House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) is reviewing another letter from Delta Air Lines calling for reforming the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im).
Turkish Airlines should carry 120 million passengers and operate more than 450 aircraft by 2023, CEO Temel Kotil told ATW in Istanbul in an exclusive interview on the carrier’s future fleet developments.
Lufthansa is in talks with Turkish Airlines about operating its joint venture SunExpress as a low-cost carrier (LCC) on long-haul routes, chairman Carsten Spohr told journalists recently, but so far have not reached an agreement.
Baltic flag carrier Estonian Air reported a first-half net loss of €5 million ($6.65 million), narrowed from a net loss of €6.1 million reported for the same period last year.
Budget carrier Norwegian has opened a new long-haul base at London Gatwick Airport, supporting its Boeing 787 routes to Los Angeles, New York and Fort Lauderdale.
Airlines for America (A4A) said that, although extreme weather in the first quarter of this year almost derailed financial results, the airline industry overall reported a profit in the first half of 2014.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said the bank should get out of the business of widebody aircraft financing, taking a different stance from others that are calling for the reform of the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im).
China’s Tibet Airlines is expected to launch Himalaya Airlines in conjunction with Nepal’s Himalaya Aviation Investment Co. and Nepal’s Yeti Air International.
Bombardier has replaced its head of marketing for commercial aircraft, including the slow-selling and still-grounded CSeries airliner, as it continues a corporate restructuring and downsizing.
Ryanair has hired John Hurley as chief technology officer as the Irish budget carrier continues with its senior management revamp and push to step up its digital game.
The latest round of route announcements by Japan’s major airlines includes the notable return of a domestic trunk service that was previously squeezed out by competition from high-speed rail.
Malaysia-based AirAsia X reported a second-quarter net loss of MYR128.9 million ($40.9 million), widened from the MYR32.3 million net loss reported for the year-ago period.
Finnair CEO Pekka Vauramo has shrugged off concerns raised by Flybe about the two airlines’ loss-making joint venture (JV), saying it is “business as usual” at Flybe Finland.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air will add five new routes this fall to Florida, continuing its strategy of connecting smaller US cities with popular vacation destinations.
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has posted a $163 million net profit for the first six months of 2014 and is on track to hit a full-year delivery record.
Total combined international premium and economy passenger traffic grew 3.7% in the first half, identical to 2013’s first-half growth rate, according to IATA’s June Premium Traffic Monitor.
Norwegian Air International (NAI), the long-haul arm of low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle, claimed European Commission support Tuesday in its efforts to gain US approval to fly between Europe and the US.
While Singapore-based low-cost carrier Scoot will use Boeing 787 deliveries to grow its fleet next year, the initial deliveries will be focused more on fleet replacement than expansion, CEO Campbell Wilson said.
Independent aviation safety body Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is backing the use of deployable flight data recorders (FDRs), or triggered flight data transmission, as the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues.
