Cargo is a major boon to Cathay’s business. Cargo Director James Woodrow is leaving Cathay to head China Navigation Company, which is also in the Swire Group.
The airline plans to begin serving Guam with a daily flight from Seoul, beginning around July 15. The carrier filed its application with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) in February, asking for broader approval to serve U.S. destinations.
The Delta Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) endorsed the tentative labor deal June 11, sending it to rank-and-file flight-deck crew for a ratification vote.
Speaking at the Wings Club meeting in New York on June 10, Clark called the study by Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines an “extremely dodgy, 55-page dossier that contains so many inaccuracies, falsehoods and leaps of logic one could probably drive an express train through it.”
Liebherr-Aerospace production, purchasing and asset investments managing director and COO Josef Gropper, says participation in the UltraFan demonstrator effort “gives us the opportunity to break new ground and significantly enlarge our scope of activities.”
The proposed endangerment finding—made in response to a petition and lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups—is a necessary first step toward rulemaking that will enable the U.S to adopt the international CO2 standard, which is scheduled to be finalized by February 2016.
American plans to introduce a Los Angeles-Sydney flight in December, allowing Qantas to move some of its flights from the route to open a new service between Sydney and San Francisco.
Tyler played down the significance of lower fuel prices in the industry’s expected strong performance in 2015, noting that about half of airlines’ 2015 fuel supply is hedged at prices above the global aircraft fuel-price average, and that a 20% rise in the value of the U.S. dollar over the last 12 months has “moderated” the fuel-cost benefit.
IATA Director General Tony Tyler referred to “underlying tension,” but Clark instead sees the situation as a “7.8 on the Richter scale about to go off.”
Starting in December, the joint-venture (JV) partners and Oneworld members will operate new service between Sydney and San Francisco and Los Angeles. American will begin daily service from Los Angeles on Dec. 17, using Boeing 777-300ERs.
Neither airline serves each other’s country directly, although they do serve some third-country airports that would be good connecting points between their home markets.
Emirates has stayed out of alliances, but has some bilateral deals—including one with Qantas—that provides it with feed in Australia and similar agreements with Alaska Airlines and JetBlue in the U.S.
Müller told Aviation Daily at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Miami that he expects major progress in that regard within the next five years, as countries continue to liberalize their air service regimes and allow their national carriers to combine forces.
The core function of UATP remains the same: Its key product is a cost-saving system used by an airline’s high-value corporate customers. UATP does not charge high swipe fees on transactions like Visa or Mastercard, allowing airlines to protect margins while offering discounts to important corporations.
“People forget we’re a young airline,” he said, referring to Etihad’s network. Equity-partners Air Berlin, Alitalia and Jet Airways could fuel additional growth in Europe and India. Growth in China and South America, on the other hand, is most likely to stem from codeshare partners.
