The threat of re-regulation looms over Europe’s ATM system if the Single European Sky (SES) initiative is not realized, former Eurocontrol DG David McMillan warned at a recent London’s Aviation Club event.
Oneworld CEO Bruce Ashby believes the new cooperation Qantas, a founding alliance member, and non-alliance member Emirates, will not hurt other alliance partners such as American Airlines or British Airways.
Air Lease Corp. announced long-term lease agreements with Korean Air for two new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which are scheduled for delivery in November 2014 and May 2015.
Lufthansa and the Verdi union, which represents the German carrier’s ground staff, have struck a new 26-month pay deal ending bitter tensions between the two sides.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is assisting the Afghanistan Ministry of Transportation and Commercial Aviation in the investigation of the crash of a National Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter shortly after takeoff from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan Monday.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has banned its carriers from flying over Syria after a Nordwind Airlines Airbus A320 crew spotted combat activity and felt threatened during a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to Kazan April 29.
Republic Airways—parent of Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America—reported first-quarter net income of $0.3 million, reversed from a net loss of $7.1 million in the year-ago quarter.
China Eastern Airlines reported a first-quarter net loss of CNY132.4 million ($21.3 million), reversed from a net profit of CNY266.5 million in the year-ago period.
Aeroflot will transfer some flights from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Vnukovo airport in the winter schedule 2013-14 due to infrastructure limitations at Sheremetyevo Airport.
President Barack Obama said the US has none of the world’s top 25 airports and argued that the legislative fix to the air traffic controller furlough issue hinders long-term efforts to improve the nation’s lagging airport infrastructure.
The European Commission has put forward a set of proposals aimed at strengthening the rights of air passengers, and clarifying ambiguities in existing legislation that have exposed a number of legal loopholes.
Etihad Airways’ president and CEO James Hogan has numbers at his fingertips that speak of ambition, growth and deliverability. In 2012, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier recorded a $42 million profit, 200% higher than the previous year; revenues increased 17% to $4.8 billion; passenger numbers grew 23% to 10.2 million; and earnings before interest and tax rose 24% to $170 million.
One of the best pieces of news in aircraft economics recently has been the continued improvement in composites structures. Better materials and more efficient manufacturing methods have allowed composites to substitute for an ever larger portion of aircraft weight and volume.
After the Great East Japan earthquake and the subsequent tsunami and nuclear power disaster, All Nippon Airways executives were faced with a 20% year-over-year drop on domestic routes. Without any government assistance, ANA swiftly made finely tuned adjustments to its capacity and moved up cost-cutting plans so it could not only adapt to the rapidly changed environment, but also could continue with its international expansion plans, such as launching new Haneda-Frankfurt, Narita-Seattle and Haneda-Beijing routes.
More than six years after lodging an initial planning application, London Ashford Airport has been given UK government approval for a new terminal and runway extension.
Orlando International Airport (MCO) was chosen as the first airport in the US to automate the I-94 arrival/departure form used by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). MCO has already seen a 13.7% gain in international traffic this year. The automation, which will be implemented in phases, started April 30. The automation will use traveler information already transmitted electronically and is expected to decrease wait times an average of 20 seconds per passenger. The electronic information will be accessed via a traveler’s passport.
