The Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 that made a hard landing July 22 at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) landed on its nose gear first, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Outgoing US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Janet Napolitano said the US is moving into its third phase of aviation security since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Air France-KLM Group reported a first-half net loss of €793 million ($1.05 billion) narrowed from a deficit of €1.27 billion for the same period last year.
Embraer posted a second-quarter net loss of $3.8 million, “primarily as a result of deferred income taxes generated by the appreciation of the US dollar [against the Brazilian real] during the period, which negatively impacted 2Q13 net income,” Embraer said in a statement.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is planning to adopt a policy of encouraging domestic low-cost carrier (LCC) growth to fend off increased competition from the high-speed rail and foreign LCCs that are flooding the Chinese market.
Alaska Air Group, parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reported second-quarter net income of $105 million, down 5.4% compared to $111 million year-over-year.
Ukraine International Airlines has taken delivery of its first of four CFM56-7BE-powered Boeing 737-900s, which are configured with 20 business- and 159 economy-class seats.
Lufthansa Cargo is expecting to take delivery of the first of five Boeing 777Fs in mid- to late October, followed by a second delivery in November, a spokesperson of Lufthansa Cargo confirmed to ATW.
UK leisure carrier Jet2 recorded a pre-tax profit of £29.3 million ($45 million) for the year ended March 31, compared to £21.7 million for the previous period.
FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Boeing 787-8 operators to remove or inspect Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT), citing the July 12 Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport.
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) has proposed a second runway for the airport as being a more cost-effective and speedier solution to the southeast’s capacity problems instead of a third runway at London Heathrow Airport.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has reported a second-quarter net income of $224 million, down 1.8% from a net income of $228 million in the year-ago quarter.
United Airlines parent United Continental Holdings (UCH) earned net income of $469 million in the second quarter, up 38.3% over a net profit of $339 million in the prior-year period.
Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) posted a net profit of S$121 million ($95.6 million) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, up 56.2% over net income of S$78 million in the prior-year quarter.
EasyGroup Holdings, the private investment vehicle of EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has elected to take newly issued Fastjet shares in lieu of all royalty and consultancy payments due to EasyGroup up to Dec. 31.
Air Transport World and SpeedNews owner Penton, a leading information and marketing solutions company, has agreed to acquire Aviation Week from McGraw Hill Financial.
