Aviation Daily

By Jens Flottau
In a deep restructuring of its network, Virgin Atlantic is shifting capacity from several long-haul markets to free up aircraft for more transatlantic

By Mark Nensel
Air freight carriers in the Asia-Pacific region came to the statistical rescue in July, boosting global cargo volumes 5.8% year-over-year to a best

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By Karen Walker
Norwegian Air Shuttle said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced it needs more time to reach a decision on Norwegian

By Jens Flottau
Malmö Aviation, the carrier slated to be the initial Bombardier CSeries operator, has told the manufacturer that it no longer wants to be first in

American Airlines could realize as much as $200 million in annual benefits by mid-2015 or early 2016 from “re-banking” three of its largest hubs

A story in the Sept. 3 issue of Aviation DAILY should have said the first of Xiamen Airlines’ six Boeing 787-8s was delivered on Aug. 31.

By Sean Broderick
Airports are succeeding in lowering the risk of damaging bird strikes, but dangers centered farther from airfields need more attention, the latest U.S

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Lufthansa have won approval for their proposed joint venture for cargo services between Japan and Europe. Japan’s

By Bradley Perrett
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair are the latest airlines to relax restrictions on the use of hand-held electronic devices on aircraft

By Victoria Moores
Air France has appointed HOP! Chairman and CEO Lionel Guérin to lead a reorganization of its point-to-point flying, which will be presented to its

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By Bradley Perrett
Xiamen Airlines, the latest carrier to welcome the Boeing 787 to its fleet, is looking at using the type to open services between Xiamen and Paris or

By Jens Flottau
A U.K. Airports Commission ruled out the possibilty that airport capacity in southeast England will grow by building a giant new hub airport in the Thames estuary, as proposed by London Mayor Boris Johnson.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) just made its Sept. 2 deadline and dismissed Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for an exemption to operate flights to the U.S. while its foreign air carrier permit application was pending. In its ruling, DOT said it is dismissing the application for an exemption on “procedural grounds,” without taking a position on the merits of the application.

By Jens Flottau
Emirates plans to make a decision about an order for either the Boeing 787 or Airbus A350 soon, as the airline considers broadening its network into

By Adrian Schofield
A government-backed reorganization plan will inject RM6 billion (U.S. $1.9 billion) into Malaysia Airlines in an effort to restore the troubled

LAS VEGAS—Allegiant Air believes it has figured out the Hawaii market and plans to fly year-round to Honolulu from only two U.S. cities—Las Vegas and

Southwest Airlines pilots landing at select airports will soon be saving fuel by using wind information uplinked from an operations center in Orlando

By Bradley Perrett
BEIJING — Avic has set up a Cambodian carrier to operate its MA60 turboprop airliner. The airline, Cambodia Bayon Airlines, was formally established

By Adrian Schofield
A report from an airline analyst group claims that All Nippon Airways is interested in investing in troubled Skymark Airlines, and, as part of the

By Bradley Perrett
Japan’s technology ministry has laid out a plan to prepare the technology that the country will need for an airliner program to follow the Mitsubishi

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