As the campaign led by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines sped from secret briefings in Washington DC to the broad media and loud finger-pointing, one thing became clear: The US carriers are eager for a fight against Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways and their state owners.
Embraer is betting its commercial future on the next-generation E-Jet E2 program, but current generation E-Jets are far from dead. The regional jet manufacturer believes there is still plenty of life left for the “original” E-Jets, particularly the E-175 in the 75-90-seat sector.
US President Barack Obama said he intends to nominate Peter Neffenger, the vice commandant of the US Coast Guard, to be the next head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Excessive costs and an aviation sector that is not as robust as it should be, especially in attracting international business, are hurting Canada’s air transport industry, conference panelists said Tuesday.
Latin American traffic growth has slowed from double digits, but is still expected to grow 5%-6% per year, reaching nearly a half billion passengers by 2025, according to Alex de Gunten, adviser to the executive board of the Latin America and Caribbean Air Transport Association.
Spirit Airlines earned net income of $69 million in the first quarter, up 83% over a net profit of $37.7 million in the 2014 March quarter, as it grew capacity aggressively.
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has blocked Norilsk-based Taimyr Airlines from acquiring a 47.8% share in Arkhangelsk-based Nordavia Airline.
Lufthansa has offered its pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) general arbitration of all open collective wage agreements, as a concession to avoid new strikes.
Aer Lingus has reported a first-quarter operating loss of €48.4 million ($54 million), almost identical to its €48.5 million loss for the same period last year.
Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a first-quarter net loss of NOK538 million ($68 million), narrowed from a net loss of NOK595 million in the year-ago quarter.
Mexico City-based Grupo Aeroméxico recorded a consolidated net profit of MXP185 million ($12.1 million) for the 2015 first quarter, swinging into the black from MXP91 million in net losses the airline reported in the 2014 March quarter.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will introduce the Boeing 787-9 on its Tokyo Haneda-Munich route on May 5, becoming the first Japanese airline to use the type on international routes.
OEMServices and Etihad Airways have signed a 10-year contract to provide component pool and repair services for Etihad’s growing fleet of Airbus A380s.
AAR is commencing a modified Dutch auction tender offer to purchase shares of its common stock for an aggregate cash purchase of not more than $135 million.
Senior executives from two of the three major US carriers involved in the growing dispute over alleged unfair competition from the Gulf carriers said Tuesday they are simply asking for government-to-government consultations on the US Open Skies agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar.
The German government had intelligence indicating the danger of surface-to-air missiles in the Ukraine region where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last year, according to German media reports.
Ethiopian Airlines is considering developing air carriers in Africa, especially in Nigeria, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of South Sudan, an airline executive told ATW.
JetBlue Airways earned net income of $137 million in the first quarter, a significant improvement over a net profit of $4 million in the 2014 March quarter, citing “healthy demand across our network and a continued focus on cost control.”
