GDC Technics, an aircraft modification firm based in San Antonio, Texas, with clients worldwide, has been approved as the newest tenant at Alliance Airport.
AJW Aviation has stepped up its acquisition program to purchase a Boeing 757 from Aerolease. Previously operated by Russia’s VIM Airlines, the aircraft is being parted out by HAITEC at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.
Air France-KLM has abandoned plans for group-level cash pooling after the initiative was vetoed by the Dutch, as relations between the two airlines come under continued media scrutiny.
Takeover target Aer Lingus reported a net loss of €95.8 million ($108.7 million) for 2014, reversing the €34.1 million net profit it posted in the year-ago period, but this was driven by exceptional labor and pensions items.
US Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) president and CEO Marion Blakey has been appointed president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America starting in May.
Authorities investigating the fatal crash of a TransAsia ATR 72-600 in Taiwan earlier in February have reported several local airlines have contravened local labor operating regulations for both ground and aircrew.
SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, will add five Boeing 737-800s to its fleet this year, from an order for 25 of the type and up to 25 737 MAX 8s placed in February 2014. Deliveries are scheduled through 2021.
Fiji Airways, bolstered by record profits in 2014, is preparing to expand its fleet and network this year, adding a fourth Airbus A330 and a fourth Boeing 737-800.
IATA is making strides with US and European acceptance of electronic and home-printed bag tags (HPBT), according to IATA airport, passenger, cargo & security division director Paul Behan.
Worldwide combined premium and economy international traffic was up 3.7% year-over-year (YOY) in December, finishing 2014 with three months of consistent growth, according to IATA’s December Premium Traffic Monitor.
Top 25 US Airlines for the month ranked by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Air China is seeing slight a slot drop in premium cabin corporate traffic to North America, but has made up for it with a “surge” in paid travel from individuals, including for first class, the airline’s top US executive told ATW.
Full-time-equivalent (FTE) employment at US scheduled passenger airlines grew 1.4% year-over-year (YOY) in December, to a total FTE count of 386,219 personnel, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Icelandic low-cost carrier (LCC) WOW air has acquired two Airbus A321s on a finance lease to service its new Reykjavik to Boston and Washington DC routes.
