FAA programs — including the critical Airport Improvement Program (AIP) — will expire at the end of September, and there are just a handful of legislative days for Congress to act until then.
Frontier Airlines told the U.S. Transportation Department on Aug. 31 that it no longer requires authorization on three Mexico routes: Rockford, Illinois to Cancun, and Chicago to Puerto Vallarta and San Jose Del Cabo. All three authorizations expire in mid-November. Frontier said it has already discontinued service on all three routes.
Acknowledging that American Airlines is behind its rivals in the Asia-Pacific region, CFO Derek Kerr says the carrier plans to focus its growth across the Pacific. “That’s where our hole is,” he told investors at the Cowen & Co. transportation conference. Latin America—where American historically has been dominant—remains weak. Brazil’s economy shows no immediate signs of improving, and Venezuela remains a problem. The Caribbean network, however, is performing well, Kerr said.
A German court decision to declare the current Lufthansa pilot strike illegal could become a turning point in the most bitter dispute yet between the airline and its employees.
The government-backed arm that owns Malaysia Airlines (MAB) reports the carrier is making good progress with its restructuring plan, and more of the turnaround funding earmarked for the airline is due to be released soon.
United Airlines will make securing labor contracts with flight attendants and maintenance technicians a priority under new CEO Oscar Munoz, two airline executives told analysts.
Moves made by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to focus on Scandinavian frequent travelers and to improve productivity and cost efficiency are starting to “pay some real dividend[s],” the Scandinavian Airlines Group’s CEO has said.
Montreal-based leisure carrier Air Transat will add Airbus A330 flights to Zagreb, Croatia, and Pisa, Italy, beginning mid-June 2016, boosting its direct European destinations to 29 cities.
The FAA is proposing to update its decades-old rules that do not formally recognize launch and recovery operations for high-powered amateur rockets on U.S. soil.
Investigators are examining the left General Electric GE90-85B engine of a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER which caught fire prompting the crew to reject take-off at Las Vegas McCarran airport on Sept 8.
Smisek was replaced immediately by Oscar Munoz, a long-time United and Continental board member, who was most recently president and COO of CSX Corporation.
The ongoing dispute between Lufthansa and its pilots is turning into the most serious crisis the airline has seen since its near-bankrupty in the early 1990s.
Silver Airways blamed a “series of unforeseen and uncontrollable events,” including a parts shortage and poor winter weather, for its operational reliability problems earlier this year in three Essential Air Service (EAS) markets.
To curb instances of unlatched fan cowl doors being torn off in flight, The European Aviation Safety Agency is urging operators to amend procedures, suggesting at least one related airworthiness directive is in the works.
Nico Buchholz, who was Lufthansa Group’s executive vice president-fleet management, has been appointed Bombardier’s new chief procurement officer (CPO).
Qantas has been given permission to operate between secondary markets in Australia and China, and the approval paves the way for a proposed Jetstar service to Wuhan, China, from the leisure destination of Gold Coast, located south of Brisbane.
Three French airline organizations and IATA have formally complained to the European Commission (EC) about Aeroports de Paris’s decision to increase airport charges.
For a complete list of Aviation Week’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.awin.aviationweek.com/events Oct. 13-15—MRO Europe, ExCel London Exhibition and Convention Center, London, U.K. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, SingEx Exhibition and Convention Center, Singapore. Feb. 3-4, 2016—MRO Middle East, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. Mar. 3, 2016—Laureate Awards, The National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
In observance of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S., Aviation Daily will not be publishing on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The next issue will be dated Wednesday, Sept. 9.
