US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures, organized by domestic, international and system totals, contrasted with figures from the previous month, three months prior, six months prior, a year ago, two years ago and five years ago.
Australian flag carrier Qantas has been given permission to operate between secondary markets in Australia and China, opening the way for a proposed Jetstar service from leisure destination Gold Coast to China’s Wuhan.
Lufthansa is expecting its flights to be “virtually back to normal” from Sept. 10 after its pilots’ strike was declared unlawful by a local labor court.
Total TSA Gun Catches for August 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US). 223 firearms were discovered in August 2015, up 18% year-over-year.
Indian full-service startup Vistara has appointed two new non-aviation directors to its board, and tapped its joint venture (JV) parents—Tata Group and Singapore Airlines (SIA)—for an extra INR200 crore ($29 million) in cash.
CEFC China Energy Co. has acquired a 10% stake in Czech Republic’s largest airline, Travel Service, as Chinese companies continue their rapid investment drive into Europe.
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has upgraded its full-year guidance by as much as 25%—into the €1.175-1.225 billion range—due to low fuel prices, the strength of sterling against the euro and poor summer weather in northern Europe.
FL Technics has received an extension of its European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 145 certificate adding support for the Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 (SSJ100).
Oman Air is to take 11 new aircraft—three Boeing 737-800s, seven 737-8 MAXs and one 787-9—as well as three used Boeing 737s on long-term lease from Air Lease Corp.
An investigation is underway after a British Airways (BA) Boeing 777-200ER suffered a major engine fire as it was preparing for takeoff at McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
RwandAir has finalized its order for its first widebodies, an Airbus A330-200 and an A330-300, firming up a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in March.
United Airlines’ new president and CEO Oscar Munoz said he will focus on customer service and cost discipline, but offered few specifics on his first day at United’s helm.
United Airlines parent United Continental Holdings chairman, president and CEO Jeff Smisek has stepped down, effective immediately, and has been replaced by CSX Corp. president and COO Oscar Munoz.
Airspace congestion could potentially cost the Arabian Gulf region as much as $16.3 billion in economic benefits over the next 10 years if bottlenecks are not addressed.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has reported a net profit of SEK439 million ($52 million) for the first nine months of its financial year, reversed from a net loss of SEK416 million for the year-ago period.
