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Southwest Airlines will add new international flights before the winter holidays, including additional services from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Air Transport

Meanwhile, the carrier is focusing on rolling out its premium-economy product in its international network.
Air Transport

View the Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of May 18, 2017, compared with previous week and previous year chart in PDF format. cts/gal Previous Week

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View the American Airlines Fuel Cost 2015-2016 chart in PDF format.

By Victoria Moores
Air France has given more details of its Boost project, revealing plans to launch the new airline with five Airbus A320s in winter 2017.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Republicans and Democrats differ on the wisdom of privatizing U.S. air traffic control.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
SIA Cargo is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary, but will become the cargo division of SIA in the first half of 2018.
Air Transport

View the Airline Snapshot: Spirit Airlines chart in PDF format.

By Tony Osborne
London City Airport is to begin using a remote air traffic tower from 2019.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Four senior members of the body resigned on May 18.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
A German-registered business jet rolled several times after encountering wake turbulence from an Airbus A380 over the Arabian Sea, investigators have confirmed.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The exercise was conducted by Aurora Flight Sciences under DARPA’s ALIAS (Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System) program to develop a drop-in kit that adds high-level automation to existing aircraft.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Deteriorating financial performance by the mainline parent carrier is the major culprit for a significant slide in profits for the Singapore Airlines Group.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Aero Engine Co. of China, developing the CJ-1000 turbofan for the Comac C919 airliner, is aiming at what it believes is a specification only slightly inferior to those of rival engines.
Air Transport

Rockwell Collins could see further acquisitions on the horizon, but any such deals in the next few years would be much smaller than its recent $8.6 billion takeover of interiors specialist B/E Aerospace.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Australia’s competition watchdog has approved a partnership between Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines covering charter operations, reversing its earlier tentative rejection of the deal.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Chinese freight carrier YTO Airlines is close to securing more than 10 American Airlines Boeing 757s for conversion to cargo operation.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Alaska Airlines has revealed plans to serve a second Seattle-area airport by launching flights in 2018 from Paine Field Airport in Everett, Washington.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Alitalia’s special commissioners have called on parties willing to buy or restructure the insolvent airline to express their interest in doing so.
Air Transport

View the Leisure And Discounted Average Business Fares: Week of May 8 Vs. Previous Week And Year-Ago Week chart in PDF format.

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell on May 17 unveiled a roughly $100 million corporate venture capital (CVC) effort to invest in early stage, high-growth technology companies that match the Tier 1 provider’s portfolio and software ambitions.
Air Transport

Airlines hungry for more frequencies to Havana are engaged in a feeding frenzy in the U.S. Transportation Department dockets, arguing over which should get the slots up for grabs now that Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines are exiting the market.
Air Transport

By Mark Nensel
European airlines lost approximately $2.5 billion in revenue as a result of the 2015–16 terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, according to a new IATA study.
Air Transport

Bev Goulet has been leading the American Airlines and US Airways integration since 2013.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Widebody aircraft orders by Chinese airlines fall considerably short of the level required to meet demand over the next 10 years, according to a new study by lessor Avolon.
Air Transport