Icelandair Group’s interim president and chief executive, Bogi Nils Bogason, will assume the role officially, days after the airline pulled out of a transaction to acquire low-cost rival WOW Air, the company said Dec. 4.
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) is to be the launch customer of a new high speed connectivity system launched at the Aircraft Interiors show in Hamburg last night.
Kuwait Airways says it is halting all flights to Beirut from today for an indefinite period. This followed a security warning from the Cyprus government, it said on a Tweet.
The last couple of years could have not have been a more difficult time to run an airline in Egypt and even now, it’s a tough job, says the managing director of Nesma Airlines, Ashraf Lamloum.
Saab and Swedish air navigation service provider LFV will assume responsibility for remote-tower control of two airports through their Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions (SDATS) joint venture.
The Safety Investigation Authority of Finland (SIAF) has issued several recommendations resulting from the Dec. 3, 2017 evacuation of an Embraer 190 regional jet in Finland that revealed “serious deficiencies” in the evacuation response.
Dubai-based LCC flydubai, as of Dec. 2, has relocated flights to 11 of its destinations from their current operating base of Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport (DXB).
Alaska Airlines plans to grow capacity 2% in 2019 and accelerate its expansion rate soon after, but will carefully monitor the competitive environment before making firm commitments, the airline’s top executive said.
Passenger-door seal damage caused by a catering truck created an unnerving onboard noise that led a Qantas Airbus A380 to return to Sydney 2 hr. into a scheduled flight to the U.S., an Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) report found.
Japan Airlines (JAL) will increase its U.S. network with new codeshare destinations via Seattle, thanks to an expanded partnership with Alaska Airlines.
For a decade, Sudan Airways has struggled to maintain services in the face of US sanctions against the African nation. Those sanctions have now been eased, but the airline still faces problems, as deputy general manager, Yasir Timo, explained to Alan Dron.
Nouvelair, a Tunisian private company operating charter and scheduled flights, will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2019. Deputy general manager, Chokri Zarrad, shared his ambition for the company with Vincent Chappard.
Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to acquire 25 A350-900 aircraft plus five options, underlining its strong confidence in the global market's dynamism and growth.
Emirates today signed a contract for 20 additional A380 aircraft and 16 options, firming up the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was announced in January.
Emirates and Airbus have firmed up an earlier Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and signed a contract for the 20 additional A380s with a further 16 options to be confirmed at a later date, bringing the total agreement value for 36 aircraft to US$16 billion.
Latin American carriers Avianca Holdings and Copa Airlines have reached an agreement with Chicago-based United Airlines on a proposed joint business agreement (JBA) plan.
Brussels Airlines has begun replacing seven leased aircraft in its Airbus A330-family long-haul fleet with secondhand A330-300s the Lufthansa Group subsidiary decided to acquire last year.
Nav Canada has implemented a new separation standard at Calgary International Airport (YYC) that allows reduced separations of aircraft making required navigation performance (RNP) approaches to parallel runways, becoming the first air navigation service provider (ANSP) to use the standard.
