All flights to Abu Dhabi International Airport were diverted Thursday morning following what was described as “a technical failure of the runway landing systems.”
Aegean Airlines has reported net profits of €66.3 million ($91.3 million) for 2013, a €77 million ($101.8 million) improvement on the €10.5 million loss the carrier posted for 2012.
The nine US passenger airlines that have already released full-year financial results for the past year collectively earned a net profit of $11.6 billion in 2013, or $7.4 billion excluding one-time special charges, according to the 2013 Financial Recap released by Airlines for America (A4A).
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has urged the European Parliament and the European Union’s Council to formally adopt proposed changes to the controversial EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) that would limit its scope.
Garuda Indonesia has joined SkyTeam as its 20th member, the alliance announced. The national airline of Indonesia, Garuda becomes the second airline from Southeast Asia.
Airberlin, which is awaiting the much-delayed opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) to use as its major hub, is preparing for two more years at Berlin Tegel Airport.
UK air navigation services provider NATS has signed a data services agreement (DSA) with satellite based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) provider Aireon for ADS-B surveillance data across the North Atlantic.
The iTEC (interoperability Through European Collaboration) project to develop a next-generation flight data processing system will be extended to include the Controller Working Position (CWP).
Dubai-based budget carrier flydubai posted net income of AED222.8 million ($60.7 million) for 2013, a 46.7% increase over the carrier’s 2012 net profit of AED151.9 million.
Boeing is expanding its initiative with South African Airways (SAA) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to provide more opportunities for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa to grow crops that produce sustainable fuels.
Global air cargo rebounded in January with “a solid 4.5% rise” in global FTKs year-over-year, according to IATA’s global air freight market analysis for January.
Singapore’s SIA Engineering Co. has signed a S$350-million ($275.6 million) services agreement with sister company SilkAir, covering a broad spectrum of MRO and fleet management for new Boeing 737NGs.
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has inked a seven-year contract for component supply for Luxair’s Boeing 737NGs, in addition to base maintenance services on the aircraft during the winter of 2014 and 2015.
Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, has received an order from Russia’s VIM Airlines to introduce its Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) 7.1 on VIM Boeing 757s.
Flybe Aviation Services’ technical training team has achieved compliance with the latest standards of European Union commission regulations, recognized by the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
Rolls-Royce is researching the potential of permanently installing extremely small cameras in its engines and, separately, using a laser probe to perform minor repairs.
