Air China and China Southern Airlines were impacted by higher fuel prices in the 2017 first half as the two carriers reported year-over-year (YOY) six-month net profit decreases of 3.8% and 11.6%, respectively.
Hawaiian Airlines has not been hurt by the consolidation of U.S. carriers and sees opportunities as the industry concentrates, says an executive of the airline.
Increasingly ubiquitous inflight weather information is largely behind an FAA move to decommission 30% of the approximately 2,100 remote communications outlets (RCOs) that pilots historically have called during flights over the continental U.S., Hawaii and Puerto Rico to obtain weather and advisory information.
Houston Intercontinental Airport and Houston Hobby Airport have reopened to handle limited domestic flights after being forced to close Aug. 27 because of severe flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
A runway incursion involving a landing Boeing 737 and a Boeing 787 being towed at Singapore’s Changi Airport in May exposed coordination issues between an MRO provider; the airport; and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.
Ryanair plans to bid for most of Alitalia’s fleet and is interested in its long-haul as well as its short-haul operations, Michael O’Leary, CEO of the Irish LCC, said.
EasyJet is launching the service across its network (excluding London Gatwick Airport) after more than 9,000 passengers chose the option during a four-week trial in France earlier this year.
Qantas has revealed plans to shift its London stopover point from Dubai back to Singapore, which will remove the last of its flights to partner Emirates Airline’s hub.
Gulfstream Aircraft’s fifth and final G600 test aircraft made its maiden flight Aug. 29, less than nine months since the G600 flight-test program began.
Rockwell Collins has won a contract from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the company’s ARINC Border Management Solutions platform to process Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) data from airlines serving the U.S.
A structural slowdown in business for the top three Middle Eastern airlines could put their commercial aircraft order backlogs at risk for cancellations or deferrals, a new Morgan Stanley analysis concludes.
Air Tahiti Nui (ATN) is preparing for a major upgrade of its long-haul international fleet, when it will begin the replacement of its Airbus A340s with Boeing 787-9s.
The FAA proposes that operators of aircraft equipped with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) “Out” surveillance systems approved by the agency no longer need to apply for specific authorizations to use those aircraft in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) airspace.
