Republic Airways says a lawsuit filed last week by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the labor union representing the airline’s pilots, is “completely without merit” and suggests some of the allegations are “incomplete and factually incorrect.”
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will reenter the Australian market this December with a flight to Sydney, and is considering what arrangements it will make with local carriers.
BEIJING—Air China is expanding intercontinental services beyond the 2015 plan that it unveiled at the end of last year, increasing its frequency between Beijing and New York while applying for rights to connect Chengdu with Paris, which will help cement Chengdu’s increasingly prominent status as China’s unofficial western gateway.
After a rough June marked by an unusual number of maintenance-related and weather cancellations, United Airlines says it has made several operational changes to improve its on-time reliability, including adding spare aircraft.
MOSCOW—The first flight tests of Russia’s new PD-14 turbofan engine have been postponed until October, due to problems with the planned test aircraft, the engine maker’s CEO confirmed.
Two of the five daily frequencies must be operated between Gatwick and Dublin; one daily frequency must be operated between Gatwick and Belfast; and the other two frequencies can be operated between Gatwick and either Dublin or Belfast.
Delta Air Lines has been named as one of the partners in a consortium proposing an alternative rescue plan for Japan’s Skymark Airlines. Aircraft lessor Intrepid Aviation, which is heading the bid, confirmed that Delta has been selected as an investor and partner. Industry observers expected Delta to be involved in Intrepid’s Skymark plans, and Delta confirmed in June that it had been approached.
Hawaiian has built up a significant presence in the Australia and New Zealand markets, with flights from multiple points to Honolulu and one-stop connections to the mainland U.S.
AAR Corp. remains bullish on near-term upside for its aviation services segments and plans to keep making targeted investments and exiting non-performing business lines, company executives say.
The move marks China Eastern’s first attempt at opening a new intercontinental route this year. While rivals Hainan Airlines, Air China and China Southern have each moved into several new long-haul markets, China Eastern has merely increased frequencies on current routes.
A downgrade from Category 1 to Category 2 in the agency’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program would have major ramifications for Thailand’s international airlines, as it would mean they would not be able to add any services to the U.S. or make changes to existing flights.
Spirit said the “domestic pricing environment softened further” in June, and it blamed “competitor pricing actions” for driving down yields during what should be a strong period for the ultra-LCC.
The elections could bring a new government to Spain. Relations between Gibraltar and its neighbor, Spain, haven’t always been easy, but tensions have flared under the current Spanish government led by Mariano Rajoy.
AirAsia X (AAX) is the long-haul affiliate of the AirAsia Group of LCC carriers. It has so far struggled to achieve profits with the long-haul low-cost model, and a reduction in international competition stemming from the MAS capacity cuts is seen as a major boost to its prospects.
The agreement is with biofuel-process developer LanzaTech and Primetals Technologies, which will be involved in the engineering and commissioning of the facility at ArcelorMittal’s steel plant in Ghent, Belgium.
