China’s Tibet Airlines is expected to launch Himalaya Airlines in conjunction with Nepal’s Himalaya Aviation Investment Co. and Nepal’s Yeti Air International.
European air traffic control agencies are continuing to monitor the status of the Icelandic volcano, Barðarbunga [Bardarbunga], where hundreds of earthquakes in recent days have signaled a possible impending eruption.
Bombardier has replaced its head of marketing for commercial aircraft, including the slow-selling and still-grounded CSeries airliner, as it continues a corporate restructuring and downsizing.
Ryanair has hired John Hurley as chief technology officer as the Irish budget carrier continues with its senior management revamp and push to step up its digital game.
The latest round of route announcements by Japan’s major airlines includes the notable return of a domestic trunk service that was previously squeezed out by competition from high-speed rail.
Malaysia-based AirAsia X reported a second-quarter net loss of MYR128.9 million ($40.9 million), widened from the MYR32.3 million net loss reported for the year-ago period.
Finnair CEO Pekka Vauramo has shrugged off concerns raised by Flybe about the two airlines’ loss-making joint venture (JV), saying it is “business as usual” at Flybe Finland.
London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports have expressed support for the proposed creation of a permanent infrastructure authority to address the UK’s long-term strategic infrastructure requirements, including airport capacity.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will add five new routes this fall to Florida, continuing its strategy of connecting smaller US cities with popular vacation destinations.
Germany’s Zweibrücken Airport, which declared insolvency at the end of July, is expected to continue operations through Nov. 2, according to insolvency administrator Jan Markus Plathner.
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has posted a $163 million net profit for the first six months of 2014 and is on track to hit a full-year delivery record.
Total combined international premium and economy passenger traffic grew 3.7% in the first half, identical to 2013’s first-half growth rate, according to IATA’s June Premium Traffic Monitor.
FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring repetitive ultrasonic inspections of low-pressure (LP) compressor blades with more than 2,500 flight cycles since last inspection on Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 768-60s, 772-60s and 772B-60s.
Norwegian Air International (NAI), the long-haul arm of low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle, claimed European Commission support Tuesday in its efforts to gain US approval to fly between Europe and the US.
