The airline plans to operate the summer schedule of its legacy unit—which includes Lufthansa and Germanwings-branded flights—with 395 aircraft, a reduction of five aircraft.
Air freight traffic was up 4.5% last year—the “first significant boost in volumes since 2010,” the International Air Transport Association (IATA) notes—and volumes were up 3.2% year-over-year in January.
The airline’s fleet will grow with one additional A320, which is arriving next month, while two A319s are expected to replace two British Aerospace Avro RJ100s.
Asiana is in the early stages of establishing the LCC, and many elements of the timeline are yet to be decided, a spokesman for the airline tells Aviation Daily.
The shift, which is coming in stages, is a return to an operating procedure used by United in the mid-2000s, before its merger with Continental Airlines.
Jazz operates the majority of Air Canada’s regional flying under a capacity purchase agreement, but Chorus has been looking for opportunities to broaden its business. Voyageur operates a fleet of 18 aircraft.
In a March 12 speech in Jakarta, IATA Director General Tony Tyler noted that Indonesia has had at least one hull loss every year since 2010, and it has faced restrictions imposed by the EU and U.S. due to safety concerns.
Operators of Australia’s Perth Airport have implemented seven safety upgrades in the wake of a serious incursion between an airport car performing a routine runway inspection and a QantasLink Boeing 717 that was landing there in rain and low visibility after an instrument approach in July 2014.
Influential lessor Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has recommended to Airbus that any plan to launch the A380neo should include a fuselage stretch that would add valuable belly-hold capacity and boost its broader appeal to the cargo market.
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Singapore’s government has revealed new details of a massive terminal development for Changi Airport that will dwarf the hub’s current passenger facilities.
The dispute between the EU and Russia over the Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea has not stopped Airbus ProSky, the manufacturer’s air traffic management (ATM) subsidiary, and Russian state-owned ATM provider Azimut from joining forces and signing a partnership agreement.
The long-delayed Bombardier CSeries is past the halfway stage in flight testing and on track to earn certification this year, but key leasing companies say the airliner’s longer-term success still hinges on getting the aircraft into service smoothly and building credibility by attracting big orders.
The air navigation service providers (ANSPs) of Spain, Germany, the U.K. and the Netherlands have signed an agreement for the joint development of the next generation of the air traffic controller working position (CWP), which should lead to reduced costs, increased efficiencies and ultimately take the Single Europe Sky (SES) forward.
The analysis, done on behalf of the Regional Air Service Alliance (RASA) and presented at the American Association of Airport Executives National Air Service Conference on March 10, argues that the pilot shortage is real, though its ramifications are just coming to light.
“There will be no additional landing rights until the problems linked to the subsidies matter are solved and a level playing field for competition is established,” Brigitte Zypries, Germany’s aerospace industry coordinator and state secretary, said.
Speaking March 9 at the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas 2015 conference here, Tinseth said Boeing has no timeline on making a decision regarding whether to launch such an aircraft and would not consider it a replacement for the 757.
The carrier, now 49% owned by Delta Air Lines, has turned a £51 million ($76 million) pre-tax loss in 2013 into a £14.4 million profit last year on a pre-tax and pre-exceptionals basis.
