FAA said it will delay the closures of 149 US federal contract air traffic control towers from April 7 until June 15 to “allow the agency to attempt to resolve multiple legal challenges to the closure decisions.”
Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines is planning to buy 18 Airbus A320 aircraft, according to several Jakarta media reports quoting major shareholder PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya.
Hainan Airlines plans to slow down its domestic acquisition pace to focus more on internal integration as global economic uncertainties increase and domestic economic growth slows.
Delta Air Lines has filed a lawsuit in US federal court against the US Export-Import Bank, alleging that loan guarantees to foreign airlines purchasing Boeing aircraft disadvantages US carriers that don’t have access to the loans.
Fast-growing Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines plans to launch its delayed initial public offering of around a third of the company in mid-April.
Russia’s Sberbank signaled its commitment to the commercial aircraft leasing business with an order for 12 Boeing 737-800s to be operated by Transaero.
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) installations emitted 164 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) less than their number of freely received carbon allowances in 2012.
Airbus tallied 431 gross orders in just the first quarter of 2013 and said Thursday it has boosted A330 production to the rate of 10 aircraft per month.
Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has given the go-ahead for International Airlines Group’s (IAG) revised bid for Spanish carrier Vueling.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed writ petitions filed by Air India engineers and technicians against the airline’s decision to split off its engineering division into a separate company.
Russian aviation authorities are ready to restrict flights by Uzbekistan carriers if the republic government does not allow Russia’s airlines to easily convert currency for tickets.
