Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier Allegiant Air announced today it will immediately pull nearly half its fleet out of service to re-inspect the emergency slides on its MD-80 aircraft.
The US Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways is based on faulty reasoning, the head of IATA told the Wings Club in New York Thursday.
Transaero Airlines has reported a first-half net profit of RUB464.03 million ($14.69 million), up 69% compared to the year-ago period. First-half revenue rose 18% to RUB45.51 billion.
Following the agreement between Ryanair and Manchester Airport Group (MAG) to grow passenger traffic through Stansted Airport, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said it will defer making final proposals on future regulation for Stansted from Oct. 3, 2013 to April 1, 2014.
Source: ATW Research Passenger, RPK and FTK figures are Year-to-Date, except where noted * International only 1. January – July 2. January – June 3. Includes Regional operations 4. Combined American Eagle, Executive Airlines and American Connection 5. Combined traffic for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines 6. YTD from 4/26/13 7. Subsidiary of IAG 8. Combined British Airways, Iberia and Vueling
Lufthansa has announced a highly anticipated order for 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s, plus 30 options, to renew its future long-haul fleet.
Chinese carriers earned a collective net profit of CNY6.4 billion ($1.04 billion) in August, up 8% compared to a net income of CNY5.93 billion in the year-ago period.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will re-launch services to Europe in November, after a 15-year break when all Philippine carriers were included on the European Commission’s so-called blacklist banning operations in European airspace.
Volaris Aviation Holding, parent of Mexican Low-cost carrier Volaris, has launched a simultaneous $346 million initial public offering (IPO) Sept. 18 at the New York Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange.
French leisure airline Transavia France has signed a contract with Toulouse-based software solutions specialist Open Airlines in a bid to reduce fuel burn.
In July, US airlines reported 13 domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours and three international flights with a tarmac delay exceeding four hours, according to the recent US Department of Transportation (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report.
Lufthansa Group’s Supervisory Board has approved the purchase of 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s with a total value of $18.7 billion at list prices.
