Southwest Airlines is investigating why a required inspection interval in its routine-maintenance program was left out of its maintenance-tracking system, causing it to miss deadlines for checking backup hydraulic systems on 128 Boeing 737s.
Aeromexico is differentiating itself from the proliferation of low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the Mexican airline market by promoting connectivity over its Mexico City and Monterrey hubs to Central and South America.
The FAA wants to hire more than 20 new employees and spend more than $11 million to implement “facility and personnel security recommendations” to counter internal threats and to implement recommendations stemming from the September 2014 fire at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAU).
Republic Airways is moving quickly toward simplifying to one fleet type and one operating certificate, telling Wall Street analysts this week that it decreased the number of aircraft in its fleet by 14 in 2014, even while adding 22 Embraer 175s.
Porter Airlines is optimistic the Toronto City Council will endorse its plan to lengthen the runway at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport perhaps later this year, a development that would permit it to take delivery of Bombardier CS-100s as planned, CEO Robert Deluce told Aviation Daily.
Airbus Customer Services is offering an inflatable tent for engine maintenance to provide better working conditions to perform an on-wing job in adverse weather when the conventional hangar is occupied.
Aer Lingus and the Irish government differ in view on the benefits of a possible takeover by International Airlines Group (IAG), while Ryanair still has not given any indication whether it is willing to sell its near-30% shareholding in the airline to British Airways’ (BA) parent.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is renewing its call on Congress to prevent the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) from providing loan guarantees to what the union says are “state-owned” and “creditworthy” foreign airlines.
Allegiant Air announced flights serving 22 new routes on Feb. 24, most of which adhere to its long-term strategy of connecting underserved cold-weather markets with vacation destinations, though the airline continues to expand into slightly larger markets.
Spirit Airlines will soon add nine routes from Atlanta, and Frontier Airlines will add 10, but Delta Air Lines, armed with a dominant market share at the airport and its relatively new basic-economy fare, is likely most prepared among major airlines for competition from ultra-low-cost carriers (ULCCs).
Fiji is analyzing an Asian route, will add a Nadi-Wellington service in June, and will boost frequencies on existing routes with the added capacity, the carrier said in a recent presentation on its 2014 earnings.
In December 2013, the company placed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of three A350-1000s and simultaneously entered into an operating-lease agreement with ILFC for three Airbus A350-900s.
TransDigm is purchasing Telair International, Telair U.S. and Nordisk Aviation Products for $725 million in cash. AAR CEO David Storch expects to close the deal in the next 60 days.
Las Vegas, Nevada-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) Allegiant Air, has agreed to purchase six additional Airbus A319 aircraft as part of a plan to increase its A320-family fleet from 14 to 44 by the end of 2018. The aircraft are currently being operated by Cebu Pacific Air and are scheduled to enter the Allegiant operating fleet from the end of 2015 through 2017.
An uptick in international passenger traffic expansion in the 2014 third quarter (Q3) tailed off at year-end, as weakness in key growth markets suppressed demand, International Air Transport Association (IATA) figures show.
