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.
Air Astana began daily Almaty-Dubai Airbus A320 service. Austrian Airlines began weekly Vienna-Mauritius Boeing 767 service. EasyJet has added 12X-weekly Munich-Milan service.
Advocates on both sides of the debate over Norwegian Air International (NAI) are making their voices heard in Washington DC this week, hoping to convince the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to either approve or disallow NAI from flying transatlantic flights to/from the US.
The head of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) condemned the shooting down in July of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 as “a military failure,” and stressed that maintaining a robust, safe commercial aviation system requires the sharing of information of where and when it is safe to fly.
Cathay Pacific Airways doubts the low-cost, long-haul business model is sustainable over the long term and does not intend to change its full-service model to compete with the proliferation of LCCs in the Asian market.
Mitsubishi Aircraft sees a global market over 20 years for 5,000 aircraft in the 100-seat sector and aims to win orders for 2,500 of that total market, the company’s president and COO said Wednesday.
EasyJet achieved a full-year average load factor of 90.6% for the year ended Sept. 30, but it plans to increase this still further in 2014-15 by driving up passenger numbers on off-peak flights.
Saudi Arabia hybrid carrier flynas has appointed a new CEO, just weeks after it announced it was pulling back from its ambitious plans for a network of long-haul flights.
Thai budget carrier Nok Air reported a third-quarter net loss of TBH353.3 million ($10.8 million), reversed from a net profit of THB244.6 million reported in the year-ago period.
Aer Lingus’ shareholders will decide whether to accept a critical pension deal during an extraordinary general meeting Dec. 10. Aer Lingus is seeking shareholder approval to plough €190.7 million ($238.3 million) into its pensions scheme to resolve a deficit which represents “a real and significant risk to the success of the company.”
A trio of European airlines has signed an agreement for a regular supply of biofuel at Oslo Airport, which will next year become the world’s first hub airport to receive regular deliveries of biofuel.
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.
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has broken ground on Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico, a new overhaul facility that will do base maintenance on Airbus A320 family aircraft.
ATR has signed a three-year agreement with B/E Aerospace Consumables Management for distribution of consumables, expendables and standard hardware parts for ATR aircraft.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has affirmed FAA’s authority to impose civil fines against commercial operators of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) engaging in “careless or reckless” flying.
UK budget carrier easyJet reported a full-year net income of £450 million ($705 million), up 13% from a £398 million profit in the year-ago period, marking its fourth year of record profits.
Virgin Atlantic is looking to lease out two sets of Heathrow slots freed up by the demise of its UK short-haul arm Little Red, until it has the aircraft it needs to operate them itself.
