Global international passenger traffic rebounded across-the-board in August, as overall traffic grew 4.5% year-over-year after two months of weak growth in the 2-3% range, according to IATA’s August Premium Traffic Monitor.
U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the current week and comparisons to the same week for each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Delta Air Lines is striking back against claims that it is misusing its slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and stated in a filing the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has no precedent for seizing and reallocating the slots.
Virgin Australia is likely to use subsidiary Tigerair Australia on international routes to better compete with Jetstar in the low-cost market, and it has not ruled out new fleet types for Tigerair.
Hawaiian Airlines’ third-quarter financial results show the carrier’s recent pause in international expansion is continuing to pay off with strengthening performance.
Oneworld member and Etihad Airways equity partner airberlin will continue to adapt its route network by focusing on increased efficiency and further reducing seasonal effects, leading to a 5% reduction in capacity, according to airberlin CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.
Kuwait-based hybrid carrier Jazeera Airways posted a net profit of KD8.1 million ($27.9 million), up 22.6% from the year-ago figure, in what it described as its best-ever third quarter.
Chinese carriers reported a net profit of CNY2.2 billion ($358 million) in September, down 24% compared with a net income of CNY2.82 billion in the year-ago month.
Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) have opened a demonstration facility—called the China-US Aviation Biofuel Pilot Project—that will turn waste cooking oil, commonly referred to as “gutter oil” in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel.
International air freight volumes are expected to grow at a five-year 4.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to IATA’s Airline Industry Forecast for 2014-2018.
AFI KLM E&M subsidiary Barfield has a new technology that transforms any Android tablet into a wireless remote control for the DPS1000, the ground support test equipment used for testing aircraft Pitot-Static/Air Data systems.
AAR and partner Greater Rockford Airport Authority have broken ground on a new hangar facility on the grounds of Chicago Rockford International Airport.
QantasLink has contracted with Dowty Propellers to provide a complete propeller system support package for the airline’s Bombardier Q400s, including repair and overhaul, technical assistance and support.
StandardAero Business Aviation has signed an agreement with Embraer to provide modification services for Embraer operators of both commercial and business aircraft.
The European Commission (EC) is seeking input into whether SkyTeam members Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and Alitalia have unfair dominance on their transatlantic New York services.
Speedy package delivery in urban areas by small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) “is absolutely going to happen,” according to Nick Roy, the founder of Google’s Project Wing program.
Association of European Airlines (AEA) CEO Athar Husain Khan has pushed back against the suggestion that European airlines are protectionist, redirecting the focus onto other, less liberalized markets.
