All Nippon Airways (ANA) has confirmed it is among the companies seeking to support Japan’s Skymark Airlines as it restructures under bankruptcy protection.
Trans States Holdings, parent of US regionals Trans States Airlines, Compass Airlines and GoJet Airlines, remains “comfortable” with its order for 50 Mitsubishi Regional Jets and expects to begin taking delivery of the aircraft in 2017.
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Construction on the Airbus Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Mobile, Alabama is moving forward and is on track to deliver its first A321 aircraft to JetBlue Airways in “late spring-early summer 2016,” an Airbus spokesperson at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport told ATW.
Las Vegas, Nevada-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of “ultra” low-cost carrier Allegiant Air, has agreed to purchase six additional Airbus A319 aircraft, as part of a plan to increase its A320 family fleet from 14 to 44 by the end of 2018.
While Virgin Australia has dragged its new acquisition Tigerair Australia to breakeven, the carrier is now looking for ways to address weakness in its international operation that continue to keep the company in the red.
Outsourced air services provider Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) reported full-year consolidated net income of $106.8 million for 2014, up 13.8% from 2013’s net profit of $93.8 million.
Lufthansa will not pay a dividend for 2014 after its full-year earnings were affected by the sale of the IT Infrastructure segment, an increase in pension liabilities and losses from fuel-hedging activities.
One of the new carriers planning to enter the Saudi Arabian domestic market, Saudi Gulf Airlines, will not be flying until the fourth quarter this year—around a year later than planned.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines, which is in the final stages of replacing its aging Fokker 70/100 fleet, is considering transferring 16 Embraer E-195s from Lufthansa CityLine to Austrian Airlines.
South African Airways (SAA) CEO Monwabisi Kalawe, who has been suspended since last year pending the finalization of an investigation into serious allegations of misconduct, now faces a formal disciplinary hearing.
Air France-KLM will delay the arrival of up to 12 aircraft, as it seeks to slash €600 million ($683 million) from its capital expenditure plan for the next two years.
Changes in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as percent changes from the previous year; differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Lufthansa, which is transforming its Eurowings subsidiary into a pan-European platform to operate low-cost flights from several bases outside Germany, will launch its first foreign base in Vienna, Austria.
Air France-KLM reported a full-year net loss of €198 million ($225.5 million), a marked improvement on a €1.2 billion net loss for 2013, boosted by the completion of Transform 2015.
Delta Air Lines has issued an apology after remarks made by its CEO about Gulf carriers seemed to suggest they or the United Arab Emirates (UAE) governments were linked to the 9/11 terrorists.