Air France will improve its passenger product on medium-haul flights in a €50 million ($62 million) investment plan in a continuing move upmarket as it aims to differentiate itself from competitors and improve the performance of mid-haul services.
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) posted a hefty third-quarter net loss in what could be its last detailed quarterly earnings report for some years, highlighting the challenges facing the government as it prepares to delist the carrier’s shares.
Alitalia and Etihad Airways have finalized the board of directors for the “new” Alitalia, with former Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo serving as non-executive chairman.
Aeroflot Group reported a nine-month net loss of RUB3.56 billion ($72.2 million) as of Sept. 30, reversed from a net profit of $545.2 million in the year-ago period.
Ryanair’s shareholders have voted to approve the low cost carrier’s plan to order 100 737 MAXs, plus 100 options, valued at around $22 billion at list prices.
Air France-KLM Group has named Benjamin Moreau chief executive of its subsidiary CRMA, which specializes in repair of engine parts and assemblies, especially CFM engines, GE90s and GP7200s, and component overhaul.
Full-time-equivalent (FTE) employment at US scheduled passenger airlines grew 1.1% year-over-year in September, to a total FTE count of 384,439 personnel, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has named Fatima Beyina-Moussa as its new president at the close of its 46th annual general meeting in Algiers.
Norway’s Avinor Air Navigation Services has implemented its Southern Norway Airspace Project (SNAP) with Point Merge arrival sequencing, making it the first air navigation services provider (ANSP) to implement a second Point Merge project.
Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, has signed a joint work program agreement with the European Defence Agency (EDA) aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two organizations in the domain of the Single European Sky ATM research program, SESAR.
A consortium led by German airport management company Fraport in partnership with Greece’s Copelouzos Group has been selected as the preferred investor for a 40-year operating concession for 14 regional airports in Greece.
LOT Polish Airlines, in the aftermath of a restructuring, has been banned by European Union regulators from growing capacity or adding routes until early 2016.
Finnair is to launch services to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the Israeli city of Eilat, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura on the Canary Islands, as well as Madeira in Portugal, for winter 2015-2016.
Flatirons Solutions—which provides Content Lifecycle Management (CLM) consulting, technology and outsourcing services for aerospace and other industries—has released CORENA Pinpoint Mobile 6.0, a platform- and device-agnostic mobile solution for line and base aircraft maintenance.
ATR has been certified as authorized economic operator for customs activity by the French Ministry of Finance, and ATR will benefit from streamlined customs processes in delivering aircraft, parts and equipment to operators.
