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Finnair has sold 60% of Nordic Regional Airlines to Danish Air Transport, marking the latest ownership change at the Finnish regional carrier since 2015.
Composites specialist Nikkiso Co., maker of much of the world’s thrust-reverser cascades, is expanding in preparation for more work on other aircraft parts.
Global airline passenger traffic remained healthy in July, with traffic demand up 6.2% year-over-year as capacity rose 5.5%, leading to an 85.2% load factor.
The ATSB)has issued a safety advisory following an incident in which a Malaysia Airlines A330-300 was forced to turn back to Brisbane Airport due to three attached pitot tube covers.
IATA DG and CEO Alexandre de Juniac is attributing the slowing pace of growth in the global air freight market to rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China, saying on Aug. 29 “trade wars only produce losers.”
WestJet, continuing to fine-tune its network strategy as Canada's LCC market heats up, will add frequencies by subsidiary Swoop to the Edmonton-Winnipeg market that already boasts its own mainline service, as well as regional and ULCC frequencies.
With jet fuel prices continuing to climb, profitability for U.S. commercial carriers declined in the first half of 2018, according to Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group Airlines for America (A4A).
British Airways’ (BA) regional airline BA CityFlyer is to base four more Embraer 190s at London City Airport in 2019, adding 20% more capacity at the downtown facility.
Australian manufacturer Thomas Global Systems said a “major North American operator” has selected its new TFD-7000 series flight displays for retrofit on its Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft.
Star Alliance carrier Ethiopian Airlines has finalized a joint venture (JV) with the Chad government, paving the way for the launch of that country’s new national carrier on Oct. 1.
Virgin Australia achieved its strongest underlying profit in a decade for its financial year that ended June 30, although its net loss grew due to significant one-off accounting adjustments.
