The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), relaxing its safety-focused ban on new airlines, may approve 1–2 carriers setting up this year, industry sources said.
In a strongly worded supplemental filing with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT), Southwest defended its position that any slot divestitures should go to a U.S. based LCC and not to American—a mainline carrier—or to Mexican LCC Volaris.
Biz Airlines, a new “business travel company,” announced on Aug. 8 its launch as the first company to combine a commercial and private jet database to help make business travel more time and cost efficient.
Embraer plans to reduce its work force through a “voluntary dismissal program” for employees in Brazil in light of a challenging global aerospace environment.
Passenger traffic at EU airports rose by a robust 6.2% during the first half of this year, but the pace of growth markedly reduced between the first and second quarters from 8.2% to 4.8%,
Efforts to ease air traffic restrictions over Tokyo are gaining momentum, potentially opening the way for a significant increase in international slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport.
Sun Express is reallocating capacity away from its home market in Turkey to mitigate the negative effects of terrorist attacks and the July attempted coup.
Air Canada’s five-year contract with maintenance provider AAR Corp. is set to expire in September 2017, and the carrier could make a decision about whether to renew it as soon as this September.
AirAsia X (AAX) wants further relaxation of flight limits on routes from Malaysia to Australia, as the LCC sees this market as one of its major growth opportunities.
