Air Astana has extended its partnership with Lufthansa Consulting, which will review its network and fleet plan, taking into account the airline’s capacity constraints at Kazakhstan’s Almaty and Astana airports.
IATA reports robust June growth in global passenger traffic with overall demand rising 6% compared to June 2012 and capacity climbing 5.6% year-over-year.
Republic Airways announced its flight dispatchers from Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America have approved a new five-year labor contract.
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A large contingent of students from Zhejiang province in China was traveling to the United States to spend a couple of weeks seeing part of America and learning English. Such groups represent the ideal of modern commercial aviation: the kind of educational and cultural exchange on which these students were embarking—nearly unthinkable a generation ago—is something the airline industry now enables on a commonplace basis.
American Airlines parent AMR Corp. said its creditors and shareholders have “overwhelmingly” accepted the company’s reorganization plan, which is “another important milestone toward our launch of the new American,” AMR chairman president and CEO Tom Horton said in a statement.
Air Transport World has announced its 2013 Eco-Aviation Award winners, with United Airlines taking the top Gold Eco-Airline of the Year award, airberlin receiving the silver award, and Qantas Group being named Eco-Pioneer.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted Airbus initial certification for its Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) technology for its A320ceo family aircraft.
IATA’s global air freight figures for June reflect modest 1.2% year-over-year growth in demand, an improvement on May’s 0.9% year-over-year performance.
The European Commission is joining forces with industry to invest more than €22 billion ($29 billion) over the next seven years in a bid to stimulate growth and employment in the region. &nb
EADS Innovation Works and Rolls-Royce are studying a new type of propulsion system—Distributed Electrical Aerospace Propulsion (DEAP)—to cut noise and CO2 emission levels, as well as dramatically reduce fuel burn.  
Airberlin has rolled out a raft of measures aimed at improving its fuel efficiency, including a tablet-based aerodynamic performance loss tracker and a pilot fuel coaching initiative.  
Alaska Airlines and Hawai’i BioEnergy have signed an agreement for the carrier to purchase sustainable biofuel for its aircraft. Founded in 2006, Hawai’i BioEnergy is a consortium of three of Hawaii's largest landowners and three venture capital companies which plan to use locally grown feedstocks to produce biofuels. The feedstock for Alaska’s biofuel is anticipated to be woody biomass-based and will be consistent with the sustainability criteria established by the Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels.
