Lufthansa will streamline operations by simplifying its hub structure in Munich from eight to six banks per day, according to outgoing Lufthansa chairman and CEO Christoph Franz.
The thick haze from uncontrolled forest fires, which disrupted flights last week at airports on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, resurfaced Friday resulting in more airport closures.
China Eastern Airlines plans to accelerate its expansion pace by taking advantage of Beijing’s new Shanghai free trade zone and the opening of Shanghai Disney in 2015, according to the carrier’s president Ma Xulun. “On the international front, our focus will be North American market, which has strong business travel demands,” Ma said.
The European branch of the Airports Council International (ACI Europe) has called for an end to the bickering between airports and airlines about airport charges, and proposed a more innovative approach to airport regulation.
Australia’s air navigation services provider, Airservices, has renewed long-term partnerships with the Republic of Nauru and the Solomon Islands to provide air traffic management in the Pacific.
France’s Direction des Services de la Navigation Aérienne (DSNA) and German air navigation services provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung have jointly developed the safety net system—Cooperative Safety Nets (CoSNET)—to enhance the safety of operations in their area control centers and major approach control units.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted to support, strengthen and push forward the European Commission’s Single European Sky 2+ (SES2+) initiative aimed at accelerating implementation of the Single European Sky.
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier flynas will launch its first mid-haul services from Jeddah this spring, using three leased Airbus A330s to serve a range of destinations in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Four of Europe’s air navigation service providers (ANSPs) have joined forces to determine the feasibility of offering a data processing service based on their Coflight next generation flight data processing system (FDPS).
Qatar Airways will significantly expand its capacity across Europe in the New Year, with additional frequencies added to European cities from February.
The Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) has published a report giving a status update on a range of commitments it made to air transport industry partners following the inaugural World ATM Congress in March last year.
Saab has won a contract from Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (AEROTHAI) to deploy an upgraded and expanded Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system across Thailand.
UK air navigation services provider NATS has teamed up with Siemens Postal, Parcel and Airport Logistics, McLaren Applied Technologies, and AVTECH Sweden to win a capacity management contract from Heathrow Airport Ltd. (HAL).
Aeromexico will enhance its cooperation with Canada’s WestJet to add connectivity to more destinations in Mexico and Canada with more competitive fares.
