The massive re-fleeting underway in North America will keep the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) aftermarket growth rate nearly flat for the next decade.
[UPDATED] Alaska Airlines has confirmed that flight 448, enroute from Seattle to Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure on Monday afternoon after the pilot reported hearing banging from beneath the aircraft.
Data represents the total employment, full time plus part time, of all US scheduled passenger, charter and cargo airlines, sorted by Airline Group. Changes in employee totals from the previous month, and the current month from a year ago, two years ago and five years ago are represented by percentage change.
Greenland Express is hoping to launch domestic flights by no later than August using a new aircraft type, after its shaky start and suspension of operations in 2014.
Almost a year after its official closure, the long-running saga of Manston Airport in Kent in the South East of England rumbles on, with a potential stay of execution following the government’s decision to appoint an independent consultant to review the airport’s future.
India’s aviation security overseer, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), is “badly understaffed,” India civil aviation secretary V Somasundaran said at a recent industry event.
Southwest Airlines has filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide daily, nonstop service between Denver International Airport and Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and its five ground handling unions have negotiated a new 18-month collective labor agreement (CLA), which will contribute significantly to Air France-KLM’s Perform 2020 program.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 225 airports worldwide - current through February 2015 - presented by monthly and year-to-date figures.
More than 75 union leaders from the LATAM Airlines Group in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Paraguay are meeting in Santiago to support striking LAN Express maintenance and ground operations staff.
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat said its second Global Xpress (GX) satellite—Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2) launched Feb. 2—has completed its orbital deployment stages on schedule.
ICAO has launched a prototype online conflict zone risk information repository aimed at providing up-to-date information on potential risks posed to civil aviation by armed conflicts.
The US is reviewing a report that alleges Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways receive billions of dollars of state subsidies. The government has also established an open forum where information and views on the issue can be submitted.
Air France regional HOP! will take five ATR 72-600s from Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), firming up plans exclusively revealed by ATW in January.
Russia’s Transaero Airlines has spent RUB9 billion ($171 million) on a three-year loan from VTB Bank for salaries, tax payments, fuel acquisition, MRO and payments for air navigation services.
Air Seychelles and Air France have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that lays the groundwork for a commercial agreement to include codeshare opportunities and reciprocal frequent flyer benefits.
Turkish Airlines has inaugurated 5X-weekly Boeing 777-300ER service from Istanbul Ataturk to San Francisco, California. This is the Istanbul-based carrier’s second destination in California and its 11th service in the Americas.
Vietnamese low-cost carrier (LCC) Vietjet Air will launch services from Vietnamese tourist destinations to tier-two cities in China, such as Kunming and Hangzhou.
