Hawaiian Airlines acknowledged it is experiencing a further operational and planning disruption because of Airbus A321neo delivery delays related to issues with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engine. The carrier has had to remove two seasonal flights from its summer schedule and defer the start of a new route because of the A321neo delays. Hawaiian currently operates two A321neos, but was relying on further deliveries to start the affected flights.
The facility will supplement Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, which has a designed capacity of 60 million passengers a year and is being expanded to 80 million; in 2017 it handled 65.8 million.
The latest factory is in Querétaro, Mexico, and follows joint Leap factories opened by Safran and Albany in Rochester, New Hampshire, and Commercy, France, in 2014.
The FAA has ordered inspectors to stop asking airlines and repair stations to submit data that supports the agency’s new certificate oversight methodology following industry input that the process doesn’t have required higher-level government approval.
Encouraged by much-improved results across all of its airline units and a robust unit revenue performance, International Airlines Group (IAG) plans to expand capacity significantly in 2018. But investors are expressing concern about the plan.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is reviewing the future fleet composition of its new long-haul LCC Level now that the airline has produced encouraging results in its first seven months of flying.
International travelers to Thailand increased by 9% in 2017 to 35.4 million, and the Thai government projects the total will rise to more than 37 million this year.
Qatar Airways is keeping a close eye on supersonic transport projects as a hoped-for next step in luxury air travel, CEO Akbar Al Baker said on the sidelines of the carrier’s first Airbus A350-1000 delivery here Feb. 20.
LATAM Airlines Group is more than one year into its new business model aimed at increasing competitiveness against ULCC competitors; the next step involves examining particular aspects of its maintenance strategy.
The IATA is coordinating efforts to ensure airlines, airport operators, air traffic control (ATC) authorities and other key aviation stakeholders communicate critical information better when there is an incident that causes severe operational disruption at a major airport.
Greater New York airports currently handle over 130 million passengers annually, but this figure is expected to rise to 180 million yearly passengers over the next two decades.
The biometric facial-recognition trial at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) has proven so successful and popular that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is actively exploring how widely facial recognition can be used at airports, a senior CBP official said.
Reflecting a 20% year-over-year (YOY) increase in volumes and a 17% rise in full-year revenue, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings posted a $223.5 million net profit for 2017—a fivefold increase over the Purchase, New York-based airfreight carrier’s $41.5 million net income for 2016.
Israeli startup Eviation Aviation has selected South Korea’s Kokam to supply lithium-polymer batteries for its initial Alice all-electric regional aircraft, and hopes to fly a full-scale prototype by early 2019.
Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines will offer nonstop service between Detroit and Leon, Mexico, starting April 30, connecting two major automotive-industry regions and taking another step in leveraging their joint venture (JV).
Mexico City-based ultra LCC Volaris, faced with an extremely competitive low cost market combined with fluctuating currency exchange rates, posted a MXP595 million ($30.2 million) full-year net loss for 2017, a reversal of the airline’s MXP3.5 billion net profit in 2016.
The Qantas Group has confirmed it will take delivery of 18 Airbus A321neo long-range (A321LR) aircraft beginning in mid-2020, which will be used by its Jetstar LCC subsidiary for fleet replacement and growth.
These dates indicate program slippage of more than a year from the 2016 schedule and three years from the targets that Avic set when it launched development of the aircraft at the end of 2013.
Air New Zealand plans to launch a nonstop flight from Auckland to Taipei, Taiwan, as the latest step in its strategy of growing its Pacific Rim destinations.
A solid fourth quarter performance in passenger revenue and cost containment pushed Panama City-based Copa Holdings toward a $370 million net profit for 2017, a 10.6% increase from the company’s $335 million net income in 2016.
