American Airlines has consolidated its New York’s LaGuardia Airport operations at Terminal B, bringing together legacy US Airways services from another terminal and existing ones for American.
Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft, ending speculation on what was perhaps the most heated aircraft order campaign waged between Airbus and Boeing in recent months.
Spirit Airlines’ CEO Bob Fornaro will leave his post on Jan. 1, 2019, the airline said on Dec. 13. Ted Christie, the airline’s CFO, will take over the top role.
The head of Hexcel says the advanced-composites provider and Alabama officials are about to unveil plans for a $200 million plant expansion to provide additional polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor and carbon-fiber capacity for anticipated production increases of large commercial aircraft.
New Canadian LCC Flair Airlines has signed an agreement with Germany’s Hahn Air that will allow Flair’s fares to be available to more than 100,000 travel agencies and on Amadeus.
The AirAsia Group has undergone a major reshuffling of its senior executive ranks, including the appointment of a new leader for its core Malaysian operation.
Sichuan Airlines proposes to boost the strength of Chengdu as an intercontinental gateway by adding four long-haul routes next year, including one to Boston.
The U.S. State Department has informed U.S. airlines and labor groups that it will not formally reopen negotiations on open skies agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, but instead will engage the Gulf countries in informal talks over alleged subsidies to their home-based airlines.
Hainan Airlines has begun moving its Boeing 787-8 fleet to Suparna Airlines, a passenger carrier that the HNA Group converted from an all-freight business to serve as its main operator in the Shanghai market.
The European Commission has allowed EasyJet to take over Air Berlin’s Tegel Airport base, but there are increasing concerns that Niki may collapse if the authority blocks its takeover by Lufthansa.
The EU and Tunisia have agreed on the terms for a new aviation agreement, which is expected to bring an annual traffic expansion of up to 13% when finalized.
Conflict between Ryanair and its pilots is escalating in the run-up to the busy holiday period after some Irish pilots said they would strike on Dec. 20 and a German union asserted that negotiations were the only way to avert a strike, adding to similar recent calls in Portugal and Italy.
Malaysia Airlines Berhad has adjusted its plans for how it will use its six Airbus A380s next year and will shift some of the aircraft to the carrier’s peak-period flights and charters.
Air China is planning to enter the profitable Beijing-Copenhagen market of its Star alliance partner SAS Scandinavian Airlines, applying to fly the route five times weekly.
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U.S. scheduled passenger airlines saw a nearly $66 million drop in consolidated net profit during the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period last year, according to the Department of Transportation.
