Aviation Daily

By Adrian Schofield
AUCKLAND—Malaysian regulators have canceled Rayani Air’s operating authority, after declaring Rayani has not proven itself fit to continue flying.
Air Transport

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of June 9, 2016, compared with previous week and previous year

Amid rising fuel prices and a difficult environment for growing revenues, some U.S. airlines are reining in this year’s capacity targets.
Air Transport

The Transportation Department (DOT) has awarded six U.S. airlines the rights to fly to secondary cities in Cuba, deferring a decision on Havana routes, for now.
Air Transport

Mbuvi Ngunze, CEO of Kenya Airways Group, is confident the carrier will reduce its operating loss this year as the first measures of a comprehensive restructuring program kick in.
Air Transport

The FAA and its aviation medical examiners—physicians who evaluate commercial airline pilots every six months to one year—are considering several options to break through actual or perceived “firewalls” that prevent them from alerting airlines when they observe potential mental-health issues during routine or special examinations.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
hinese investors are continuing to show keen interest in Virgin Australia, with China-based Nanshan Group reaching a deal to purchase most of Air New Zealand’s stake in the Australian airline.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
FRANKFURT—Lufthansa Group is going through another round of leadership changes, after CFO Simone Menne announced her departure.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno, Molly McMillin
Embraer’s announcement of its CEO succession plan caught some financial observers off guard.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Embraer announced June 9 it has begun its succession plan to replace Frederico Fleury Curado, who has served as CEO since 2007.
Air Transport

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SAN FRANCISCO—Iceland-based WOW Air inaugurated service June 9 between San Francisco and Reykjavik, the first nonstop flights between Iceland and San Francisco since Icelandair ceased its operations at San Francisco International Airport in the mid-2000s.
Air Transport

Star Alliance still is interested in adding Brazilian carrier Azul, but talks have stalled as the carrier deals with the economic downturn in Brazil.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand is continuing to realign its regional network, as it adjusts to changes in its turboprop fleet and new competition on some routes.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
Answered by Ludek Stasek, technical director for Czech carrier that provides scheduled, charter and business-jet flights to more than 300 airports. Travel Service launched scheduled service in 2004. It flew 5.7 million passengers in 2015.
MRO

PARIS—Faced with mounting bottlenecks at the supplier level, French aerospace primes are taking both conventional and unorthodox steps to ensure that a boost in production of several major programs stays on track.
Air Transport

By Maxim Pyadushkin
First flight of Russia's new MC-21 narrowbody will be delayed until 2017, it emerged at the aircraft’s official roll-out in Irkutsk, Russia.

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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.
Air Transport

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.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Larry Lawson, president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, plans to retire July 31, three years after joining the company based here.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is moving quickly to mandate OEM-recommended checks of certain International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500 disks supplied by Avio Aero.
Air Transport

By Maxim Pyadushkin
First flight of Russia's new MC-21 narrowbody will be delayed until 2017, it emerged at the aircraft’s official roll-out in Irkutsk, Russia.
Air Transport

View the Airport Profile — Los Angeles International (LAX) chart in PDF format.