This year has seen an escalation of anti-subsidy efforts by the U.S. majors, which appear to believe that the Trump administration might be more sympathetic to their allegations against the Big Three Gulf carriers.
Had the crew of an Air Dolomiti Embraer 195 waited a few seconds longer to takeoff on Runway 7R at Brussels Airport, the outcome of a serious runway incursion with a landing Aer Lingus Airbus A320 on a crossing runway may have been far worse.
Allegiant said it carried 14.6% more passengers in the second quarter for its scheduled services, compared with the same period in 2016. Available seat-miles for this type of flying increased 11.9%.
The airline set a record for most passengers carried in a single day. It counted 166,850 passengers on June 29, which preceded the Canada Day festivities celebrating the country’s 150th anniversary.
The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier said total revenue per available seat-mile (TRASM) was up 5–6% in June compared with the previous year, and higher than its guidance of 3.5–5.5%.
Japan Airlines is adding another flight to the important Tokyo-London market, in addition to other changes it is making to fill out international growth plans for this year.
The current state of ambiguity serves no interest. The lack of clarity is preventing common-sense measures from being enacted, and preventing enforcement of those measures that are enacted.
Spirit AeroSystems, based in Wichita, has added equipment, and created a 3- and 4-axis machining center of excellence at its McAlester, Oklahoma, facility, to support new, detailed parts-fabrication work.
Airlines and regulators are quickly running out of time to find answers for the multiple legal questions raised by Brexit, industry officials warned at a European Parliament hearing in Brussels.
Canada and Thailand have signed an updated air-transport agreement that removes limits on the airlines that can fly between the countries, and the cities they can serve.
Chinese narrowbody aircraft operator Donghai Airlines proposes to open the first scheduled services between China and Darwin in northern Australia, a tourism market.
The European Parliament’s environment committee has voted to keep international flights exempt from paying for emissions under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme until the end of 2020.
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Lessor BOC Aviation is to open a New York office, which will be headed by airline leasing and sales (Americas) Executive Vice President Matt Baumgarth.
