Icelandic LCC WOW Air is adjusting services on North American routes and plans to cancel three U.S. services from Reykjavik Keflavik to Cincinnati, Cleveland and St. Louis.
Qatar Airways’ oneworld membership is in question and the carrier could leave the alliance in 2019, Group CEO Akbar Al Baker said at a New York media event Oct. 19.
Bombardier has sued the aircraft unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., alleging the Japanese company recruited Bombardier employees with the intent of acquiring proprietary trade secrets for use in its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program.
China Southern Airlines plans to open four medium- and long-haul services from its Guangzhou base in the three months beginning December, including daily flights to Madrid.
Malaysia Airlines Bhd. (MAB) is preparing to present its aircraft acquisition plan to its board, which could lead to a major widebody order being placed in 2019, airline CEO Izham Ismail said.
Sales of airline aftermarket services approached double-digit year-over-year (YOY) growth in the third quarter (Q3), reflecting some of the strongest MRO market conditions in years, a Canaccord Genuity survey shows.
Delta Air Lines—seeking to leverage its revamped and strengthening Pacific network and perhaps grab market share being ceded by competitors—plans to launch daily nonstop service between Shanghai-Pudong Airport (PVG) and its Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) hub in June 2020.
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will look into Irish regional airline CityJet’s plans to place aircraft on long-term wet-lease with International Airlines Group (IAG) Irish carrier Aer Lingus.
Ryanair said its 2018 first-half profit fell 7% as lower fares, air traffic control strikes combined with higher fuel, staff and passenger compensation costs offset growth in ancillary revenues.
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, has taken a significant minority stake in Denmark-based regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).
Safran and Zodiac Aerospace last week signed an agreement for the merger of Zodiac Aerospace into Safran, eight months after the success of the initial tender offer; integration between the two companies is already underway.
Delta Air Lines plans to launch daily nonstop flights between Ontario International Airport (ONT) and its Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) hub next April and move to double-dailies in June, further illustrating the growing California airport's resurgence as a gateway to the Los Angeles area.
British Airways (BA) said Oct. 19 it will make a multimillion-pound investment in staff training at its London Heathrow Airport hub, 10 months after a light snowfall there brought chaos to its services.
The FAA has modified areas in Eastern Ukraine that are off-limits to U.S. airlines and their foreign codeshare partners, citing stabilized security conditions in the region.
