Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil told ATW in Istanbul that the city’s second airport, Sabiha Gökçen, will become the company’s secondary hub as the airline continues to grow.
US airlines reported two domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours in September and one international flight reported experiencing a tarmac delay exceeding four hours.
A preliminary analysis of the Nov. 17 Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 crash in Kazan has determined there was no indication of technical failure in the systems and engines.
Air Canada has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Canadian cargo airline Cargojet “to explore strategic opportunities” both within Canada and internationally.
Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu of Nigeria has been elected as the fifth president of the ICAO Council to replace Roberto Kobeh González at the beginning of next year.
Premium air travel growth slowed in September, with overall international premium traffic increasing 3.3% year-over-year, but weakening compared to August’s 8.6% surge, according to IATA’s September Premium Traffic Monitor.
Bombardier Aerospace today at the Dubai Air Show launched an extra capacity seating configuration option for the Q400 NextGen that adds up to 14 more seats to accommodate up to 86 passengers.
Ethiopian Airlines will expand its Bombardier Q400 fleet from 13 to at least 26 aircraft by 2025, but could go further depending on the needs of its sister airlines.
The merger of Chile’s LAN Airlines and Brazil’s TAM, completed in June 2012 under the umbrella of LATAM Airlines Group, has been bumpy at times with resistance from some employees—including from within management ranks.
UK budget carrier easyJet has reported a record pre-tax profit of £478 million ($770.3 million) for the year ended Sept. 30, up 51% from £317 million in the previous year.
Russia’s Red Wings Airlines, which relaunched flights in June, has moved from Moscow Vnukovo to Domodedovo Airport and reopened scheduled flights to the Russian cities of Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Mineralnye Vody, Makhachkala and Krasnodar.
