Dublin-based Aer Lingus has “reluctantly” agreed in principle to proposals solving a long-running pension dispute that will cost it a further €50 million ($68 million).
Hainan Airlines is expected to inject CNY980 million ($159.2 million) into subsidiary Tianjin Airlines in an effort to increase Tianjin’s competitiveness.
Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon Air’s aircraft technicians and fleet service agents have ratified a new six-year contract, which includes bonus, annual wage increases and contract language enhancements.
Air Astana CEO Peter Foster is in talks to defer the carrier’s Boeing 787 order, but is planning to commit to Embraer E2s at the Farnborough Airshow ahead of finalizing a lease for around 11 Airbus A321neos this fall.
Air Astana CEO Peter Foster claims Boeing’s plans to launch a revamped 757 in the mid-2020s are advancing and has said he is “hugely interested” in the project.
The new search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that vanished in March has been announced and Australian officials have said the aircraft was “highly likely” to have been on autopilot before it crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
European carriers are in danger of missing out on future growth possibilities if they don’t change from their old, established structures, Swiss International Air Lines CEO Harry Hohmeister told ATW.
Steady year-over-year employment increases at US scheduled passenger airlines continued into their fifth month, according to figures from the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Boeing has rejected the US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) conclusion that the 777-200ER’s automated systems contributed to the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 accident.
After months of negotiations, Etihad Airways and Alitalia announced Wednesday they have agreed to a deal that will see the fast-expanding Abu Dhabi-based carrier take a 49% stake in the struggling Italian flag carrier.
African low-cost carrier Fastjet has struck a deal to sell its stake in loss-making Fly540 Kenya for a nominal fee and is considering replacing it with a new venture, Fastjet Kenya.
Gunmen on Tuesday night fired on a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A310 as it landed at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, killing a passenger and injuring at least two others.
Russia’s UTair Aviation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Kaluga regional government and Interior Ministry to renovate Yermolino Airport for low-cost operations.
