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.
UK-based regional carrier Flybe slumped to a markedly worse deficit for the fiscal year to 31 March, announcing a post-tax loss of £41.8 million ($64.2 million) compared to a loss of £6.4 million for the preceding year.
Swiss International Air Lines, which introduced cost structure adjustments last year, has introduced further measures to secure sustainable profitability.
TAP Portugal is eyeing “up to six additional Airbus A330-200s and several A320s for short- and medium-haul routes” as it aims to increase its presence in Africa.
The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission (EC) have both given antitrust clearance to the planned Delta Air Lines-Virgin Atlantic Airways transatlantic joint venture.
