“What we have done with the fleet to try to shrink it a bit was to make sure that when we [say] what we can do for partners, we can actually deliver on it,” Skywest President Chip Childs told investment analysts.
Air Canada’s strategy focuses on funneling U.S. travelers—especially those who live in a city without nonstop flights to Europe and Asia—through its hubs in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto.
The moves are intended to reassure investors who are increasingly concerned Bombardier will run out of cash as it funds development of the delayed CSeries narrowbody aircraft.
Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) is throwing its support behind the U.S. open skies policy, despite calls from major carriers and organized labor for the government to rethink air service liberalization.
The Lufthansa Group is facing the next round of pilot strikes, as negotiations earlier this week failed to resolve the long-standing dispute between the company and pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC).
Ten of the 49 pilots from Taiwan-based TransAsia Airways who attempted an oral test on handling ATR 72 aircraft in the event of engine failure have been suspended from flying.
American Airlines will begin operating its first Boeing 787-8 on May 7, on a domestic route between Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW) and Chicago O’Hare International Airport, but the carrier will quickly shift the aircraft to international flying in June.
The reduced price of fuel could be a threat to parts of the order backlogs of both Airbus and Boeing, although analysts differ on how deep the impact will be.
SIA says it “regularly reviews” its fuel surcharge levels, although it has not made a major adjustment following the dramatic drop in world oil prices.
“The lower price of jet fuel and the full impact of the completed savings program are supporting the financial performance of Finnair in 2015,” the airline said in a statement on Feb. 11.
PAL will codeshare on select WestJet domestic flights from Vancouver and Toronto, effectively doubling the number of North American destinations it can sell.
Japanese carrier Peach is making a major move in the country’s burgeoning low-cost carrier (LCC) sector by building a hub operation at Tokyo Narita International Airport, taking on three other LCCs in their home base.
Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) opponents have opened a new front in their battle to keep the long-haul low-cost carrier from operating to the U.S. by objecting to the carrier’s loan guarantees from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) for aircraft purchases.
Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is positioning itself as the airport of choice for Silicon Valley and has identified securing more nonstop transcontinental flights as a target for growth.
The ELB runs on the aircraft’s electronic flight bag and onboard server system, and aggregates observed-fault data with information generated by other airplane systems.
The start-up will differ from Surf Air, which operates a fleet of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft between the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas.
Roger Cohen, president of the Regional Airline Association (RAA) for the last eight years, has resigned effective immediately. The association’s board appointed the current head of government affairs, Faye Malarkey Black, as interim president while it searches for a permanent replacement. RAA did not specify a reason for Cohen’s sudden resignation.
