Delta will axe certain flights into its Tokyo Narita Airport hub this fall, following tentative awards for daytime frequencies at the city’s closer-in Haneda Airport.
United Arab Emirates-based LCC Air Arabia recorded a first-half net profit of 245 million dirhams ($66.7 million), up 3.5% compared to the same period last year.
Norwegian Air International (NAI) is appealing to European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to help the carrier make its case for starting U.S. service.
Faulty wiring to a fuel probe appears to be a key factor in an engine-out incident involving a Danish Air Transport ATR 42-500 on a night flight from Esbjerg to Billund, Denmark, on March 17.
Air Djibouti is set to resume commercial service next week after taking delivery Aug. 11 of its first Boeing 737 at Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport.
Following a lull in installations owing to heavy demand on commercial passenger jets this summer, providers of inflight Wi-Fi like Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), Gogo and Panasonic Avionics are expected to renew the process in earnest this fall.
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.
