First flight of the Airbus A350 XWB is imminent, but company executives are playing down expectations that the aircraft will make a flyby during the Paris Air Show.
The US House of Representatives passed an amendment that would prohibit the US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) from establishing a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pre-clearance facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH).
Ethiopian Airlines is weighing potential compensation for the Boeing 787 grounding, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told ATW this week on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Cape Town.
Air New Zealand is further increasing its stake in Virgin Australia under an agreement to acquire a further 3% of the shares of the Australian carrier and take its interest to almost 23%.
Alaska Airlines and its 1,480 pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year labor contract.
China Eastern Airlines’ subsidiary China Cargo Airlines officially joined SkyTeam Cargo alliance Wednesday as it aims to expand its international route network.
New Lithuanian start-up Air Lituanica has agreed to lease an Embraer E-170 from Estonian Air and an E-175 from ECC Leasing, as its launch date approaches.
Assessing the performance of European Air Navigation Services (ANS), the Performance Review Commission (PRC) has called for a new way of representing safety performance and suggested development of a European concept of Acceptable Level of Safety (ALoS) as a means of enhancing safety.
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle will deploy its Boeing 787s on European routes this summer to familiarize pilots with the type before using the aircraft on long-haul missions.
United Airlines will be the first airline to arrive at London Heathrow’s revamped Terminal 2 (T2) when it reopens June 4, 2014, following a £2.5 billion ($3.8 billion) upgrade.
Following in the steps of the 2012 privatization auctions of three major airports—São Paulo Guarulhos, Campinas Viracopos and Brasília Presidente Juscelino Kubitscheck—Brazil plans to open bidding for the privatization of Rio de Janeiro Galeão and Confins airports in October.
