Total TSA Gun Catches year-to-date (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US). 173 firearms were discovered in March 2014. 144 firearms (83.2%) were loaded. 66 stun-guns have been caught as of April 3, 2014.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) said it will allow Delta Air Lines to retain rights to a Seattle-Tokyo Haneda slot pair, but warned it will reallocate the slot pair to American Airlines if Delta fails to operate the route daily year-round.
Air France-KLM has placed a firm order for 15 Embraer E-175s and two E-190s for its Dutch regional arm KLM Cityhopper, with options on a further 17 E-Jets for Cityhopper, or Air France regional HOP!
Investigations are underway into why an Air Canada Airbus A320-200 landed short at Stanfield International Airport at Halifax, Nova Scotia, severely damaging the aircraft.
In response to the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash, airlines around the world continued to move to implement a policy of requiring two crew members to be in the cockpit at all times during flights.
Struggling to secure slots from the Chinese government, United Airlines has asked the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for a 60-day extension to start a second daily San Francisco (SFO)-Shanghai flight.
IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler has described the Germanwings accident as an “unthinkable tragedy” and stressed the importance of a full and complete investigation.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a temporary recommendation, proposing that two crew members, including at least one qualified pilot, should occupy the cockpit during flight.
Global combined premium and economy international traffic increased 3.7% year-over-year (YOY) in January, with economy class traffic providing the bulk of the month’s growth, according to IATA’s January Premium Traffic Monitor.
TAP Portugal reported a 2014 loss of €46 million ($50.4 million), reversed from a net profit of €34 million in 2013. This is the Portugal flag carrier’s first loss after five consecutive years of profit.
The European Cockpit Association (ECA), which represents over 38,000 pilots across Europe, has struck out over Germanwings flight 9525 cockpit voice recorder (CVR) data being made public.
Germanwings parent Lufthansa has created a new group safety pilot position, effectively immediately, and is updating its cockpit rules after Tuesday’s fatal Airbus A320 crash, which killed all 150 people on board when it went down into the southern French Alps on a scheduled flight from Barcelona to Düsseldorf.
Several Russian carriers have cut their international networks due to a decrease in passenger traffic, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.
Philippines-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific reported a 2014 profit of PHP853.5 million ($623.5 million), up 67% from a PHP511.9 million profit in the year-ago period.
Thai-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Nok Air, which issued a final report on its 2014 earnings, reported an annual net loss of THB471.7 million ($14.5 million) for FY 2014, reversed from a THB1.07 billion profit in 2013.
Asian airlines saw a welcome rise in international passenger traffic for the first two months of 2015—passenger numbers rose by 8.2% year-on-year, according to figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
Australian regulators have signaled they will not approve plans for Qantas and China Eastern to form a closer partnership, likely derailing the airlines’ strategy to strengthen their positions in the Australia-China market.
[UPDATED] Norwegian Air Shuttle and EasyJet were among the airlines that changed their cockpit procedures on Thursday in the wake of the Germanwings flight 4U9525 crash.
Stunned Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr said the German airline company is coming to terms with the fact that a Germanwings pilot apparently intentionally crashed an Airbus A320 into the French Alps on March 24.
