Spirit Airlines is continuing to focus on improving its operational reliability and cost structure in 2017, CEO Bob Fornaro told analysts on a Feb. 7 earnings call.
Airlines that support U.S. open skies policy are trying to get the ear of newly confirmed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
As part of its plan to field a Quiet Supersonic Transport low-boom flight demo, NASA has issued a call for interested companies to submit a “capability statement.”
The third Airbus A350-1000 test aircraft made its first flight Feb. 7 as Airbus moves the largest A350 type towards entry into service later this year.
Further signs of weakening passenger yield and revenue emerged for Singapore Airlines in the December quarter, although a strong showing by the cargo division helped bolster operating profit.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is criticizing Air New Zealand for canceling a sales agreement on domestic New Zealand routes, following the launch of Qatar Airways’ first flights to that country.
Proponents of the U.S. open skies policy are making their case in letters to newly confirmed Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
The U.S. NTSB said “excessive speed” by a tug driver caused the nose gear of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 to collapse upon pushback Aug. 4 at the airport.
The U.S. State Department has lifted a ban on travelers from seven countries entering the U.S., after a federal judge temporarily blocked the executive order made by President Donald Trump.
Air transportation is a network business. Airlines deliver value by offering their customers a network that can take them from wherever they are to wherever they want to go.
Flight attendants at Mesa Airlines will vote on whether to strike, the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America union said on Feb. 3.
The Irish Aviation Authority has successfully completed operational trials showing that one air traffic controller can simultaneously handle traffic at two low-capacity airports, using remote tower technologies.
The European Commission wants to amend the EU Emissions Trading System to continue to exclude flights to and from non-European countries, following the ICAO’s international agreement to limit the growing effect of airline emissions in 2016.
