Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has slashed capacity on several marginal routes in New South Wales (NSW) in what the airline describes as its “most wide ranging network review to date” following a step drop in profits.
Garuda Indonesia has no news on a replacement for CEO Emirsyah Satar when his contract runs out in October, although candidates are under consideration.
AirBridge Cargo began weekly Moscow SVO-Basel Boeing 747-8F service. Elite Airways began Melbourne, Fla.-Washington IAD Bombardier CRJ 200 service. Estonian Air starts 10X-weekly Tallinn- Stockholm service Sept. 29-Dec. 19, 2014 and from Jan. 26 to June 19, 2015.
FAA said it is working to restore full service to Chicago’s airports following a “criminal incident and fire” Friday at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Illinois that led to ground stops at Chicago O’Hare International (ORD) and Midway (MDW) airports.
Lessor Macquarie AirFinance has provided a welcome boost for Bombardier’s CSeries airliner with an order for 40 of the larger CS300 model plus 10 options.
Eastern Air Lines Group, a Miami-based startup trying to revive the iconic airline brand, has ordered 20 Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. MRJ90s with 20 options.
Airberlin has reached an agreement with Boeing to cancel orders for 15 787 and 18 737 aircraft, “at a current price of some $5 billion to be rescinded,” airberlin said in a statement.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) in transmitting mode through all stages of a flight, following a safety assessment process.
Flights into FAA’s Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAU) airspace were moving at a “reduced rate” early Friday afternoon as the agency, airlines, and area airports coped with the en-route center’s closing following an early morning incident.
Etihad Airways president and CEO James Hogan strongly believes oneworld partner Airberlin will be successfully restructured, but to do that it must become the “best in class.”
Vision Airlines’ revived low-cost carrier (LCC) PEOPLExpress—which began services in June—announced it is temporarily suspending service, effective immediately.
Air Malta has announced Philip Micallef has been appointed its new CEO, effective Oct. 13. He succeeds Louis Giordimaina, who was appointed in November 2013 to replace the outgoing CEO Peter Davies.
Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has assumed sole ownership of Bristol Airport in the UK, following an agreement to purchase the 50% stake of co-shareholder Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund (MEIF).
UK air navigation services provider (ANSP) NATS has commissioned Spanish-based technology multinational Indra to support deployment of the interoperability Through European Collaboration (iTEC) system in the Prestwick Upper Airspace Center in Scotland.
Spanish infrastructure company Abertis has nearly completed the divestment of its airport business, following an agreement to sell its 33.33% stake in Aeropuertos Mexicanos del Pacífico (AMP), for $222 million.
A fire in FAA’s Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Illinois led to the grounding of all flights at Chicago O’Hare and Midway airports Friday morning.
