There is peace, if not necessarily love, among the factions that have spent the last two years warring over IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC), which aims to provide a framework for facilitating airline merchandising through third-party distributors.
A joint declaration signed by the European Union and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has given the European Commission a green light to secure a mandate for negotiating a comprehensive air transport agreement between the two regions. The declaration was signed in February at the end of a two-day EU-ASEAN Aviation Summit in Singapore, aimed at fostering more and better direct air services between the two trading blocs.
As commercial aircraft lessors’ influence in the global airline market continues to rise, leasing companies are not being shy about telling Airbus and Boeing what they want and when they want it.
The Swiss civil aviation authority has denied there is a problem over approving Etihad Airways’ new link with Darwin Airline—now Etihad Regional—but said it is still investigating the degree of control Etihad will have over the Swiss airline.
Japan Airlines (JAL)—which is revamping inflight products and services in all classes across all domestic and international operations as part of its New Sky project—will launch its first domestic service featuring the JAL SKY NEXT configuration in late May.
Etihad Airways and Philippine Airlines (PAL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to increase cooperation between the two national carriers.
Aerial searches for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 will be suspended while the undersea search area will be widened as part of a new phase of the hunt for flight MH370.
AirAsia X has selected GE Aviation’s CF6-80E1 engines to power its order of 25 Airbus A330-300s, plus three options, in a deal worth $1.5 billion at list prices.
Airberlin—which reported a 2013 net loss of €315.5 million ($437 million)—is planning a “substantial” recapitalization program to return to profitability.
Frontier Airlines has fully embraced the “ultra” low-cost carrier (ULCC) business model, unveiling a simplified fare structure and adding fees for most services.
