AirAsia has revealed the ownership structure of its proposed Japanese joint venture, although many aspects of the debut of the new low-cost carrier remain vague. AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes has long planned a return to the Japanese market following the demise of a previous joint venture with All Nippon Airways last year. Core staff and an office for the proposed new carrier have been in place for some time.
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/06/Avg%20Domestic%20Airline%20Fares_cht1.pdf Average U.S. Domestic Airline Itinerary Fares By Origin City for 2013, Ranked by Total Numbers of Domestic Passengers in 2013 2013 Passenger Rank Airport Code City Name State Average Fare ($) 1 LAX Los Angeles CA 411.92 2 ORD Chicago-O’Hare IL 400.51 3 DEN Denver CO 327.21 4 ATL Atlanta GA 397.86
Air China has stepped up its presence in the large and rapidly growing city Tianjin, raising pressure on the dominant carrier in the northern city, Tianjin Airlines. From July 1, Air China has added flights from Tianjin to Changsha, Dalian and Yanji, while increasing frequencies to Seoul. Tianjin has a population of 13 million and Changsha, in the south-center, 7 million, including surrounding rural districts. Air China’s service between them will begin at four flights a week. The route between Tianjin and Dalian will be flown three times a week.
The agreement between India’s Jet Airways and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways may run into new trouble, as Singapore’s competition watchdog has initiated an inquiry into a possible violation of its trade laws. The Competition Commission of Singapore (CSS), which is in charge of investigating alleged anti-competitive activities and applying suitable remedies, will take a final decision on the deal after it receives feedback from the public and other stakeholders until July 11. The Jet-Etihad alliance, a
U.S. passenger boardings were up slightly in 2013 but were shared among fewer airports, FAA’s preliminary data show, reflecting the continued fallout of mainline carriers parking less fuel-efficient regional jets and cutting flights even as they keep capacity in check. U.S. airports enplaned 739.3 million passengers last year, FAA’s first-cut tally shows. The figure is about 1% higher than 2012’s final figure of 732.9 million.
LONDON — Air Astana CEO Peter Foster is in talks to defer his carrier’s Boeing 787 order, but is planning to commit Embraer E2s at the Farnborough Air Show ahead of finalizing a lease for around 11 Airbus A321neos this fall. Kazakhstan-based Air Astana has three 787s on firm order, plus options on a further eight. Foster said in an interview here that he is in “significant discussions” with Boeing to push back the 787 deliveries.
The global in-flight connectivity market is expected to grow in the coming decade with more than 12,900 commercial and 24,000 business aircraft providing the benefit to passengers by 2023, consulting group Euroconsult said. Total revenue from passenger connectivity services is expected rise from $440 million in 2013 to $2.1 billion by 2023. Along with the growth in installation, both the take-up rate and average revenue per user are expected to improve.
Ryanair’s CFO and deputy chief executive Howard Millar will step down in December, marking the second high-profile departure from Europe’s largest low-cost carrier in less than a year as it implements a customer-focused growth strategy. Michael Cawley, who was COO and also deputy chief executive, left the carrier at the end of March after having joined it in 1997. The resignation of two key people is unusual for Ryanair, which has boasted a very stable top m
Australia’s major opposition party says it will support significant aspects of legislation aimed at loosening foreign ownership restrictions on Qantas, although it remains to be seen whether it has gone far enough to forge a compromise with the government. Australian Labor Party leaders say they will agree to remove some of the ownership restrictions in the 1992 Qantas Sale Act. Specifically, they would scrap a clause that limits fore
Boeing says it is “very close” to reaching deals in sales campaigns for the Boeing 747-8 that would fill production slots in 2016. “We want to be back at rate 1.75,” 747 Vice President and General Manager Eric Lindblad said at the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington.
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) awarded French startup Dreamjet an exemption to serve the U.S. from any point in the EU, approving an application filed on April 24. This brings into focus the dispute over Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application, which has been pending before the DOT since the end of last year.
The NTSB is recommending that the FAA reevaluate its emergency evacuation slide certification standards and test methods as the result of two deployable slides inflating inside the cabin of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 during a high-energy on-ground crash sequence, temporarily trapping two flight attendants.
