Aviation Daily

Southwest Airlines asked the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) for more time to start Havana flights and thus joined a growing number of carriers that have requested extensions for starting service to the Cuban capital.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Major Boeing supplier Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) is making a strenuous effort to improve efficiency, even as it reports successful completion of a 2011–15 cost-cutting drive.
Air Transport

Panasonic on Oct. 24 announced agreements with two airlines to use its inflight entertainment and connectivity systems.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
B/E's products include seating, food and beverage preparation and storage equipment, lighting and oxygen systems, and modular galley and lavatory systems.
Connected Aerospace

Mexico remains a bright spot, and Venezuela is contributing to unit revenues, Robert Isom said.
Air Transport

Wingo will be an ultra-LCC with an unbundled service offering, compared to Copa, which offers two classes of service; free meals; drinks and checked bags.
Air Transport

Air France-KLM has major problems, including high costs, a heavy corporate structure and a lack of trust among different parts of the company.
Air Transport

Graham Warwick
"It underscores tough bizjet demand and could increase potential for a sale of Lear to Textron,” said one analyst.
Air Transport

That is why the company is concentrating on bringing to market the Citation Latitude, Citation Longitude, Cessna Denali and eventually, the Citation Hemisphere.

He managed to turn Turkish Airlines from a sleeping flag carrier into one of world’s fastest-growing airlines.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The move is understood to be linked to American Airlines' fight against Gulf carriers (Air Berlin is 29.2% owned by Etihad Airways).
Air Transport

SR Technics has signed a number of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contracts with LCC EasyJet in the UK and Switzerland.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas is on course to achieve its expanded goal of 2.1 billion Australian dollars ($1.6 billion) in restructuring savings despite concerns about the demand environment.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is taking another step in its digital strategy, blending digital analytics with its engineering expertise to make component maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) more predictive.

By Lee Ann Shay
Millions of dollars can be wasted on each aircraft lease return if not appropriately planned, and leasing companies and lessors have very different perceptions about late redeliveries.

​View the Global Jet Fuel Prices As of October 19, 2016 chart in PDF format.

View the JetBlue Airways Fuel Cost 2015/2016 chart in PDF format.

Seattle-based Alaska Air Group remains in discussions with the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) over gaining antitrust clearance for its acquisition of Burlingame, California-based Virgin America.
Air Transport

JetBlue Airways has made a forceful argument for why the U.S. DOT's delay in approving Norwegian Air International’s application to serve the U.S. could harm the interests of U.S. carriers seeking to fly to the EU.
Air Transport

View the Airline Snapshot: Finnair chart in PDF format.

Norwegian Air Shuttle is plotting several new long-haul routes, as it finds it “very easy” to compete with the legacy carriers, the LCC’s chief executive said.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) appears to be favoring wet-lease arrangements for the Airbus A380s that it plans to remove from its own network in the medium term.
Air Transport

View the Busines & Leisure Fares: Week Of October 16 vs. Previous Week And Year-Ago Week chart in PDF format.

KLM Cityhopper is extremely pleased with the performance of its Embraer E175, and the regional jet its fulfilling all of its specifications, the airline’s managing director said.
Air Transport

The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority is calling on European regulators to limit the maneuvering envelope or engine power profiles on the ATR 72.
Air Transport