Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has secured an agreement from Boeing to beef up maintenance teams for its fleet of 787 Dreamliners following a series of technical problems that has seen the Scandinavian carrier repeatedly having to lease short-notice replacement aircraft.
Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific will acquire 100% ownership of no-frills carrier Tigerair Philippines as part of a strategic alliance between Cebu Pacific and Singapore-based Tigerair.
Turkish Airlines, which has just firmed options on another seven Airbus A321-200neos, will decide whether to go ahead with the remaining options by 2015.
Berlin’s acting mayor Klaus Wowereit has said the much-delayed Berlin Brandenburg Airport will not open this year as predicted, due to more technical issues.
Switzerland-based regional carrier SkyWork Airlines has extended its air operator’s certificate (AOC) until Jan. 31, SkyWork spokesperson Andreas Schneider confirmed to ATW in Berne.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, which announced it will accelerate its expansion drive for 2014, released a welter of statistics documenting its activities in 2013.
AAR reported that during the second quarter of its fiscal 2014 it had sales of $540.7 million and net income of $20.0 million, compared with sales of $512.8 million and net income of $17.8 million in the same quarter of the prior year.
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) has been appointed by Hongkong Jet to provide inventory technical management and airframe maintenance for Airbus A319 corporate jets (ACJ).
Ethiopian Airlines will provide technical support to RwandAir as from March, which includes line maintenance up to an A check and component exchange support for Boeing 737NGs and Bombardier Dash Q400s.
Airbus Americas chairman Allan McArtor will become chairman and CEO of Airbus Group, the company’s North American business unit, succeeding Sean O’Keefe, effective March 1.
Delta Air Lines retired its remaining McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft Monday after the last scheduled commercial flight from Minneapolis/St. Paul to Atlanta.
Twenty-three Chinese carriers are expected to receive CNY912 million ($149.3 million) in subsidies to operate regional routes in 2014, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Germany’s Intro Group owner Hans Rudolf Wöehrl said Air France’s Irish regional airline CityJet, which Intro plans to acquire in March, will operate mainly from London City Airport.
French carrier Europe Airpost plans to make its transatlantic passenger debut in 2014 using Boeing 737-700s, as it seeks to further diversify its business.
Frankfurt Airport is implementing a new system of airport charges to reward airlines if they achieve passenger growth of more than 1% using quieter aircraft on international routes.
