Emirates Airline says it is not yet looking to boost its services to Australia, despite a new deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia that allows airlines of both countries more access.
Air Canada will embark on a major U.S. expansion in Spring 2016 with the addition of 12 new routes and several new destinations to its network, a development that should help the carrier increase its share of potentially lucrative sixth-freedom international traffic.
American Airlines’ top lawyer expects federal and state regulators to continue probing every major decision the carrier and its competitors make, saying, “the airline industry is never out of their sights.”
Lomé, Togo-based ASKY Airlines is considering launching its first long-haul routes next summer, and the carrier’s CEO said its strategic partner and shareholder, Ethiopian Airlines, will participate in choosing aircraft to fly the routes.
The move comes almost a week after cabin crew union UFO ended an eight-day strike that forced the airline to cancel around 4,500 flights affecting 550,000 passengers.
Initially deployed on the Amsterdam-Abu Dhabi-Bahrain route, the aircraft is the first of 25 Boeing 787s that the airline—a unit of the Air France-KLM Group—plans to phase in. KLM recently decided to take six larger 787-10s and 19 -9s.
United Airlines is introducing a new sophisticated computer system that will help rebook passengers with delayed and canceled flights as well as ensure the airline has less “spoiled inventory” during irregular operations, the carrier told Aviation Daily.
SkyTeam’s governing board has formalized the appointment of Perry Cantarutti as the alliance’s new CEO, taking over from Michael Wisbrun, who will become chairman.
Hurt by a decrease in tourism following the Oct. 31 crash of a Metrojet Airbus A321, the Egyptian government plans to launch an international public-relations campaign to “revitalize” the tourist flights coming to country’s airports, particularly Sharm el-Sheikh, from which the doomed Airbus A321 headed for St. Petersburg, Russia, had departed.
The 10-year plan is expected to be completed by the end of the year, Garuda CEO Arif Wibowo told Aviation Daily at the recent annual assembly of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.
EgyptAir is finalizing a turnaround and expansion plan that will lead to the carrier placing an order for new-generation single-aisle and widebody aircraft next year, its new CEO said.
