AUCKLAND—Singapore Airlines (SIA) confirms that Campbell Wilson, the current CEO of LCC Scoot, will take up a position as SIA’s acting senior vice president of sales and marketing from Aug. 29.
Oneworld members Japan Airlines, Finnair and British Airways have applied to Japanese regulators to allow Iberia to be included in their joint-venture arrangement on flights between Europe and Japan.
The disappearance of EgyptAir Flight MS 804 over the Mediterranean Sea early May 19 came as Egypt had begun making progress in shoring up international travel to the country.
WASHINGTON—Lower fuel prices have not caused airlines to shy away from ordering new, more efficient aircraft, but a steady decline in aircraft retirements is setting the stage for a clash between older equipment and plans to raise production rates. &nb
WestJet Airlines plans to place its code on 15 Delta Air Lines and Delta Connection routes between Mexican destinations and Los Angeles, Minneapolis and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, a government filing shows.
The 10 publicly traded mainline U.S. airlines reported a collective first-quarter pretax profit of $4.8 billion, according to Airlines for America (A4A).
American Airlines is experimenting with stricter fare rules in some markets, a move that sometimes makes the carrier’s fares uncompetitive with other airlines, but could lead to more revenue, President Scott Kirby said.
Airlines for America (A4A) has called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to publicly release data on security prescreening wait times at airports. A4A also rejected the notion that airlines’ checked-bag fees are to blame for extremely long security lines.
The European Commission (EC) has concluded that Etihad Airways has no effective control over Alitalia, said James Hogan, Etihad Aviation Group CEO and Alitalia vice chairman.
The second Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) test aircraft is expected to make its first flight later this month, Hirohichi Morimoto, President and CEO of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., said at the ISTAT Asia conference.
The longer startup time required for cooling of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines powering the Airbus A320neo is making it hard for IndiGo to stick to its ground-time targets.
Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL says there is no obstacle to field trials of its latest Parcelcopter unmanned delivery aircraft in urban areas, following completion of an experimental trial in the Bavarian Alps.
BOSTON—The antitrust division of the Justice Department (DOJ) has asked Alaska Airlines and Virgin America to provide additional information regarding their merger proposal.
Southwest Airlines’ pilots union is seeking court protection to prevent the airline from operating Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft without a contract provision for the type—a lawsuit the airline called “premature.”
In response to an NTSB recommendation, the FAA has launched an Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to determine within two years whether the agency should create a certification for airline employees who supervise the loading, restraint and documentation of “special” cargo.
