Lufthansa has confirmed its supervisory board did not approve three Airbus A380 options, based on the current lower growth rate of the Lufthansa Group airlines.
Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) will work together to develop and implement a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in Southern Africa, a first for the continent.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and Latvia-based airBaltic have signed a codeshare agreement and will launch 4X-weekly Riga-Abu Dhabi services from Dec. 16, using an Etihad Airbus A319.
The European Commission has allowed Aegean Airlines to acquire the loss-making Olympic Air following a six-month investigation into the competition ramifications of the proposed acquisition.
Plans by South African low-cost carrier FlySafair—which was scheduled to begin Boeing 737-400 operations between Johannesburg and Cape Town Oct. 17—have been stymied by a legal challenge from its two competitors.
IATA global head-cargo Des Vertannes said the international air cargo market—stagnant since 2007—will eventually return to growth, though he emphasized the industry needs to implement a range of reforms.
The two Sukhoi Superjet 100s placed into domestic Mexican service by Interjet last month have operated at a high level of efficiency and are being embraced by passengers, according to a senior Interjet official.
Eleven months into its duty to examine the UK’s airport capacity requirement, the government-appointed Airports Commission has given early indications it believes additional capacity is required in the form of new runways in the southeast of England.
The European Parliament has called for a cap on the use of traditional or so-called ‘first generation’ biofuels (produced from food and energy crops) and a speedy switchover to new advanced biofuels sourced from seaweed or certain types of waste.
FAA has established a university-led center of excellence (CoE) for alternative jet fuel and the environment, as the aviation community continues its push to get low-carbon biofuels to commercial scale.
Alternative aviation fuels provide the best opportunity—as compared to technological and air traffic management solutions—to decrease airlines’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) executive director Steve Csonka.
JetBlue Airways COO Rob Maruster said FAA has a “credibility” problem regarding the implementation of the satellite-based NextGen air traffic control (ATC) system, leading to a loss of confidence among US airlines that worry expensive investments in NextGen equipment won’t “pay off.
