Iran Air expects to take delivery of 11 new aircraft in 2018, but is up against a tight time window because of renewed U.S. sanctions against Iran that are expected to come into force in early August.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce outlined additional route possibilities for ultra-long-haul flights following the successful launch of the Australian airline’s new Perth-London Heathrow nonstop service.
Japan Airlines (JAL) intends to experiment with different business models with the new hybrid subsidiary carrier it is planning to launch, said JAL director Masaru Onishi.
The Star Alliance continues to focus on developing a digital services platform (DSP) to give passengers integrated access to member airlines’ various digital applications, but it is unclear when this process will be completed.
French hotel chain AccorHotels confirmed an interest in buying a minority stake in Air France-KLM in what could evolve into a major transformation of the struggling European legacy airline group.
Although rapidly rising oil prices are causing short-term pain for many airlines, yields will inevitably improve to compensate, said the head of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.
The redeveloping market for ultra-long-haul flights is “a good opportunity for our customers,” Boeing Commercial Aircraft VP-marketing Randy Tinseth said.
Airbus expects to have produced around 100 A320neo family aircraft by the end of June that will not be able to be delivered because they are awaiting engines.
A series of maintenance situations with Sukhoi Superjets operated by an ACMI supplier to Brussels Airlines produced a rash of cancellations in the latter half of May, but the operator of the grounded aircraft has denied media reports they were caused by a shortage of spare parts.
Global airline passenger traffic growth remained strong in April, with traffic demand up 6.2% year-over-year (YOY) as capacity rose 5.9%, leading to an 82.3% passenger load factor—the third record-setting monthly load factor in a row, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market analysis released May 31.
Air New Zealand and Qantas have revealed plans to begin codesharing in each other’s domestic markets, following Air New Zealand’s impending split with Virgin Australia.
FAA will no longer use RTCA as an official federal advisory committee, changing a relationship with the influential standards entity that dates to 1976.
El Al posted a net loss of $44 million for the first quarter, widened from a net loss of $33 million in the 2017 March quarter, and cited rising jet fuel prices as a reason for the increased deficit.
Global air cargo demand grew 4.1% year-over-year (YOY) in April, recovering from a 23-month low in March but showing increasing signs that trade growth worldwide may be weakening as protectionist measures accelerate worldwide, according to IATA’s Air Freight Market analysis released May 30.
