Brussels Airlines this year will operate 824 charter flights for leisure specialist Thomas Cook, up 26% year-over-year, as the two companies strengthen their strategic ties.
Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller will step down Feb. 28 to take up his new role as CEO of Malaysia Airlines, accelerating the end of his original contract.
Boeing logged 13 commercial orders in December, for a total of 174 aircraft. Additionally, the company reported delivering 74 commercial aircraft to 40 airline and lessor customers.
The German Civil Aviation Authority (LBA) suspended the air operator’s certificate (AOC) for Hamburg Airways shortly before Christmas, several German media outlets have reported.
China Eastern Airlines plans to accelerate its international expansion pace in 2015 by boosting capacities, promoting brand awareness, deepening alliance cooperation, and strengthening marketing exploration in the North American and European markets.
Two Finnish firms, StaffPoint Holding and G.W. Sohlberg (GWS), have signed a letter of intent to buy Flybe’s 60% stake in Flybe Nordic for the token sum of €1 ($1.20).
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and Rolls-Royce are exploring a closer cooperation in engine maintenance after a pilot project seeking to reduce costs on mature Trent 500s.
Russia’s Transaero Airlines has won approval by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to perform maintenance of its aircraft registered in the European Union, after passing its annual audit, Part 145.
Marshall Aerospace and Defense Group has developed a dedicated aircraft refinishing facility for Boeing 747-400s, 777s and Airbus A330-sized aircraft in Cambridge, UK.
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) ITM Limited and Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) have agreed on a long-term, rotable-management program for the airline’s Boeing 777-300ERs, covering a range of line replaceable units (LRUs) and simulator parts.
UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) and Air France have signed a long-term agreement to maintain the two types of nacelle systems on both GE and Rolls-Royce engines equipping Boeing 787s.
DolphiTech has signed a global distribution agreement for AFI KLM E&M subsidiary Barfield to distribute DolphiTech's line of new mobile, advanced 3D ultrasound cameras.
FAA has issued a final rule requiring all US commercial airlines to establish a safety management system (SMS), which uses data analysis to identify safety risks, by 2018.
Retired TSA Administrator John S. Pistole is the recipient of this year’s ATW Leadership Excellence Award, Air Transport World, a Penton company, announced today.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said the carrier is trialing the use of constant data uploads from flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders, aka black boxes, of its aircraft.
Qatar Airways formally received the world’s first Airbus A350-900 at ceremonies in Doha Wednesday, with the airline’s chief also saying he was interested in a re-engined A380.
Search and rescue operators have located the tail of the Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 that crashed into the Java Sea in December, it was reported Wednesday.
