Aviation Daily

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Vietnam Airlines revealed details of their planned codeshare arrangement, a major step in the developing partnership between the two airlines.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Airline and tourism industry groups are calling on Australian lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that would increase departure fees.
Air Transport

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JetBlue’s third-quarter earnings missed analysts’ estimates, as it recorded higher costs in key areas but reported a slightly higher net profit year-over-year.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Embraer has finalized settlement agreements with U.S. and Brazilian justice and stock-trading authorities over alleged bribery in the Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia, and Mozambique, as well as falsely recorded payments in India, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Air Transport

Spirit Airlines plans to stick with its ambitious capacity growth plans at least until 2019, after which it will evaluate whether it will add another aircraft type to its fleet.
Air Transport

Aeroflot believes the strength of its alliances is starting to fade, and it is talking to several airlines about forming a joint venture (JV), an executive of the Russian airline said.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air signaled strong third-quarter earnings, and said it will not deepen its financial exposure to struggling sister company Hanjin Shipping.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The UK government has approved the construction of third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport, ending years of indecision over the future of airport capacity for the capital city.
Air Transport

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To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Oct. 25-27—2016 Rotorcraft Safety Conference, Hurst Conference Center, Hurst, Texas, https://www.faa.gov/news/conferences_events/2016_rotorcraft_safety/

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Standards defining the performance and testing of boxes to safely ship lithium-ion batteries are nearing completion, causing a flurry of activity among providers of a new generation of containers.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Rockwell sees the acquisition as a transformational bid to grow in adjacent product markets instead of trying to break into unrelated fields.
Air Transport

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