Hainan Airlines subsidiary Hong Kong Express Airways has completed its strategic rebranding as a low-cost carrier (LCC) as it aims to explore Hong Kong’s low-cost market potential.
Russia’s Red Wings Airlines, which had its air operator’s certificate (AOC) suspended in February, has relaunched flights after Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, renewed its AOC.
Lessor Boeing Capital Corp. has announced additional deployments of Boeing 717s to Australian regional carrier QantasLink and to European startup Volotea.
The US District of Columbia Appeals Court has reversed a July 2012 decision by the DC District Court to uphold the Export-Import Bank’s 2011 issuance of $3.4 billion in loan guarantees to Air India for its purchase of 30 Boeing widebodies, including 28 787 Dreamliners.
Finnair has finalized a deal to lease three Embraer E-170s to Aeromexico Connect as it seeks to optimize capacity under its €140 million ($184 million) cost-savings program.
American Airlines has distributed Apple iPads equipped as electronic flight bags (EFB) for use by all of its pilots on all of its mainline aircraft types.
The US Dept. of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that US airlines collectively employed 380,748 workers in April, down 2.4% from April 2012.
London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle will be among Qatar Airways’ Airbus A380 launch routes, according to comments made by CEO Akbar Al Baker at the Paris Air Show.
Continuing the 2012 year-end trend of meager growth, overall global passenger traffic for April at the world’s airports grew only 1.8% during April 2012. Total freight traffic worldwide increased just 1% year over year.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. has reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters chapter that represents over 2,000 flight attendants working for Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America.
This chart represents change from the previous year in Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group It covers the most recent 13 months, displaying percent changes compared to the same month of the previous year Source: US Dept. of Transportation Footnotes: * Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Brazilian regional airline Passaredo Linhas Aereas wants to lease a further five ATR 72-500s as it seeks to grow its fleet to around 30 aircraft within the next three years.
