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.
United Airlines and Singapore Airlines are seeking U.S. government approval for an expansive two-way codesharing program—but the two carriers intend to start small, only planning to cover several routes, all in North America.
Asiana Airlines is experiencing the same passenger yield pressure and cargo weakness as many of its Asia-Pacific regional rivals, and those factors are hurting its financial performance.
25 Years Ago May 16, 1991—Trans World Airlines has announced a cash tender offer to offload some of its heavy debt in a “restructuring designed to enable TWA to survive.” The buyback would be financed mainly through the $445 million TWA reaped from selling three of its prized London routes to American Airlines. 50 Years Ago
While descending into Dublin during a flight from Newark, New Jersey, the crew of a United Airlines Boeing 757-200 acted in a “nonstandard” manner in responding to an unreliable airspeed indication—an issue most likely caused by ice crystals in the right-side pitot probe.
