All Nippon Airways (ANA) posted a 50% year-on-year increase in net profit of ¥53.9 billion ($447.8 million) for the fiscal half year ending Sept. 30. International operations growth helped fuel the strong results despite continued pressure in the domestic and cargo markets.
The crash of Metrojet flight 9268 shortly after take-off from Sharm el-Sheikh understandably raises concerns about security and screening procedures at that airport.
The Gulf States’ no-holds-barred approach to aviation has seen remarkable payoffs. Their airlines have flourished in an Open Skies environment, and exploited to the full the large hub capacity being created at the region’s airports to meet growing demand.
Thousands of passengers cross over the largest island in the world every day flying global airlines between North America and Europe. Yet just 30,000 tourists visit Greenland each year.
Jiangxi Airlines—the new venture of Xiamen Airlines in conjunction with the Jiangxi provincial government—is expected to launch flights in January 2016, according to GM Wu Xiangyang. It secured approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China in March 2015.
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian has begun offering live television broadcasts to passengers on board its aircraft—the first in Europe to do so, it said.
Airbus has secured joint EASA and FAA type certification for its Pratt & Whitney-powered A320neo, marking a major milestone for the variant’s entry into service.
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has placed an order for 11 CFM 56-powered Boeing 737-800s and 11 LEAP-1B-powered 737 MAX 8s, scheduled for delivery between 2018 and 2021.
Taiwanese carrier EVA Airways has finalized an order for up to 24 GEnx-1B-powered Boeing 787-10s and two GE90-115B-powered 777-300ERs, valued at more than $8 billion at current list prices.
After guiding Hawaiian through Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring from 2003-2005, he has overseen the airline’s steady operational and financial performance and, since 2010, its ambitious international expansion.
Somewhat lost in the consolidation wave that has transformed the US airline industry in recent years has been the dramatic evolution of Hawaiian Airlines, which is quickly becoming a true international carrier. “I can’t think of any other airline that has changed as much as Hawaiian without being involved in a merger,” president and CEO Mark Dunkerley said.
For most airlines, the only time they fanfare route announcements is when they are launching new destinations. Delta Air Lines, however, has bucked the trend by trumpeting that it will end its Atlanta-Dubai Boeing 777 service in February.
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh is open to further airline acquisitions and low-cost carrier partnerships, he told delegates at the UK Aviation Conference 2015.
United Airlines and its pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), have reached an agreement in principle for a contract extension covering more than 12,000 pilots.
