East Africa-based Air Djibouti, the Republic of Djibouti’s new national carrier, has confirmed it is on schedule to commence cargo operations later this year and add passenger services in 2016.
Equity funding and shareholder loans received by Etihad Airways from its Abu Dhabi government owner fully comply with the US-UAE Open Skies agreement, the airline says in submissions to a US government review of alleged subsidies provided to the three major Gulf carriers.
Lufthansa, which is transforming its Eurowings subsidiary into a pan-European platform to operate low-cost flights from several bases outside Germany, will place the carrier’s two air operator’s certificates (AOC) in Austria.
All Nippon Airways Holdings (ANA) has established a joint venture (JV) with several other major companies to set up a new MRO operation in Okinawa, Japan.
Airbus looks set to block any rescue deal by All Nippon Airways (ANA) and investment banks to bail out bankrupt Japanese low-cost carrier (LCC) Skymark Airlines.
Delta Air Lines and Alitalia remain committed to their transatlantic joint venture and do not expect to see changes in the relationship despite the apparent split between the Italian carrier and its SkyTeam partner Air France.
The European Commission has referred Germany to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to regularly monitor all aviation security measures at some German airports.
The lower house of the Irish Parliament, Dáil Éireann, has given the Irish government the green light to sell its stake in Aer Lingus to International Airlines Group (IAG).
Despite route cuts and lower frequencies, Malaysia-based long-haul low cost-carrier (LCC) AirAsia X (AAX) saw its load factors drop to 74% in the first quarter of 2015 from 86% in the first quarter of 2014.
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air reported a net profit of €183 million ($199 million) for the financial year ended March 31, 2015, more than double the €88 million profit reported for the previous financial year.
UK air navigation services provider NATS says it is on track to achieve its goal of saving 80,000 minutes of delay each year at London Heathrow Airport through the implementation of time-based separation (TBS).
On April 8, American Airlines received a single operating certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration for American and US Airways, a major milestone in the integration of the two airlines.
