end of 2017, replacing them with a mix of Airbus types, the airline said Dec. 4.
