American Airlines CEO Doug Parker says, now that much of the integration with US Airways has been completed, the carrier will focus on investing in its employees and onboard product.
Ryanair is entering the corporate jet charter market and has retrofitted a Boeing 737-700 with 60 reclining business-class seats in a 2-2 configuration and with 48-in. seat pitch.
Southwest Airlines sees the potential for “hundreds of millions of dollars” in incremental revenue when it fully integrates its domestic and international reservations systems next year.
Air France will launch a daily service between Paris Orly (ORY) and New York John F. Kennedy (JFK) International airports this summer while trimming its Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)-JFK route to four from five daily frequencies.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) says JetBlue Airways management was “reluctant to collaborate” with the union as it developed and deployed a new ab initio program for Embraer E190 first officers.
With Canada’s new government promising to boost funding for innovation and green technology, announcement of a federal investment in Bombardier’s C Series could come with its first budget on March 22, a government official said.
Cathay Pacific Airways expects its first Airbus A350 to be delivered in May, which would represent a three-month delay caused by supply problems with seat manufacturer Zodiac.
A day after United Airlines announced it would add three new members to its board of directors, two with substantial airline experience, two institutional investment firms said on March 8 they would nominate six board candidates at the carrier’s 2016 annual meeting, including former Continental Airlines CEO Gordon Bethune.
United Airlines said on March 8 it soon will add 25 new Boeing 737-700s and accelerate nine widebody deliveries so it can retire all of its 747s by 2018.
The European Commission (EC) soon will begin negotiations on bilateral aviation safety agreements (BASAs) with China and Japan to allow mutual recognition of safety certification standards.
Airlines share equal responsibility with governments for the slow pace of liberalization in African aviation, according to the IATA regional vice president for the Middle East and Africa, Hussein Dabbas.
AirAsia’s Thai franchise is continuing to build its domestic network with routes from secondary hubs, as the carrier plans another year of substantial fleet growth.
As Australia sees a boom in inbound international travelers, a coalition of industry groups is calling for the government to ease certain taxes and fees they say could inhibit growth.
Based in part on a successful late February demonstration, the European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a contract with Inmarsat to provide datalink services that will enable next-generation time-based flow and controller-pilot communications over Europe.
Searidge Technologies is expected to install the remote tower and air traffic control center for the regional airports serving a small French overseas island territory off the Canadian province of Newfoundland.
A time limit for the families of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 passengers and crew to claim compensation from the airline expired on March 8, the second anniversary of the date when the aircraft failed to arrive in Beijing after a flight from Kuala Lumpur.
The test campaign for Boeing’s 737 MAX is accelerating, on schedule, with the addition of a second aircraft, which completed a 2-hr. 21-min. first flight on March 4.
More than a week after filing for bankruptcy protection, Republic Airways still had not been able to reach an agreement with Delta Air Lines over a contract that requires its Shuttle America affiliate to fly Embraer ERJ 145s into 2021.
Since December, Allegiant Air has been experimenting with international service by operating charters to the Caribbean and Mexico from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh for Apple Vacations, an airline executive told Aviation Daily.
