European budget carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air have become the latest airlines to relax restrictions on the use of personal electronic devices (PED) on takeoff and landing.
Chinese carriers are expected to transport 1.5 billion by 2030 due to the rapid growth of China’s domestic low-cost airline (LCC) industry, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Russian investigators have not been able to identify why a Kazakhstan-based SCAT Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashed on approach to Almaty Airport in January 2013, killing all 16 passengers and five crew members.
Ethiopian Airlines is poised to order 20 narrowbodies within six months, which could see it upgrade to Boeing 737 MAXs or switch from its all-737 narrowbody fleet to a dual fleet with the introduction of Airbus A320neos.
Icelandair posted a net profit of $56.4 million for 2013, up from $44.3 million for the previous year and “considerably better” than projected at the start of the year, president and CEO Björgólfur Jóhannsson said.
Flight attendants and pilots from the US and Norway are joining forces in a bid to ensure that Norwegian Air International (NAI), the Irish-based long-haul subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, does not “bypass international labor laws” when it comes to recruiting crew.
Global passenger traffic grew 5.2% year-over-year in 2013, effectively aligning with the average annual growth rate of the past 30 years, IATA announced in its Air Passenger Market Analysis report.
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) announced a purchase-and-leaseback transaction of four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Malaysian Airlines System (MAS).
Singapore Airlines parent SIA Group reported a net profit of SGD50 million ($39 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2013, down 65% from SGD142.5 million during the same period the previous year.
Switzerland-based regional SkyWork Airlines will postpone plans to transfer flight operations to German partner MHS Aviation’s air operator’s certificate (AOC) from Feb.1 until Oct. 31.
With an overall 1.4% increase in market demand year-over-year, global air cargo exhibited a measured but steady improvement in 2013, according to IATA’s year-end air freight market analysis.
The European Commission (EC) has launched in-depth investigations into the financial rescue deals for Cyprus Airways and Estonian Air, to verify whether cash infusions breach European Union (EU) state aid rules.
American Airlines and US Airways, which closed their mega-merger in December and began the first phase of codesharing in January, have expanded codesharing to include nearly 6,500 daily flights to more than 275 destinations for travel starting on Feb. 6.
