Chinese startup Zhejiang Loong Airlines has launched passenger operations and placed an order for 11 Airbus A320ceos and nine A320neos, firming up a commitment announced in September at the Beijing Air Show.
United Parcel Service (UPS) has conceded it did not have enough air capacity to deliver all of the express packages in its system designated for Christmas Eve arrival, forcing the company to apologize to customers and scramble to deliver late packages.
Cathay Pacific Airways has become the first Asian airline to order the Boeing 777X, signing a deal for 21 of the -9X variants at a list price of HK$58 billion ($7.5 billion), the Hong Kong-based oneworld carrier said Friday.
Air New Zealand, which delivered a record-breaking profit for the 2013 financial year, credited the restructuring of its long-haul network for the turnaround.
Lufthansa Technik AG will close its Dublin-based jet engine overhaul facility Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland (LTAI) after it could find no rescue solution.
US scheduled passenger airlines employed 381,178 full-time workers in October, a drop of 0.8% year-over-year, according to recently released figures from the US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
The European Parliament has moved to close a compensation loophole exploited by some airlines to refuse compensation for passengers delayed longer than three hours by clarifying specifically what can be classified as “extraordinary circumstances.”
British Airways (BA) says it is the first carrier in Europe to allow passengers to use their personal electronic devices (PED) throughout all flight phases.
