Flybe and Finnair in November reached an agreement to end their partnership, with Flybe agreeing to sell its 60% stake in Flybe Nordic to a potential new majority shareholder, or to Finnair, for the price of one euro (Aviation DAILY, Nov. 13, 2014).
Jeju Air is expected to introduce Busan-Guam flights on Jan. 8, while rival Air Busan has asked the U.S. Transportation Dept. (DOT) for permission to operate the same route from June 30.
Transaero Engineering Ireland (TEI), based at Shannon Airport, has been granted court protection against creditors while it works to restructure the business.
The application follows American’s filing with DOT last year that argued Delta was operating the Seattle flights infrequently, only enough to prevent triggering a 90-day dormancy provision that would have allowed DOT to seize the slots.
“A main driver of our shift to a positive outlook is data showing strong enplanement growth at airports over the summer, an uptrend that continued into September,” Moody’s explains in its 2015 U.S. airport outlook.
The tally—which easily outstripped the 648 produced in 2013—was again dominated by the Boeing 737, which accounted for 485, the largest number of any one model delivered in a single year in the commercial jet age.
Moody’s says it does not see near-term catalysts for driving crude oil barrel prices higher, and in fact, a “tidal wave” of new oil rig deliveries further will make 2015 the “toughest year” yet for offshore drillers.
The threat of regulatory penalties could be a further serious blow to Indonesia AirAsia, in addition to the brand damage that is likely to result from the loss of flight QZ8501.
The new airline will adopt Air Arabia’s business model and establish a hub at Amman Queen Alia International Airport, the LCC’s fifth hub in the Middle East and North Africa.
At least two more managers may be under scrutiny of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which is the Communist Party office charged with investigating alleged instances of bribery and embezzlement throughout the state sector, local media report.
Under coordination by ProSky to facilitate implementation and training of new air traffic controllers, the four countries’ air navigation service providers will work to implement procedures that include Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approaches and arrivals and RNP-to-ILS (instrument landing system) transitions.
China finally has an indigenously designed airliner, following the issue of a type certificate for the Comac ARJ21-700 regional jet by the country’s civil aviation authority.
The route commemorated AirTran’s first flight in 1993 and was operated with a Boeing 717, an aircraft type which Southwest had inherited from AirTran and is removing from the integrated fleet.
Alitalia and Etihad Airways on Dec. 23 confirmed they have completed all the formalities related to the transfer of air transport operations from Alitalia CAI to the new Alitalia SAI, or Società Aerea Italiana.
