In the April 24 issue of Aviation Daily, the table on p. 6 entitled “Consumer Complaints: Rankings – U.S. Airlines (Domestic Only)” included two rows that should not have appeared.
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The Dutch Safety Board is calling on the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment to determine who in the government should have “final responsibility” for the safety of air traffic at and around Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways are seeking to increase flights to Havana while other U.S. carriers withdraw from Cuba, as the U.S. airline industry continues trying to figure out how to best serve the newly reopened U.S.-Cuba market.
Comac has completed taxi testing of the first C919 narrowbody airliner prototype, and received authorization from Civil Aviation Administration of China to conduct the first flight.
Thai aviation authorities have completed the recertification of Thai AirAsia , although most of Thailand’s airlines are still waiting to go through this process.
The company entered Chapter 11 in February 2016, saying it was the only way it could renegotiate contracts with major U.S. airlines for which it operates regional flights.
Hawaiian is now “slightly tweaking our [capacity] expectation back up” to an increase of 2–5%, Chief Commercial Officer Peter Ingram said during a first-quarter earnings call.
As part of its continued growth, JetBlue is preparing its operations—from fleet size, flight and systems operations to maintenance—to support a bigger airline serving more cities, with more flights and more employees.
Vietnam Airlines Engineering Co. (Vaeco), the maintenance subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, has been granted a Part 145 approval certificate by the European Aviation Safety Agency.
Kurt Kinder, a 29-year veteran of the airline, became Alaska Airlines’ vice president for maintenance and engineering in January 2016. He answers that question and more.
Republicans in the U.S. Congress once again are preparing bills to shoot down commercial aircraft deals by Boeing, Airbus and ATR with Iranian airlines, according to a high-profile conservative critic of the deals and of Iran.
