Air Transport World

Air Canada will launch Boeing 787-8 Vancouver-Brisbane service in June 2016, subject to government approval.
Airports & Networks

Slovenia-based Adria Airways has been put up for sale again after the Slovenian government issued a request for Expressions of Interests (EOI) for a majority stake in the carrier on July 1, Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SDH) confirmed on its website.
Airlines & Lessors

The Lufthansa Group is implementing a new economy class fare concept on European flights this summer for three of its 11 airlines, chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr told ATW in Warsaw.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian airlines want to keep existing bilateral agreements with Cyprus as a new round of talks is set to begin on air service development between the countries.
Airports & Networks

By Henry Canaday
News Briefs from the July 8, 2015 issue of MRO Digest
Maintenance & Training

[UPDATED] United Airlines said it was "recovering" after a technical issue with its computer systems caused the nationwide grounding of all its mainline flights for more than 90 minutes Wednesday morning.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Aircraft News-July 7, 2015
Aircraft & Propulsion

TAM, the Brazilian carrier that is part of LATAM Airlines Group, expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in December and plans to deploy it on a domestic route initially.
Airports & Networks

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Europe Region.
Airlines & Lessors

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Africa Middle East Region.
Airlines & Lessors

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Latin America-Caribbean Region.
Airlines & Lessors

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the North America Region.
Airlines & Lessors

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Asia-Pacific Region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Brussels Airlines has teamed up Air Logistics Group (ALG), as it seeks to further develop its cargo business and increase tonnage 6% in 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

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.
Airlines & Lessors

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Africa-Middle East Region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has finalized a €575 million ($635 million) revolving credit facility, taking Air France-KLM’s total undrawn credit to €1.845 billion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Ryanair is launching its first Israel links, serving Eilat Ovda Airport from three European cities, Budapest in Hungary, Kaunas in Lithuania and Krakow in Poland.
Airports & Networks

China’s new startup Yunnan Hongtu Airlines plans to launch its inaugural flight in October to explore the lucrative Yunnan tourism market.
Airlines & Lessors

Routehappy, which compiles data on amenities fliers can expect on almost every flight on more than 200 airlines, will soon provide information to many websites worldwide, the company announced June 30.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Seven years after setting up a final assembly line and delivery center for the A320 family of aircraft, Airbus and its Chinese partners, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone Investment Co. (TJFTZ) and the Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC), have confirmed their cooperation on an A330 operation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it is “open to pre-funding” as a means of contributing to the financing of the proposed third runway at Heathrow, attracting a considerable amount of resistance from the airline community.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Boeing logged firm orders for a total of 160 commercial aircraft in June, following orders from Qatar Airways, SMBC Aviation Capital, AerCap and at least five unidentified customers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Aegean Airlines is trying to reassure customers that it is operating its flight schedule normally in the wake of bank closures, capital controls and uncertainty over Greece’s future in the eurozone.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC)—which had agreed to arbitration of all open collective wage agreements in May—said Monday that mediation has failed, raising the possibility of new strike action at the height of the summer travel season.
Safety, Ops & Regulation