Finnair is gearing up for nationwide labor union demonstrations on Friday, Sept. 18, that could significantly affect customer service, baggage handling and other services related to flight departures at Helsinki Airport.
Alaska Airlines will turn some of its passenger aircraft into full freighters, as part of a larger strategy to retire its aging fleet of Boeing 737-400s.
David F. Melcher, President & CEO, Aerospace Industries Association
Today, when we look at a US national air transportation system that in many ways is still dependent upon mid-20th century era radars and other technologies, the same message applies: the system needs to modernize.
Inmarsat has published the results of evaluation trials conducted earlier this year with Australia’s air navigation services provider (ANSP), Airservices Australia, to demonstrate oceanic flight tracking using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C) to meet ICAO’s new global standard of a minimum 15-minute reporting interval from the end of 2016.
Ryanair has ruled out future operations from three major European hubs—despite softening its stance on primary airports to attract more business travelers—and is eyeing the potential of long-haul connections.
US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with reports from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Flydubai will begin 4X-weekly Dubai-Asmara Oct. 25. British Airways (BA) begins Glasgow-Salzburg service Dec. 12. It also begins 3X-weekly London Gatwick (LGW)-Lima Boeing 777 service May 4. On Oct. 30, the service goes to 2X-weekly. Also beginning in 2016, BA offers 2X-weekly London LGW-San Jose, Costa Rica Boeing 777 service May 4.
African budget carrier fastjet has named non-executive Colin Child as chairman, replacing Clive Carver who has held the role on an interim basis since April 1, 2015.
SkyWest Airlines and United Airlines have amended their Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) to add 18 Embraer E-175s to SkyWest’s United Express service.
Istanbul’s third airport, which will have capacity for 150 million passengers and is scheduled to open in 2018, is moving ahead with the selection of a design firm.
Garuda Indonesia low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary Citilink Indonesia plans to lease nine new Airbus A320 aircraft to boost fleet numbers and regional service schedules.
The first two Airbus A321 aircraft to be assembled at the new assembly-and-delivery facility in Mobile, Alabama, were shown to the media Sept. 13, one day ahead of the formal opening of the factory.
Fast-growing Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has formalized the memorandum of understanding (MOU) it announced at the Paris Air Show in June to purchase 110 Airbus A321neos.
Montreal-based leisure carrier Air Transat will add Airbus A330 flights to Zagreb, Croatia and Pisa, Italy beginning mid-June 2016, boosting its direct European destinations to 29 cities.
