The global alliances slowed their growth in terms of new members the past year, focusing instead on delivering value to their member airlines and, to some extent, finding common purpose despite increasingly different views on the Gulf carriers.
London’s Heathrow airport should be the site for the much-needed extra runway capacity in London and South East England, according to an official report.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made headlines in June when a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general’s report revealed weaknesses at US airports’ passenger screening checkpoints.
A failure to reach an accord on an international standard for aircraft emissions by the February 2016 deadline is now even more likely to lead to the regulatory mess airlines have long feared—governments around the world imposing a patchwork quilt of unilateral rules.
SR Technics has been selected to provide Integrated Component Services for Etihad Airways’ new Boeing 787s and is in advanced discussions on further MRO contracts.
Aircraft procurement firm China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. (CAS) has signed a “general terms agreement” (GTA) for 45 Airbus A330 family aircraft and an MOU covering 30 A330 options.
Air Canada leisure affiliate rouge has “proven its case” by lowering costs for the Canadian flag carrier, CEO Calin Rovinescu told ATW last week on the sidelines of the Star Alliance meeting in Warsaw.
United Airlines has invested $30 million for a stake in renewable fuels producer Fulcrum BioEnergy in a deal that could see the carrier buy 90 million gallons a year of jet fuel made from municipal waste.
Lufthansa’s flight attendant union UFO has agreed to postpone any further strike action until mid-July after receiving concessions on pay and pensions from the German carrier.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved an air operator’s certificate for Ningxia Cargo Airlines, which is to become the first local carrier in Ningxia Autonomous Region.
Emirates Airline has issued a 192-page report rebutting subsidy allegations lodged against it by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, calling the US carriers’ argument “a mess of legal distortions and factual errors.”
Boeing will collaborate with Embraer to fly a test bed for environmental technologies in Brazil in 2016, as a follow on the US manufacturer’s series of ecoDemonstrators.
The last flight will depart from London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 1 late Monday as the airport prepares to decommission the facility after 47 years of operation.
Russia’s Aviadvigatel Co. and Perm Engine Co., which are developing a PD-14 engine for the Irkut MC-21 aircraft, plans to start testing the engine in its flying laboratory in the third quarter.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is focusing on more destinations and frequencies rather than larger aircraft for domestic operations, president and CEO Osamu Shinobe told ATW on the sidelines of the Star Alliance chief executive board meeting in Warsaw last week.
