BRUSSELS –The European Commission will have just three years to finalize comprehensive air transport agreements with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates when granted the mandates in June, Aviation Daily has learned.
Security screening wait times at Chicago airports have improved significantly from early May, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the Transportation Security Administration.
At the end of March, the world’s airlines had roughly $575 million trapped in Nigeria that they could not repatriate, according to IATA. But the trade group is “optimistic a solution can be found,” a spokeswoman said.
BOSTON—The Transportation Department (DOT) said it needs more information before it decides whether to approve antitrust immunity for a proposed joint venture between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico.
BRUSSELS—Aegean Airlines widened its losses in the first quarter, but the Greek carrier is confident its investment in fleet enlargement and international-network expansion will pay off in summer.
AUCKLAND—Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) says promising signs in the first quarter indicate the carrier is on track to achieve its financial turnaround targets.
AUCKLAND—AirAsia is continuing to prove it has put last year’s financial concerns to rest, with the parent company and its offshore affiliates reporting impressive gains in first-quarter results.
AUCKLAND—While Hawaiian Airlines is in no hurry to start retiring its fleet of Boeing 717s, the carrier is at least considering the Bombardier C Series as an eventual replacement.
LOS ANGELES—United Airlines’ top finance executive called the carrier’s margin gap relative to its peers “the elephant in the room,” and said improving it is a priority for the airline, as it tries to transform itself under new CEO Oscar Munoz.
BRUSSELS—Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) and SuperJet International have delivered a Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional aircraft to Irish-based CityJet, the company’s first European customer.
PARIS—Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has confirmed the formation of a new joint venture with Safran to bring compressor-blade repair services on some engine types back to France.
LONDON—Aerostructures and component supplier GKN is mulling the future of the maintenance, repair and overhaul businesses it inherited from its takeover of Fokker Technologies.
BRUSSELS—The European Commission (EC) may be granted four mandates to start talks on comprehensive air-transport agreements at the June 7 meeting of the EU’s Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Luxembourg, Aviation Daily has learned.
American Airlines is in talks with Los Angeles World Airports “regarding plans for significant infrastructure investment,” at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) that would help the carrier grow its transpacific gateway, it said in a recent filing.
