Air India is considering changing some of its nine remaining Boeing 787-8 orders to the larger 787-9, chairman and managing director Rohit Nandan told ATW.
Star Alliance member Ethiopian Airlines is preparing for Airbus A350-900 operations as it is expects to begin taking delivery of its first of 14 of the type from 2016.
Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad has poured cold water on a proposal from Malaysian venture capitalists to buy selected assets of the recently delisted Malaysia Airlines (MAS).
Russia’s UTair will ground 40% of its fleet next year, which will allow the carrier to save up to RUB6.5 billion ($111.404 million) in 2015, according to an investor presentation.
UK air navigation services provider (ANSP) NATS has confirmed there will be a financial consequence for the company resulting from last week’s technical failure at its Swanwick Centre.
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.
Southwest Airlines will start daily flights between Austin, Texas and St. Louis from June 28, 2015. Southwest is Lambert-St. Louis International Airport’s biggest operator with more than 90 daily flights to 35 cities.
FedEx Corp. has posted a consolidated net profit of $616 million for its FY2015 second-quarter ended Nov. 30, up 23.2% year-over-year from net income of $500 million in the company’s FY2014 second quarter.
The 10 largest US scheduled passenger airlines collectively reported net income of $2.99 billion in the 2014 third-quarter, down 13.8% from a 2014 second quarter net profit of $3.5 billion but nearly matching (down by 0.5%) the $3 billion in net income the 10 carriers posted in the 2013 third quarter.
U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the current week and comparisons to two weeks ago, one month ago, three months ago, six months ago and the same week for each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
The US has announced it will initiate discussions with Cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations, aiming to open an embassy in Havana in the coming months.
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.
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has opened an investigation into a “serious incident” in which a Flybe Bombardier Q400 had an inflight engine fire late Tuesday.
Royal Air Maroc has introduced four new Embraer E-190s into its fleet following a successful trial in 2013, marking a new aircraft type for the North African carrier.
