Across China, airlines are operating or planning intercontinental air services from secondary cities, with temporary financial backing from local governments.
TUI Group’s board plans to decide the combination of leisure carrier TUIfly with Air Berlin’s Austrian unit Niki at its next meeting, scheduled for Oct. 26.
The average age of China Airlines’ long-haul aircraft will fall to only 3.6 years when Airbus completes delivery of 14 A350s to the Taiwanese carrier in 2018.
The Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ may be delayed beyond its latest, mid-2018 target for first delivery, the company has told launch customer All Nippon Airways.
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Fastjet started the transitioning its Airbus A319 fleet to Embraer E190s on Oct. 1, and the struggling African LCC also managed to sell its only wholly-owned aircraft as part of efforts to stem losses.
British LCC Monarch Airlines says it has received “significant further investment from its shareholders,” just days after speculation about the airline’s future.
Astana International Airport expects to hit passenger-handling limits again around 2023, even as it prepares to more than double capacity, with a second terminal due to open next year.
Ryanair replaced two engines and numerous air conditioning system components on a Boeing 737-800, as the airline attempted over nearly a one-month period to troubleshoot the origin of a chemical-type—or “cheesy”—smell reported on the flight deck by multiple crews in September 2014.
Air Astana sees a growth opportunity in connecting Chinese cities with Europe, exploiting the location of its Astana and Almaty hubs on the direct routes across Central Asia.
Fuel consumption by new commercial aircraft could be reduced 25% by 2024 and 40% by 2034 using emerging technologies that would be cost-effective for both manufacturers and operators, says the International Council for Clean Transportation (ICCT) non-government environmental organization.
Major components for Europe’s laminar-flow flight demonstrator have been shipped to Airbus for installation on a modified A340-300, which is scheduled to begin flight tests in 2017.
British Airways (BA) will no longer provide complimentary snacks and drinks in economy class on domestic and short-haul international flights, as it tries to extract more value through the ancillary revenue stream and cuts costs to counter a drop in yields.
The owners of London’s Heathrow Airport claim they could add 5% more flight movements with the airport’s existing two-runway infrastructure to give the UK economy a post-Brexit boost.
