Brazil’s GOL said it will reduce domestic capacity 9% for the full-year 2013 compared to 2012. The move is sign of the persistent demand weakness impacting the Brazilian airline market.
UK-based regional carrier Flybe slumped to a markedly worse deficit for the fiscal year to 31 March, announcing a post-tax loss of £41.8 million ($64.2 million) compared to a loss of £6.4 million for the preceding year.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has given the go-ahead for the launch of China Southern subsidiary Henan Airlines Co. as the regulator loosens its grip on new entrants in the domestic airline industry.
Air France begins summer service on Paris Charles de Gaulle-Montevideo 5X-weekly, and –Kuala Lumpur 3X-weekly. WestJet will begin service with Encore on June 24 opening new routes to Fort St. John and Nanaimo, British Columbia; Brandon, Manitoba service begins Sept. 3. Volarisbegan 4X-weekly Mexico City-Mazatlán service. Icelandair began seasonal 2X-weekly Reykjavik-St. Petersburg and -Zurich service.
The Airbus A350 XWB first flight test aircraft, MSN1, took to the skies above the Paris Air Show Friday, exactly one week after the aircraft’s maiden flight.
The body representing European pilots’ associations has appealed to the European Parliament Transport Committee to block proposed new pilots’ duty hour regulations.
News from Travel Technology Update: IATA has taken another stab at quelling the controversy over its New Distribution Capability (NDC), but it increasingly appears to be engaged in a game of “whack-a-mole”: Just as it addresses one set of objections, another critic pops up and repeats them.
Swiss International Air Lines, which introduced cost structure adjustments last year, has introduced further measures to secure sustainable profitability.
TAP Portugal is eyeing “up to six additional Airbus A330-200s and several A320s for short- and medium-haul routes” as it aims to increase its presence in Africa.
The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission (EC) have both given antitrust clearance to the planned Delta Air Lines-Virgin Atlantic Airways transatlantic joint venture.
The Airbus A350 XWB is scheduled to do a flyby at the Paris Air Show Friday, exactly one week after the aircraft’s maiden flight, Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Brégier announced Thursday.
United Airlines has ordered 10 Airbus A350-1000s and has converted an existing order for 25 A350-900s into -1000s, giving the airline a total order of 35 aircraft.
