All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Vietnam Airlines plan to codeshare on key routes and cooperate in other areas following ANA’s commitment to purchase a minority stake in the Vietnamese carrier.
Allegiant Air said on Tuesday, Jan. 12, that it will launch 19 new seasonal and year-round routes from smaller and medium-size cities starting later this year, all of which it will fly less than-daily, an expansion that might not be viable without low fuel costs, an airline executive said in an interview.
Air India will lease up to 15 Airbus A320 aircraft to augment its fleet as it aspires to meet growing travel demand in the country’s highly competitive aviation market.
Fastjet Tanzania started flights to Kenya on Jan. 11, after obtaining the necessary approvals from the Kenyan authorities late last year following months of delay.
BRUSSELS—Air France-KLM estimates that it lost approximately €120 million ($131 million) in revenue due to terrorist incidents in Paris on Nov. 13, but the impact started to ease “significantly” during the last two weeks of December.
A U.K. think tank is calling for more government action to help prevent the nefarious use of remotely controlled air vehicles by terrorist and criminal groups.
Swedish air crash investigators say it may take weeks before they can recover information from both the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CDR) belonging to the Bombardier CRJ freighter that crashed in Sweden on Jan. 7.
Accurately predicting the maximum-lift performance of transport aircraft is still a challenge, so Airbus and DLR are working to improve computational tools and wind-tunnel testing.
65 Years Ago Jan. 11, 1950—A Pan American World Airways Stratocruiser that flew from Honolulu to San Francisco on Dec. 13 of that year claimed the record for heaviest mail load ever recorded on a passenger flight, at 8, 8183 lb. The same flight also carried 46 passengers. 39 Years Ago
After being hit Jan. 7 with $2.75 million in fines from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) for two issues—multiple tarmac delays and its policies toward disabled passengers—United Airlines said it has altered its policies for dealing with both matters.
Swedish air crash investigators have begun a probe into the loss of a Bombardier CRJ200 freighter that crashed into a mountainous area of northern Sweden, killing both crew members.
Regulatory delays are dragging out the approval process for the metal-neutral joint venture that Qantas and American Airlines want to introduce on flights between the U.S. and Australasia.
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has confirmed that the suspension of its Paris and Amsterdam routes will allow it to retire its remaining Boeing 777-200ERs, and many of the pilots from this fleet will also be leaving the airline.
The U.S. aerospace science and technology community must be prepared for change in a year of political transition, threats from abroad and domestic economic challenges.
A cautious approach to flight testing, based on more extensive ground preparations, is the reason for the delay in the MRJ regional jet program announced by Mitsubishi Aircraft last month.
