“There are not enough good component suppliers in Latin America,” according to Copa Airlines Vice President-Technical Operations Ahmad Zamany, who would like to see more options outside of Miami.
Worldwide international-passenger traffic improved in July, rising 6.8% year-over (YOY), up from June’s 3% YOY growth, according to IATA’s July Premium Traffic Monitor.
Aeromexico is looking to upgauge its fleet with newer aircraft in the coming years, the airline’s Senior Vice-President Global Sales Jorge Goytortua has said.
In an effort to further increase its share of U.S-originating connecting traffic, Air Canada will offer free one-week stopovers in Toronto to U.S. customers bound for Europe or Asia.
Ryanair will add new routes at both its Belgium bases—Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) and Brussels Airport (BRU) and—in the IATA 2016 summer schedule, the airline CEO has said.
At least part of the Chinese orders for 300 Boeing aircraft announced on Sept. 23 are not new, and instead have been kept under wraps until now to create an impact during President Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S.
Shifting airline strategies rooted in upgauging and slow growth are changing how U.S. airlines evaluate adding new service, and those affected most—small communities—should alter their views to maximize diminishing opportunities, a new report suggests.
Virgin Australia and Qantas are involved in a regulatory wrangle over Virgin’s application to serve international markets with its Tigerair LCC subsidiary.
The FAA has declared Philadelphia and New York “No-Drone Zones” during Pope Francis’s visits to those cities this week. All UAS, including radio-controlled models, are banned from Sept. 22-27, the agency says. UAS are always banned in Washington, which is also on the papal itinerary.
Virgin America is once again testing the market for premium-cabin upgrades, this time by entering into a partnership with a mobile phone application called SeatBoost.
United Airlines said on Sept. 22 that it plans to be the first airline to fly between the U.S. and Xi’an, China, and is proposing a three-times-weekly service from San Francisco beginning in May, pending regulatory approval.
Spanish LCC Vueling, an International Airlines Group (IAG) subsidiary, will open a base at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in May 2016 with two 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft.
A series of strikes by customs and border control workers are causing disruption for travelers at Australian airports this week, as the standoff over a new contract escalates.
Singapore’s competition watchdog has approved a partnership between LCCs Tigerair and Cebu Pacific in the Philippines-Singapore market, with the caveat that the two airlines agree to exclude certain routes they dominate.
50 Years Ago Sept. 21, 1965 —The International Association of Machinists (IAM) said NASA and the U.S. Air Force helped Boeing six days into an IAM strike by making it more difficult for strikers to convene and restricting their ability to picket. 35 Years Ago
