Allegiant Air’s ambitious plan to fast-track the retirement of its MD-80 fleet remains on track, and the associated efficiency gains along with expanded use of revenue management tools has executives bullish on the company’s revenue-generation potential.
Southwest Airlines has exercised 40 Boeing 737-8 options, bringing its total 737 MAX firm orders to 280 aircraft, and plans to retire 40 737-700s as it takes delivery of the additional 737-8s from 2019-2022.
Southwest Airlines executives said they do not believe it is yet appropriate to resume television advertising in the aftermath of the April 17 Boeing 737-700 engine failure that resulted in a passenger fatality, conceding this may slow the carrier’s business recovery from a noticeable softening in bookings following the incident.
A new report highlights surging profits for Australia’s major airports, spurring debate between airline and airport groups about whether greater price regulation is needed.
Air New Zealand has agreed to lease an Airbus A340 from Portugal-based Hi Fly to help cover for Boeing 787-9s affected by issues with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
American Airlines reported a 45.2% year-over-year (YOY) drop in first-quarter net income from $340 million to $186 million as soaring fuel costs overwhelmed an otherwise positive business environment for the Dallas/Fort Worth-based carrier.
Fort Lauderdale-based regional carrier Silver Airways finalized its purchase of San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Seaborne Airlines April 23, creating a combined fleet of 31 aircraft serving the Bahamas, the Caribbean and Florida.
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) is configuring the cabins of its Airbus A380s with four classes and some all-new features that include a changing room, bar counters in all cabins and couch options in economy.
Oneworld carrier Finnair’s double-digit growth strategy has resulted in a €1.6 million ($1.95 million) first-quarter net profit, reversing an €8 million prior-year loss.
Laminar flow is still possible at speeds of Mach 0.78, initial results of the flight test campaign of the Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator (BLADE) show.
United Technologies (UTC) executives cited a combination of strong demand and good fortune for a surge in aftermarket sales at units Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) last quarter, and are cautiously optimistic for more of the same near term.
Air Belgium said it would delay its first flight to Hong Kong to June 3 from April 30 because it has not yet received permission to fly through Russian airspace.
Hawaiian Airlines parent Hawaiian Holdings reported a $28.5 million net profit for the first quarter of 2018, down 15.2% from $33.6 million in the 2017 first quarter, reflecting the impact of expenses and “challenges” related to the delivery delay of the airline’s forthcoming Airbus A321neos.
JetBlue’s commercial tie-up with boutique scheduled charter operator JetSuiteX is both a long-term play for the mainline carrier and an indicator of how under-served communities could regain air-service network connectivity without relying directly on traditional airlines.
Production of Bombardier’s C Series airliner finally is picking up pace as the manufacturer overcomes interior completion delays that followed earlier issues with the availability of Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engines and problems with some suppliers.
Cabin equipment manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace is slowly pulling out of the production problems that have marred its relationships with airframers, according to the company’s first-half results for its 2017-2018 fiscal year.
New York-based JetBlue Airways reported $88 million in net income for the 2018 first quarter, reflecting a 6.1% year-over-year (YOY) rise in RASM despite a 1% drop in capacity because of a sequence of winter storms striking the U.S. northeast during the quarter.
There is already stress in the second and third tier of the commercial aerospace supply chain because of worker shortages and leading airframers would be wise to keep their production increases modest, the CEO of a top supplier warned.
Air Traffic and Navigation Service (ATNS) SOC Senior Air Traffic Controller, Peter Van Rooyen, has been elected Executive Vice-President of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA).
Air Canada sees a need for an aircraft the size of Boeing’s proposed new midmarket aircraft (NMA) to provide extended-range services between smaller markets.
Lufthansa Group LCC subsidiary Eurowings will end its cooperation agreement with Austrian startup LaudaMotion by the end of May, LaudaMotion confirmed.
The commercial aftermarket is surging, but rising demand in capacity-limited areas, notably engine overhauls, is threatening to create a bottleneck that could leave the market struggling to manage its success.
Car designer Frank Stephenson, who has worked for BMW and Fiat, as well as Maserati and McLaren, has joined German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Lilium as head of product design.
