Latvian carrier airBaltic will now take delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries CS300 in September 2016, rather than the final quarter of 2015 as originally planned.
With flight tests of the long-delayed Bombardier CSeries past the half-way stage and certification now on track for year end, key leasing companies say the airliner’s longer term success hinges on execution of the final approval phase to service entry as well as building credibility by attracting big orders.
Top 10 US Airports for TSA Gun Catches (loaded or unloaded firearms discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US). Year-to-Date (YTD) -- January through February 2015 -- 359 firearms have been discovered, a year-over-year (YOY) increase of 29.1%. 306 firearms, or 85.2%, were loaded. 120 US airports have reported gun catches YTD in 2015, a 17.6% YOY increase from 2014's comparative YTD total of 102 airports reporting gun catches.
Alaska Airlines has filed applications to begin two nonstop Boeing 737 services from Orange County, California, to Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet has used a $10 million injection by new investor Ajay Singh to buy a reprieve from aircraft lessors threatening to repossess their aircraft.
Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air is taking delivery of its sixth Airbus A330-300 this week, completing current orders for the widebody aircraft type it is using to expand its long-haul network.
Total TSA Gun Catches year-to-date (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US). 140 firearms were discovered in January 2014. 118 firearms (84.3%) were loaded. 85 stun-guns have been caught as of Feb. 6, 2014.
Virgin Atlantic reported a £14.4 million ($21.7 million) profit before tax and exceptional items for 2014, a £65.4 million improvement from the £51 million pre-tax loss for 2013.
The pilots of the Delta Air Lines MD-88 that skidded off the runway at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on March 5 “did not sense any wheel brake deceleration” upon landing and were “unable to prevent the airplane from drifting left,” according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures, organized by domestic, international and system totals, contrasted with figures from the previous month, three months prior, six months prior, a year ago, two years ago and five years ago.
Total TSA Gun Catches for February 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US). 187 firearms were discovered in February 2015, up 35.5% year-over-year (YOY). 163 firearms (87.2%) were loaded, up 38.1% YOY. 63 stun-guns were caught between Feb. 7, 2014 and March 5, 2015, up 40% YOY.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) reported a first-quarter net loss of SEK640 million ($75.5 million), widened 82.5% from a SEK112 million loss in the year-ago period.
The first 242-tonne maximum take-off weight (MTOW) variant of the Airbus A330 has rolled out the paint shop in Toulouse in launch customer Delta Air Lines’ livery, the European manufacturer said Monday.
Boeing is “working to understand the market space” for a potentially new aircraft that could seat around 210-225 passengers in a typical configuration, according to Commercial Airplanes VP-marketing Randy Tinseth.
A report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has revealed the locator-beacon battery in the flight data recorder (FDR) had passed its expiration date, an oversight that later triggered a fleet-wide check by the airline.
Emirates Airline, the world’s largest Boeing 777 operator, has been waiting with the rest of the world for an explanation about what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared March 8 last year while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard.
While the global airline industry is enjoying a rare sustained period of profitability, the earnings are being largely driven by North American airlines that emerged from major restructurings, according to Seabury Group chairman and CEO John Luth.
