There are a number of important benchmarks in the next 12 months beginning in January of 2014 when the industry will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first commercial airline flight that took place between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Fla.
Air China and its subsidiary Shenzhen Airlines have finalized an order for 100 Airbus A320 aircraft as the Chinese flag carrier seeks to increase capacity 15.9% in southern China.
Jet Airways reported a net loss of INR4.8 billion ($89 million) for the 2012-13 fiscal year ended March 31, narrowed from a loss of INR12.3 billion in the year-ago period.
The European Commission has launched a stakeholder consultation on European Union (EU)-wide performance targets for the second reference period (RP2) of the Single European Sky (SES) Performance Scheme.
Former IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani has labeled over-capacity as the air transport industry’s main problem, but he does not believe it will ever be resolved.
Fast-growing Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement that starts June 3 on KLM flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen and Izmir Adnan Menderes to Amsterdam.
Almost 200 flights were canceled and 20 incoming services diverted following an inflight incident involving a British Airways flight that led to the closure of London Heathrow Airport Friday morning.
Airline Management Solutions, which comprises a group of four Romanian investors, is to acquire the assets of low-cost carrier Blue Air from former majority owner Romstrade.
Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled in the UK following an incident Friday involving a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft in UK airspace.
US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said Congress has failed to adequately fund FAA, particularly the NextGen air traffic control initiative.
UK air traffic services provider NATS will provide airspace advice to the Airports Commission set up by the UK government to examine the need for additional airport capacity and recommend to government how this can be met in the short-, medium- and long-term.
News from Travel Technology Update: Amadeus and Sabre continue to dominate the passenger services system market in 2012, with both companies scoring significant wins, according to “The Market for Airline Passenger Services Systems-2013,” a report published by Travel Technology Research Ltd. It was a busy year for the market, both in terms of new signed contracts and migrations completed.
Qatar Airways Cargo has refreshed its fleet with three new Airbus A330-200Fs. The new freighters replace the same number of A300F aircraft that have been retired from the fleet. Arrival of the aircraft signals a new era for the airline’s cargo operations, Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker said. “The capacity of Qatar Airways Cargo has been significantly increased,” he said.
Emirates Group services subsidiary Dnata has acquired the remaining 50% of Italian catering and cleaning firm Servair Airchef for an unspecified sum. Dnata’s Alpha subsidiary first bought in to Servair Airchef in 2001, but it has now acquired a further 50% stake from Air France catering arm Servair, taking it to 100% ownership. “We are not disclosing any financial information about the deal. I can confirm the shares were purchased from Servair, Air France’s inflight catering unit,” a Dnata spokeswoman told ATW.
Air France and Cyprus Airways have entered into a new codeshare agreement. Air France will offer Cyprus Airways flights on Larnaca-Paris, Larnaca-Athens, Athens-Heraklion and Athens-Rhodes. Flights between Paris and Larnaca will offer multiple connections via Athens on domestic flights within Greece, flown by Cyprus Airways. Air France passengers will benefit from connections at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, to and from Cyprus. Cyprus Airways will sell Air France flights between Athens and Paris.
Canada’s Sky Regional Airlines has signed an exclusive eight-year-agreement with Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey for engine services on Sky's PW150As. Several airlines operating mostly new Boeing 777-300ERs with GE Aviation GE90-115B engines are either replacing engines or gearboxes since GE issued two service bulletins after two inflight shut downs due to gear separation in gearboxes.
Aerticket acquires majority of Airtrade Priceline gets OK to acquire Kayak What Sabre’s Custom Offers will do for hotel shopping Transient business buoys hotels Amadeus gets N. American boost; Travelport ‘turns a corner’ Amadeus, Sabre continue to rule the airline PSS market World news briefing
