Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller has warned that European carriers would be forced to cease their Asian services within 24 months if Gulf carriers are able to secure more liberal traffic rights.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is “very disappointed” about last month’s announcement by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) that it had been awarded only five of 16 additional slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport.
SkyWest Inc., the parent of St. George, Utah-based SkyWest Airlines and Atlanta-based ExpressJet Airlines, has reported a third-quarter net profit of $26.4 million, up 26.1% from the year-ago quarter’s net income of $20.9 million.
Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines is planning to launch a Guangzhou-based low-cost carrier (LCC)—initially to be named Jiuyuan Airlines—to tap into the labor market in the Pearl River region.
Flybe non-executive chairman Jim French has stepped down effective immediately, completing a total management overhaul at Europe’s largest regional airline.
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh expressed strong criticism of a plan to rescue Alitalia, saying the Italian carrier’s continued existence—with help from the Italian government—is “distorting” the European airline market.
Irish carrier Aer Lingus has reported a third-quarter operating profit of €94.9 million ($128.1 million), up 4.4% from €90.9 million in the year-ago period.
The Air India Boeing 787, which developed windshield cracks while landing at Melbourne on Monday, will to return Delhi Tuesday night after being repaired, airline officials said.
Lufthansa, which is transferring flights to its subsidiary Germanwings as a part of its restructuring program SCORE, has announced Germanwings will launch new routes from Hamburg in summer 2014.
This chart represents the most recent 13 months, displayed as percent changes from the previous year, for Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group. Source: US Dept. of Transportation Footnotes: * Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee. ** Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers. Other carriers generally operate within specific niche markets, i.e. Hawaiian Airlines and Sun Country Airlines.
Etihad Airways has temporarily suspended its 3X-weekly passenger flights and twice-weekly cargo flights to the Libyan capital Tripoli, effective immediately, due to what the airline described as unspecified “safety and operational challenges which the airline has observed in recent months at Tripoli Airport.”
Alitalia reported a net profit of €7 million ($9.4 million) for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down 74% from €27 million during the year-ago period.
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair reported a first-half profit after tax of €602 million ($812 million), up 1% from the €596 million profit reported for the same period last year.
Hainan Airlines reported a third-quarter net profit of CNY1.54 billion ($251 million), up 28% compared to a net income of CNY1.2 billion in the year-ago quarter.
