Southwest Airlines said it has connected the Southwest and AirTran Airways networks, enabling a single transaction for coordinated itineraries for flights from April 14.
Boeing’s redesign of the 787 lithium ion battery system is intended to tackle more than just the still-undetermined root cause of two failures that ground the infant fleet.
Turkish Airlines has signed a contract for up to 117 A320 family aircraft, including 25 A321ceos, four A320neo, 53 A321neos and options for 35 additional A321neos.
CORRECTON: A March 14 ATW Daily News story, “China Airlines to launch LCC in Taiwan,” incorrectly stated that Taipei-based China Airlines plans to launch a low-cost carrier in Taiwan in conjunction with TransAsia Airways.
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Fast-growing Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines is seeking new ways to expand into Russia and Central Asia as it tries to combat restrictive regulatory regimes in the region.
Although hurt by the deterioration in cargo markets, Asia Pacific airlines are expected to see net profits grow by $200 million to $3.2 billion in 2013, according to IATA.
Ask any European airline CEO about their top challenge for 2013 and their answer is unanimous: making money. All are facing a constant struggle to maximize revenues and control costs in the face of spiraling fuel prices, but on top of these global issues Europe has found itself in the eye of the economic storm.
A rash of mostly positive third-quarter results across US and Canadian carriers helped underscore the general feeling that North American airlines are climbing out of the abyss of red and into a more stable era of sustained profitability.
The airline business remains a roller-coaster ride unsuited for the faint of heart. First the good news: global airline financial performance improved in the second and third quarters of 2012 following a sharp deterioration in the first quarter.
Despite a dismal start, a painful set of first-quarter financials, high fuel prices and a slowing world economy, the world’s airlines managed to end 2012 on a relative uptick.
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