Global air passenger traffic grew 7.4% year-over-year (YOY) in March as Asia-Pacific holiday travel related to the Lunar New Year continued beyond February, according to IATA’s March Air Passenger Market Analysis report.
The revision of European Union (EU) passenger rights bill Regulation 261 is on the brink of stalling, with airlines fearing continued financial risk and potential safety issues if it is not passed by June.
Lufthansa Group, which had planned to retire its low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary Germanwings brand by integrating it into Eurowings by the end of the year, will keep it until the dispute with pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) is resolved, a Germanwings spokesperson told ATW.
A Jet Airways ATR 72-500 made an emergency landing Monday at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport following an unspecified hydraulic problem.
Honolulu-based regional carrier Island Air will cut services and staff following a $22 million loss in 2014, with a significant $12 million loss in fourth quarter alone.
Filipino flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has posted a first-quarter net profit of PHP3.8billion ($85 million), up from a $20.7 million net loss in the same quarter last year.
IATA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) are publishing new training requirements for airline pilots in a bid to prevent loss of control in-flight (LOC-I) situations.
Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) 550, representing the carrier’s 250 flight dispatchers, have agreed to terms on a new four-year contract extension.
This table shows the current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest figures for the current week, with comparisons to two weeks prior, one month prior, three months prior, six months prior and the current week during each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
Honeywell Aerospace’s full suite of cockpit technologies has been selected by Southwest Airlines for both its future Boeing 737 MAXs and existing 737NGs.
Air Transport World, the leading global air transportation publication, has opened its nominations process for the 42nd Annual Airline Achievement Awards.
Air France senior management has laid out its Perform 2020 strategy to the airline’s Central Works Council, as it seeks to improve its finances over the medium term.
Canadian low-cost carrier (LCC) WestJet reported a net profit of C$140.7 million ($111.3 million) for the 2015 first-quarter, up 57.6% from a net income of C$89.3 million in the 2014 March quarter.
The crew of an Aer Arann ATR 72 flying for Aer Lingus is credited with “good airmanship” in finding a way to remove salt deposits that had completely blocked the view forward from the twin turboprop’s windscreen while attempting to land at Ireland’s Cork Airport in January 2014.
