Through the vision of Richard Anderson’s leadership team, Delta Air Lines is a values-based company that is strategically and creatively reengineering the airline business model.
Technology has played a major role in enhancing safety over the last 50 years in the air transportation system. A look at the more recent developments proves that the evolution of safety related technology, procedures and training continue.
Asia-Pacific airlines carry some 30% of global passenger traffic and 39% of the world’s air cargo. Asia also has seven of the world’s 10 busiest routes.
In a path of fortune that echoes that of Southwest, Spring has become the most profitable LCC in China and it has maintained consecutive profitability since it launched service in July 2005, including in 2008 when the international financial crisis hit the global airline industry.
China’s future hopes of entering the international airliner market will have to be accompanied by changes in the way the Asian nation does business, according to ATR CEO Filippo Bagnato.
As Air Transport World celebrates its 50th anniversary and the 40th annual ATW airline industry achievement awards, it has introduced a new award this year to recognize exceptional service and operations by an airport.
Etihad Airways president and CEO James Hogan is not planning a major ATR order, despite there being three ATR operators in the network and having just bought into Darwin Airline, which needs to expand its regional fleet.
Mexico’s new carrier, Regional Air Transport, or TAR, will launch March 3 with a fleet of three Embraer E-145s out of its home base of Puebla into Monterrey and Guadalajara.
Whether it’s with aircraft or customer service, in the air or on the ground, cutting edge technology is a hallmark of this year’s winner of the ATW Airline Technology Leadership award.
Airbus announced it has reached a milestone in the construction of the first building in its Mobile Assembly Line complex in Alabama as the final truss has been lifted into place atop the roof.
When regional airframe manufacturers want to validate their newest jet aircraft, there is one airline above all others from which they seek approval. If an aircraft is not good enough for ATW’s Regional Airline of the Year, it is likely going to be quite a hard sell to the rest of the world’s regional carriers.
Following a year-long trial, new lowered approach speeds will be implemented permanently at Gothenburg’s Landvetter and City airports in southern Sweden.
At the company headquarters of WestJet, ATW’s Value Airline of the Year, mid-level workers are positioned close to large windows, providing plenty of natural light and a view of the Rocky Mountains in the distance. Senior executives, including CEO Gregg Saretsky, work in modern but modest offices within the building’s interior with no window view.
In November, US airlines reported 11 domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours and four international flights reporting tarmac delays exceeding four hours, according to the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
The rising profile of the Latin American/Caribbean region’s airlines is thanks in no small part to this year’s recipient of the ATW Decade of Excellence Award, Alex de Gunten.
2013 was a milestone year for the ATW Market Leadership award winner, a year in which it came of age not only as a commercially-focused, profitable business but in which its innovative strategies led to change across the industry.
ATW is proud to recognize standout performers in its 40th Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards and 50th anniversary of Air Transport World magazine.
