Indonesian authorities have approved an AirAsia X joint venture (JV)—Indonesia AirAsia Extra—although its first routes and launch date have not yet been announced.
Lufthansa on Friday canceled more than 200 flights, affecting 25,000 passengers, due to a six-hour strike called by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilot union over an early retirement scheme.
Air France-KLM Group will phase out five Martinair Boeing MD-11 freighters and internally reallocate up to 400 staff, as it strives to hit cargo breakeven by 2017.
German investor Intro Aviation—which has acquired Irish regional CityJet, its subsidiary Belgium-based VLM and Austria-based regional Intersky—wants to have exclusive rights on newly opened routes to protect it from competitors.
British Airways is rolling out cabin upgrades across 18 of its Boeing 747s, which will be equipped with improved inflight entertainment and modern interiors.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has distributed the allocations of foreign pilots that Russian airlines can hire following the passage of air code amendments by the State Duma in April allowing carriers to hire non-Russian pilots.
Air traffic controllers at London’s Gatwick Airport handled 906 movements on Aug. 29, breaking their own world record for handling the highest number of air traffic movements in a single day from a single runway.
Global air passenger traffic demand grew 5.3% in July, up 0.6 point from June and up 0.3 point from July 2013, according to IATA’s July Air Passenger Market Analysis report.
Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre (NAC) will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of hydrogen fuel cells as replacements for aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs).
† The Top 25 are derived from the Financial and Traffic tables found at atwonline.com/data. 1. Fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. 2. Fiscal year ending May 31, 2014. 3. Includes British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. 4. Fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. 5. Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013. 6. Mainline and Regional operations. 7. Subsidiary of Qantas Group. 8. Includes SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. * US DOT data. 9. International scheduled traffic only. 10. As of Feb. 28, 2014. 11. Subsidiary of SIA Group.
† The Top 25 are derived from the Financial and Traffic tables found at atwonline.com/data. 1. Fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. 2. Fiscal year ending May 31, 2014. 3. Includes British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. 4. Fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. 5. Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013. 6. Mainline and Regional operations. 7. Subsidiary of Qantas Group. 8. Includes SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. * US DOT data. 9. International scheduled traffic only. 10. As of Feb. 28, 2014. 11. Subsidiary of SIA Group.
† The Top 25 are derived from the Financial and Traffic tables found at atwonline.com/data. 1. Fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. 2. Fiscal year ending May 31, 2014. 3. Includes British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. 4. Fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. 5. Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013. 6. Mainline and Regional operations. 7. Subsidiary of Qantas Group. 8. Includes SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. * US DOT data. 9. International scheduled traffic only. 10. As of Feb. 28, 2014. 11. Subsidiary of SIA Group.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has committed to stay on for at least another couple of years and said he is unfazed by the departure of two of his most senior executives.
Although Asia-Pacific traffic continues to grow, intense competition is keeping airline profit levels in check as carriers flood the market with excess capacity, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
Lufthansa Group pilots, represented by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, will strike for six hours Friday, which will affect short- and medium-haul flights from Frankfurt Airport.
UK premium startup Odyssey Airlines said it has raised £1.05 million ($1.7 million) through crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, exceeding its £1 million target.
American Airlines could realize as much as $200 million in annual cost benefits by mid-2015 or early 2016 from re-banking three of its largest hubs, CFO Derek Kerr said.
Nigeria’s Arik Air has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Emirates Airline, allowing the West African carrier to gain access to the Dubai-based airline’s global route network.
Alaska Airlines—which this month is adding new flights from its Seattle-Tacoma hub to Detroit, Baltimore and Albuquerque—will continue to add routes to major business centers to serve its core Seattle customers.
