Florida-based regional Silver Airways will continue to invest in its Florida and Bahamas network while pulling back on flying from network carrier hubs, new CEO Sami Teittinen said in an interview.
Boeing will produce 777X parts at its site in St. Louis, Missouri, bringing back inside the company work that is currently performed at suppliers or performed overseas for the current 777 program.
Lufthansa Pension Trust has raised gross proceeds of €388 million ($491 million) from the sale of a 3% stake of Spanish travel technology company Amadeus IT Holding through a private placement to institutional investors.
The European Commission has ordered Germanwings, Meridiana, Ryanair, TUIFly, Germany’s Zweibrücken Airport, Alghero Airport in Italy and Brussels Charleroi to repay illegal state aid, and launched an in-depth investigation into airline agreements at Brussels National Airport.
German aviation authorities are questioning the continuation of codeshare routes between Etihad Airways and its strategic equity partner airberlin, which are very important for both carriers between Germany and Abu Dhabi.
UK air navigation services provider NATS has postponed submitting proposed high level network changes relating to London Gatwick Airport to do additional analysis and to better understand the options and next steps for low level airspace (primarily routes below 4,000 ft.).
With the official launch of its first schedule to Singapore, Mongolia’s MIAT Mongolian Airlines flag carrier has signaled its intention to significantly extend its east-west route network—potentially to the US and Australia.
Air passenger traffic demand worldwide grew 5.9% year-over-year in August, up 0.6 point from July but down 0.9 point from August 2013’s growth rate, according to IATA’s August Air Passenger Market Analysis report.
EasyJet has increased its full-year pre-tax profit forecast to £575-£580 million ($930-$935 million), after receiving a boost from the knock-on effects of the Air France pilots’ strike.
Lufthansa introduced its first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, equipped with premium-economy class, in a special flight from Frankfurt Airport over Northern Germany on Thursday.
Embraer is expecting to firm up the letters of intent (LOIs) it signed at the Farnborough Airshow and add another two European E-Jet operators to its customer base by year-end.
Pilot strikes by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) have damaged Lufthansa’s image and have hit long-term bookings for passengers, according to Lufthansa executive board member and CEO of Lufthansa German Airlines Karl Ulrich Garnadt.
Embraer’s engineers have given a tentative green light for E-Jet passenger to cargo conversions, but the Brazilian manufacturer is still refusing to comment on when the final first generation E-Jets will come off the production line.
Aeroflot announced its first non-Russian pilot—Klaus Rohlfs, a German citizen—has operated his first flight from Moscow to Prague, following the passage of air code amendments by the State Duma in April allowing carriers to hire foreign pilots.
Documents filed by Southwest Airlines and American Airlines objecting to JetBlue Airways’ proposed Jacksonville, Florida (JAX)-Washington National (DCA) service show just how contentious the battle for valuable slots at the close-in Washington airport can be.
About eight hours after San Francisco-based Virgin America announced it would add two new winter routes from New York JFK and Boston Logan—two JetBlue Airways hubs—JetBlue Airways fired back, saying it will fly 2X-daily between San Francisco (SFO) and Las Vegas from Jan. 5 at fares as low as $38 one way.
