Southwest Airlines says fourth-quarter (Q4) unit revenue will be flat up to 2% year-over-year on the strength of solid bookings and yield trends, likely boosted by ongoing capacity pressure created by the 737 MAX groundings, the carrier reported.
Canada Jetlines, a Vancouver-based start-up ULCC, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to combine with Delaware-based Global Crossing Airlines (GLOBALX), a developing charter airline backed by two Miami-based private equity firms.
JetBlue Airways is arguing that the proposed transborder joint venture (JV) between Delta Air Lines and WestJet could dash its hopes for an eventual expansion into Canada.
UK long-haul operator Virgin Atlantic is considering postponing the retirement of its remaining Airbus A340s because of “ongoing supply issues” with the engines on its Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 787s.
Greek carrier Aegean Airlines is planning 7.8% capacity growth in 2020, supported by the introduction of six initial Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, which are scheduled to arrive during the year.
Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) chairman Chang Kang-wei emerged from radio silence Dec. 13—the day the Taiwanese airline was supposed to have ceased operations—saying the carrier will resume operations after securing funds from new investors.
The Taiwan ministry of transport and communication has approved Starlux Airlines’ air operator’s certificate (AOC) application, as it moves toward its commercial flight debut on Jan. 23, 2020.
Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAAI) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) to airlines operating Boeing 737 freighters modified by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
Delta Air Lines is working to whittle down the number of aircraft types in its operating fleet while taking a hiatus from its comprehensive upgauging strategy in the 2020-2021 time period.
Drone traffic management system developer Altitude Angel on Dec. 12 announced a contract from Dutch air navigation service provider LVNL to provide an unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) platform for the Netherlands.
Etihad Aviation Training and Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University of Science and Technology have partnered on a three-year study to explore game-based learning for the next generation of airline pilots.
Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation has appointed a new executive director, board vice-chairman, two deputy managing directors and CFO following the retirement of two multi-role senior executives.
The Azerbaijani government-owned carrier Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) will buy more than 20 new aircraft to develop its route network as plans continue to more than double its fleet.
