Willie Walsh urged the U.S. government and the aviation industry to support a new U.S.-UK open skies agreement modeled on the existing agreement between the countries.
Turkish Airlines is scaling down its capacity growth to just 1% in 2017 and will even decrease seat production by 1% in 2018, moves that corroborate that its rapid growth of the past decade has come to a halt.
New Guinea carrier PNG Air’s plan to expand its fleet of ATR turboprops will allow it to continue replacing older aircraft, grow capacity and target short-haul international routes.
According to a recent presentation by airport officials, the new facility will be designed to handle up to 68 million passengers per year during its first phase of operation, which is scheduled to run from 2020–30.
Wizz Air has become the second European LCC to post a net profit margin well above the industry average, despite Brexit, security concerns and falling yields.
Copa Holdings—the parent company of Panama’s Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia—said third-quarter results reflected stronger unit revenues and lower unit costs.
Emirates warns it does not see signs of market improvement, after the airline posted much-deteriorated results for the first six months of its financial year.
Air Canada’s third-quarter results beat analysts’ estimates, which said the carrier is delivering on its strategy to increase international traffic and lower unit costs.
American Airlines previously said it would begin flying the route in December, but the timing of the DOT selection process likely pushes the start date to 2017.
Air Astana could decide in 2017 on a new order for more Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, CEO Peter Foster said during the Nov. 8 handover ceremony of the Kazakhstan flag carrier’s first A320neo here.
Asiana’s improvement bucked the trend of many other Asia-Pacific regional carriers, which have been reporting weaker profits for the September quarter.
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The uncertainty due to recent terrorist attacks across Europe, as well as the UK’s vote to exit the EU, are not thwarting Ryanair’s overall growth plans.
