BRUSSELS—The European Commission believes sunset clauses included in open-skies mandates are illegal, and could challenge them in the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Aviation Daily has learned.
BOSTON—Alaska Airlines is in the process of revamping its cargo business, and sees new business opportunities as it moves away from its signature “combi” aircraft to embrace full freighters.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is rolling out several programs aimed at better securing the perimeter and access-control areas of smaller commercial-service airports against external and inside threats.
BRUSSELS—EU governments have given the European Commission (EC) authorization to negotiate comprehensive air-transport agreements with the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
HARTFORD, Conn.—UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) stated that its focus on increasingly more-electric, intelligent and integrated aircraft systems will help drive a 6% annual compounded growth rate through 2020.
ZURICH—Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr sees little chance for takeovers outside the European Union, because of the continuing legal restrictions of ownership and control.
A highly-publicized 2014 incident involving severe turbulence prompted American Airlines to boost weather information for pilots and to create a turbulence task force to lessen the chances of the problematic encounters.
DUBLIN—TAP Portugal is renewing its regional subsidiary’s fleet with aircraft sourced from Azul, but Azul chairman (and TAP shareholder) David Neeleman was excluded from negotiations, TAP’s CEO said.
25 Years Ago June 6, 1991—To celebrate its frequent-flyer program’s 10th anniversary, Trans World Airlines reintroduces triple frequent-flyer mileage. TWA Chairman Carl Icahn tells employees at a state-of-the-airline meeting they must take pay cuts to make the carrier competitive.
ZURICH - Star Alliance selected Jeffrey Goh as its new CEO succeeding Mark Schwab who plans to retire at the end of this year. Goh, 47, is currently Star’s chief operating officer and has been with the alliance since 2007. Before that, he worked for the International Air Transport Association.
ZURICH - Swiss International Air Lines has converted five more orders for Bombardier CS100s to CS300 and says that a majority of its 30 C Series orders will likely shift to the larger variant. Under a 2007 C Series launch order placed by its parent company, Lufthansa Group, Swiss was to receive 30 CS100s. A year ago, it converted 10 of those orders to CS 300s.
The chairman of the controlling shareholder of Avianca Holdings confirms he is open to a strategic partnership that would infuse the Latin American airline with new cash.
Southwest Airlines has applied to serve three popular but competitive Mexican beach routes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), starting June 1, a move that would considerably broaden the carrier’s international offerings from Southern California.
DUBLIN—Negotiations over the shape of a global market-based measures (MBM) system to address aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are at a critical stage at ICAO, said Paul Steele, IATA’s senior vice president–member and external relations, and corporate secretary.
