Dubai International Airport is expected to exceed its traffic forecast of 64.5 million passengers for 2013 if December’s figures follow the trend set during the previous 11 months of the year.
LAM Mozambique is pressing for further information after preliminary investigations revealed its Embraer E-190 crash on Nov. 29 could have been deliberately caused by the aircraft’s captain.
Tata-Singapore Airlines, the new full service airline venture being planned in India, has applied to the ministry of civil aviation for a no-objection certificate (NOC), a preliminary approval needed to clear the way to start operations.
Singapore Airlines has acquired a further 7.3% interest in Tiger Airways Holdings, parent company of budget carrier Tigerair, increasing its stake from 32.7% to 40%.
A cautious sense of optimism for improved global airline financial performance is also giving cause for hope that the industry could be entering an era of sustained profitability if airlines are able to continue new revenue-generating practices.
United Airlines has publicly expressed disappointment with its 2013 financial performance and late last year promised a new round of cost cuts—yet from a global perspective, the Chicago-based carrier is doing relatively well.
In a relatively short span of time, Latin America has gone from an afterthought in global aviation to a fast-growing market that is one of the world’s air transport hot spots.
Chinese startup Zhejiang Loong Airlines has launched passenger operations and placed an order for 11 Airbus A320ceos and nine A320neos, firming up a commitment announced in September at the Beijing Air Show.
United Parcel Service (UPS) has conceded it did not have enough air capacity to deliver all of the express packages in its system designated for Christmas Eve arrival, forcing the company to apologize to customers and scramble to deliver late packages.
