Aviation Daily

By Adrian Schofield
Further traffic growth on flights from Seoul to Jeju, South Korea, is strengthening this route’s position as the busiest in the world.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
EVA Airways of Taiwan is no longer planning to absorb affiliate Uni Airways, dropping an idea that it once thought would bring operational efficiencies.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Taiwan’s China Airlines Group is looking for more ways to share resources between Mandarin Airlines and group mainline carrier China Airlines.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has developed a smartphone app which could analyze laser events with aircraft and provide law enforcement agencies with the information they need to prosecute offenders.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said Jan. 6 that the agency’s second (and now annual) drone symposium will be in March in the Washington, D.C., area.
Air Transport

View the Global Jet Fuel Prices As of January 5, 2017 chart in PDF format.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
View the JetBlue Airways Fuel Cost 2015-16 chart in PDF format.

By Guy Norris
LOS ANGELES—Despite the boost of late-year contracts for more than 200 aircraft—which allowed Boeing to post a respectable 668 net orders for 2016—the company’s yearend tally revealed the deepening slowdown in the widebody aircraft market.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Danish regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital has completed the acquisition of two ATR 42-600 and 23 ATR 72-600s from U.S.-based Air Lease Corp
Air Transport

By Mark Nensel
Alaska Airlines launched its Los Angeles-Havana service Jan. 5, bringing regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights from the U.S. West Coast to Cuba for the first time.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
United Airlines will be one of the first carriers to step back from the wave of new international capacity that has been introduced in the New Zealand market.
Air Transport

View the Airline Snapshot: THY Turkish Airlines, Inc. chart in PDF format.

The chorus of supporters and opponents of Norwegian’s plan to serve the U.S. via its UK subsidiary is growing louder in the waning days of President Barack Obama’s administration.
Air Transport

Southwest Airlines is adding a new destination in Ohio, but will end service to two other cities in the Midwestern state.
Air Transport

Air India will add at least 35 new aircraft this year as part of its plan to augment its fleet to meet the growing travel demand.
Air Transport

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft technical teams have been in Mexico since late December conducting repair work on 11 Sukhoi Superjet 100s grounded by Interjet.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) achieved strong growth of its fleet and network in 2016.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
French aerospace industry lobbying group GIFAS is worried that cuts in public research funding may jeopardize the position of French companies.
Air Transport

View the Leisure and Business Fares: Week of December 26 chart in PDF format.

Final reports by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee on two 2015 Garuda Indonesia Airlines runway excursions point to inadequate training for pilots and, in one case, for air traffic controllers.
Air Transport

After negotiating new labor contracts with flight attendants and pilots in late 2016, Southwest Airlines still is working on a pact with its aircraft mechanics, who are starting another year without a new contract.
Air Transport

By Mark Carreau
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected Gilbert, Arizona-based Atlas Space Operations, Inc. for the installation of remote global satellite tracking stations for the Cosmic-2 network in support of future hurricane analysis and prediction.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
British Airways cabin crew are to go on strike from Jan. 10, after the airline and unions failed to resolve an ongoing pay dispute.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
China Airlines Group will shift part of the capacity of Tigerair Taiwan to charter operations after taking full control of the budget airline this quarter, aiming at improving capacity utilization.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Vietnam Airlines is continuing to strengthen its profits as it grows its fleet and lists its shares for the first time.
Air Transport