In February, 16 US domestic flights experienced tarmac delays exceeding three hours and eight international flights reported a tarmac delay on US soil exceeding four hours, according to the April Air Travel Consumer Report released by the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
[UPDATED] A Korea-based Asiana Airlines Airbus A320 hit a radio installation on approach to Hiroshima Mihara Airport in Japan, causing damage to a wing and engine and injuring 27 passengers as a result of the resulting final off-runway stop.
Delta Air Lines posted first-quarter net income of $746 million, more than tripling the $213 million net profit the company recorded in the year-ago March quarter.
German aviation authorities are again questioning the continuation of codeshare routes for the upcoming winter schedule between Etihad Airways and its strategic equity partner airberlin.
ATR and Azul Brazilian Airlines have renewed a maintenance agreement under which ATR will provide full aftermarket support for Azul’s fleet of nearly 60 ATR aircraft.
Air Canada’s US-based workforce, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), has ratified a new collective agreement reached Feb. 4.
US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with reports from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Air New Zealand will undertake some component maintenance on Tigerair Australia’s Airbus A320 fleet as part of an agreement signed with AJW Group that will extend the component maintenance and repair services provided at Air New Zealand’s Auckland Engineering and Maintenance base.
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (MBD) of the Safran Group, through its subsidiary MBD Wheel and Brake Repair and Services, has opened a new wheel-and-brake repair facility on the US East Coast, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Delta TechOps has established an Aircraft Engine Hospital Shop that will specialize in strategic aircraft engine repairs requiring limited engine intrusion.
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.
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.
US airlines expect that FAA will allow a five-year “grace period” for full compliance with the agency’s 2010 mandate that carriers’ aircraft be Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out capable by Jan. 1, 2020.
