India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided to collect information from airlines on the number of seats sold at various price levels and make the information public.
Ukraine International Airlines, which is moving forward with its fleet renewal and expansion program, has taken delivery of three new leased 140-seat Embraer E-190s.
IATA reports May global passenger traffic expanded “at a healthy rate,” with overall demand rising 5.6% compared to May 2012 and capacity climbing 5.2% year-over-year.
UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigators say there is no direct evidence that a fire onboard a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 was caused by the aircraft’s batteries
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed it will take a 49% stake in newly created Malawian Airlines, after inking a shareholder agreement for the new carrier in Lilongwe July 11.
San Francisco General Hospital reported Friday that a child passenger from Asiana Airlines Flight 214 has died, bringing the death toll from the July 6 crash-landing to three. “The patient was a girl who had been in critical condition and died as the result of her injuries,” the hospital said in a statement. “Her parents have asked that we reveal no further information at this time.”
Stamford, Conn., based commercial aircraft lessor Aircastle has completed the sale of approximately 12.3 million common shares to Japanese trading and investment company Marubeni Corp.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has so far found no evidence of any systems failures on the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that crashed on landing July 6 at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
US Airways’ shareholders have overwhelmingly voted to approve the company’s merger with American Airlines, another step toward completing a merger deal the carriers hope to finalize in the current quarter.
Chile-based LAN Airlines has resumed daily operations of its Boeing 787 fleet, nearly two months after it completed a test flight of the aircraft after installing battery modifications.
Philippine Airlines is planning to relaunch European services after a 15-year break now that it has been removed from the European Union (EU) blacklist.
US airlines reported a 79.4% on-time arrival rate in May, down from May 2012’s 83.4% on-time rate but improving on April 2013’s 77.3% posted rate, according to the US Dept. of Transportation (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report.
The pilot at the controls of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 has reported seeing a blinding flash of light during the Boeing 777-200ER’s descent into San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Etihad Airways has placed a $200 million order with Canada’s CAE for seven full flight simulators for its Abu Dhabi Training Facility to support its rapidly expanding fleet.
