Dubai-based low-cost carrier (LCC) flydubai is significantly expanding its Iranian network with services to five Iranian cities set to begin over the next month.
Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline, which operates as Etihad Regional, has detailed its previously announced retrenchment, in light of increasing competitive pressures and continuing delays by the Swiss regulator in approving Etihad’s involvement in the company.
The AirAsia affiliate carriers that cut their networks last year to boost financial performance are seeing the strategy pay off with improving operational numbers.
Kuala Lumpur based long-haul low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia X has opened its sixth destination in China with a new 4X-weekly service to Chongqing, one of China’s top second-tier cities.
Although Singapore’s Changi Airport registered a new record high in terms of passenger numbers at 54.1 million passenger movements in 2014, its year-on year-growth reflected only a 0.7% increase in passenger numbers compared to 2013.
Whether they are being spotted on the approach to a busy airport, dropping on to the White House lawn or crashing while carrying drugs in Tijuana, the issues raised by unmanned aircraft arguably are the most controversial in aviation for decades.
A group of lobbyists and a FedEx Express executive accused the three US major airlines of trying to roll back the clock on Open Skies policy and keep out international competition.
Virgin America earned net income of $60.1 million in 2014, a significant increase over a net profit of $10.1 million in 2013, marking the airline’s second straight year of profitability after five years of losses following its 2007 launch.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has canceled air operator’s certificates (AOCs) for regional Air Samara and Moscow-based cargo carrier KAPO Avia.
Calgary-based WestJet Airlines’ regional subsidiary WestJet Encore has received all required approvals to fly to the US, a move that should open new markets the carrier has been unable to serve, allowing it to more forcefully compete with Air Canada, company executives said.
Mexico City-based Grupo Aeromexico reported MXP783 million ($53 million) in consolidated net profit for 2014, down 27.5% from the airline’s 2013 net profit of MXP1.08 billion.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is boosting its widebody fleet with new deliveries in the first quarter, although passenger demand has slipped back slightly at the start of 2015.
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has a six-year agreement with Thomas Cook Group to provide Total Component Support (TCS) for the Airbus A320s and A330s of its four airlines—Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium, Thomas Cook Airlines UK, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and Condor in Germany.
BAE Systems has won business from two more European operators of Boeing 737s and 757s to upgrade existing Traffic Collision and Avoidance Systems (TCAS).
Sanad Aero Solutions, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Co., has increased its leasing portfolio of spare engines and components with Etihad Airways.
Aviation Technical Services (ATS) has expanded its relationship with 10‐year customer Hawaiian Airlines to provide MRO services at its facility at Kansas City International Airport.
