The parent company of Canadian regional carrier Jazz Aviation will purchase new regional jets and reconfigure some of its existing aircraft with more seats.
IATA Director General Tony Tyler is optimistic that world governments will agree on a global carbon offsetting system for commercial aviation later this year.
Rolls-Royce has completed delivery of the initial shipset of Trent 900s to Airbus for installation on the first of 52 Rolls-powered A380s for Emirates.
Airline leaders at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Aviation Symposium say they remain concerned that protectionism is rising and could threaten further liberalization in the global airline industry.
Endeavor Air, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, has not had a single controllable cancellation in more than two months, the regional airline’s CEO said in an interview at the Regional Airline Association conference here.
Mexican LCC Volaris plans to launch a Costa Rican subsidiary to serve the growing Central American market, Chief Commercial Officer Holger Blankenstein said.
The FAA has expanded its efforts to prevent unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying too close to airports by signing cooperative research agreements with an additional three suppliers of counter-UAS systems.
Emirates Airline experienced dramatic shifts in key cost, revenue and performance factors in 2015, but nevertheless managed to significantly raise its overall profitability and reach an operating profit margin of close to 10%.
CHICAGO—SAS has awarded Eirtech Aviation a multimillion-euro contract to provide redelivery support for more than 40 leased aircraft during the next four years.
Concerned about the conduct of some accident investigations and a lack of data from certain regions, the International Air Transportation Association’s (IATA) forensics arm is suggesting the need for regional or multistate accident investigation boards.
Etihad Aviation Group has promoted several key executives to new roles, strengthening the aim of building a holding structure and reflecting its broad portfolio of subsidiaries.
Transavia’s Munich base is developing according to plan, and Lufthansa’s competitive response to the Air France–KLM low-cost subsidiary setting up shop at the German airport has been “limited,” the Franco-Dutch group’s finance chief said.
AUCKLAND--Hawaiian Airlines plans to make increased use of optimized flight procedures it demonstrated on a recent scheduled flight between Auckland and Honolulu.
25 Years Ago May 9, 1991—San Francisco International Airport temporarily has waived its noise ban so Aeroflot can operate flights from Khabarovsk in the Soviet Far East. Using Ilyushin Il-62 aircraft, the Soviet carrier plans to conduct weekly flights from May 19 through July 14 under the waiver. 50 Years Ago
