Four years after its first flight to Hawaii, Allegiant Air will end its costly experiment, saying it will pull out of Honolulu in August 2016 and retire all of its Boeing 757s by 2017.
Southeast Asian regional carriers are increasingly choosing to implement inflight tracking systems following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 in March 2014.
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Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told ATW the carrier plans to order additional Airbus A350 XWBs, taking its total of the type from 14 to 25.
Mexican low-cost carrier (LCC) Volaris has rolled out new tablet-based technology for pilots, and is studying how it could provide new entertainment options for passengers’ mobile devices, airline executives said at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum.
EasyJet has secured purchase rights for a further 30 Airbus A320neos and is seriously evaluating A321s, which would mark its first order for the larger twinjet.
Panama flag carrier Copa Airlines plans to stick to its model of connecting the Americas and will not expand its fleet to include widebody aircraft capable of serving Europe, CEO Pedro Heilbron said at the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Latin America Forum.
The Russian government has formally stated that an explosive device was responsible for the downing of a Metrojet Airbus A321 over the Sinai on Oct. 31 with the loss of 224 lives.
EasyJet has placed a follow-on order for six CFM-powered A320ceos and 30 A320neos, cementing its position as the world’s fourth largest A320 family operator.
A United Nations (UN) agency has designated the 1087.7-1092.3 MHz frequency band for worldwide Earth-to-space aircraft tracking, following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
KLM took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 on Nov. 14, an aircraft leased from Aercap which will initially be operated on its Amsterdam-Abu Dhabi-Bahrain service.
Taiwan-based EVA Air has taken delivery of its first re-branded Boeing 777-300ER at the US manufacturer’s delivery center in Everett, Washington Nov. 10-11.
Embraer is assembling the first of its next-generation E2 regional jets and the program remains on track, according to Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO Paulo Cesar Silva.
