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Air traffic controllers are steadily returning Chicago’s two main airports to normal capacity as technicians work around-the-clock to replace damaged

The city of Dallas has told Delta Air Lines that there is no room at Dallas Love Field for the carrier after the Wright Amendment expires on Oct. 13

Allegiant Travel Co. President Andrew Levy has announced his resignation from both the Allegiant board and his executive positions. During Levy’s 13

About eight hours after Virgin America announced it would add two new seasonal routes from two JetBlue Airways hubs on the East Coast, JetBlue fired

Production of Boeing 737s will rise to an unprecedented 52 per month in 2018, the manufacturer confirms. The company, which had already announced firm

BARCELONA — Embraer’s engineers have given a tentative green light to E-Jet passenger-to-cargo conversions, but the Brazilian manufacturer is still

Airbus has begun final assembly of Vietnam Airlines’ first A350-900 and the manufacturer is on track to deliver the aircraft to the carrier in mid

FAA’s new certification project sequencing procedures attempt to strike a balance between reasonable ways of determining how to allocate its finite

Bruce DeCleene, manager of the FAA’s Flight Technologies and Procedures Division, says “target equipage levels” demonstrating the benefit of

BEIJING — Tianjin Airlines has opened a base at Sanya, located on the Chinese tropical-holiday island Hainan. Two Airbus A320s will be kept overnight

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/09/avd_10_03_2014_cht1.pdf On Time Performance by Arrivals and Departures, January - July Year Ontime Arrivals Ontime (%) Arrival Delays Delayed (%) Flights Cancelled Cancelled (%) Diverted Flight Operations 2005 3,236,805 76.99% 876,862 20.86% 81,934 1.95% 8,644 4,204,245 2006 3,143,078 76.19% 909,668 22.05% 63,150 1.53% 9,684 4,125,580 2007 3,141,524 72.21% 1,091,378 25.09% 106,847 2.46% 10,720 4,350,469

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/09/avd_10_03_2014_fuelw.pdf Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of October 1, 2014, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev. year NY Jet Barges 265.37 -4.98 -22.47 Chicago Jet 269.12 -2.98 -20.12 West Coast (LA) Jet 262.12 -2.98 -26.72 Europe: Rotterdam Jet (Barges) 266.24 1.58 -29.20

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/09/avd_10_02_2014_dataw.pdf Data Watch: On Time Performance by Arrivals - July Year Ontime Arrivals Ontime (%) Arrival Delays 2011 425,962 77.84% 110,478 2012 414,377 76.01% 121,396 2013 417,698 73.07% 142,559 2014 393,852 75.61% 117,151 To view the chart entitled: Data Watch: On Time Performance by Arri

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has signed a partnership deal with Philippine Airlines (PAL), which will see them codesharing in the important Japan

Lufthansa may expand its Wings system of low-cost affiliated airlines with the inclusion of Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti, according to Karl Ulrich

Airbus has begun final assembly of the first A350 for Vietnam Airlines at the Roger Béteille Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. Delivery

Documents filed by Southwest Airlines and American Airlines in objection to JetBlue Airways’ prosed Jacksonville, Florida-Ronald Reagan Washington

Virgin Australia is broadening its access to South Africa and the U.S. thanks to the expansion of codeshare agreements with partner carriers. The

Saab plans to demonstrate remote-control tower operations at a general aviation airport in the Washington, D.C., area for a three-month data collection project beginning in June or July 2015. The trial represents the first application of remote-control tower technology for the U.S., says Ken Kaminski, general manager of Saab Air Traffic Management. Europe and Australia are either testing or putting the system into operation at several airports. Saab made the announcement at the Air Traffic Control Association conference in Washington, D.C.

Airframe suppliers are comfortable with manufacturers' plans to push narrowbody production rates up to a combined 100 per month, but express concern that anything beyond that could strain the supply chain or dampen demand after a few years, a Canaccord Genuity survey reports.

BARCELONA — Adria Airways will phase out its two remaining CRJ200s at the end of March 2015 and add another Airbus A320 on wet lease, as it proceeds

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/09/avd_10_02_2014_cht1.pdf On Time Performance by Arrivals and Departures, July On Time Performance by

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/09/avd_10_01_2014_dataw.pdf Data Watch: U.S Airline Employment : Change from Previous Year in

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/09/avd_10_01_2014_cht1.pdf U.S Airline Employment June 2014 Change from Previous Year in Scheduled

In a move that would be a major blow to the carriers’ growing ties, German civil aviation authority Luftfahrtbundesamt (LBA) has told Air Berlin and