Rick Larsen (D-Washington), the new chairman of the of the US House Transportation Committee’s subcommittee on Aviation, said he is “highly skeptical” of Qatar Airways’ financial support of Air Italy, a Milan-based carrier that is preparing to launch new routes to the US.
Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith has asked the French Senate for improvements at Paris Charles De Gaulle and Orly airports, hoping the ongoing privatization process will be an opportunity.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines will close six regional crew bases as the carrier replaces 18 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s with Airbus A320s, the latest move in a new strategy to improve performance.
We speak to Mohamed Sallauddin Mat Sah, general manager of Airline Marketing team at Malaysia Airports, the Overall Winner of the Routes Asia 2018 Marketing Awards, to gain an insight into how they work, and what winning the award meant to them.
This week: Allegiant Air to open base at Grand Rapids; KLM and Atlantic Airways to codeshare; record year for Budapest; and VINCI to invest in Lisbon airports.
In the second part of our interview with Vincent Hodder, the chief executive of LEVEL, he discusses the low-cost carrier’s existing network and route development strategy
Following the drone sightings that shut down London Gatwick Airport in December, manufacturers of equipment to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) say the technology is available and expressed frustration that airports and authorities are not being more proactive in meeting the threat.
Dubai-based airlines Emirates and flydubai are expecting to build their combined networks to 240 destinations by 2022, up from 216, further building the strategic partnership they started in October 2017.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is conducting further trials of an autonomous, “driverless” bus at Tokyo Haneda Airport, and could introduce the system operationally by next year.
A federal judge on Jan. 15 declined to issue a temporary restraining order sought by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) to compel the US government to pay controllers who are required to work during the current funding shutdown.
Airlines and airports are warning of looming capacity freezes across Europe, after UK prime minister Theresa May's terms with the European Union (EU) for exiting the trade bloc was overwhelmingly rejected by the UK parliament.
Low-cost carriers continue to dominate the list of fastest-growing major airlines in the world, exclusive research by Routesonline has found, with eight of the top ten positions taken up by budget operators. A Thai airline took the crown as the carrier which expanded at the quickest rate in 2018.
LOT Polish Airlines plans to begin 5X-weekly Warsaw-New Delhi services from Sept. 17 using a Boeing 787 in a three-class configuration, its first route to India.
Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) military jets intercepted an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777F over Sumatra, Indonesia, forcing it to land at Batam’s Hang Nadim International Airport on Jan. 15.
