The pilot at the controls of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 when it crashed in July at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has admitted to investigators he was “very concerned” about his ability to perform a visual approach landing on SFO’s runway 28L.
Executives from Emirates and Qantas will meet this month to review their partnership and evaluate whether to extend it to include low-cost carrier Jetstar Airways.
British Airways (BA) plans to deploy its Airbus A380s on its London Heathrow-Washington service from next year, while its Boeing 787s will be rolled out on Calgary, Chengdu, Hyderabad and Philadelphia routes.
LOT Polish Airlines is expecting to report a loss of PLN20 million ($6.6 million) at the end of 2013, showing a marked improvement over the results assumed in the carrier’s restructuring plan, which forecast a loss of PLN142 million for the full year.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, which is rapidly scaling up Indian connections, could begin to eat into traffic at India’s popular Middle Eastern hub at Dubai.
US-based Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is taking a 25% stake in Gothenburg-based West Atlantic Group, paving the way for a strategic partnership between the two freight specialists.
IATA is predicting airlines will carry 3.91 billion passengers by 2017, a 31.2% increase over the 2.98 billion passengers carried in 2012, according to IATA’s Airline Industry Forecast for 2013-2017.
India’s minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh said Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet will receive a software update, which will ground each aircraft for 10 days.
Airberlin, which is undergoing a Turbine restructuring program, continues to focus on saving €400 million ($542.8 million) and eliminating about 900 jobs by the end of 2014.
Flights into Stansted Airport in the UK were disrupted Tuesday morning after a Gulfstream G550 struck and damaged the airport’s instrument landing system (ILS) while landing in low visibility.
Low-fare Qantas subsidiary Jetstar will establish a new cabin crew and pilot base in Adelaide next year to help it increase its presence in South Australia.
The Association of Support Service Industries (PALTA) and the Finnish Air Line Pilots’ Association (SLL) have reached a new collective labor agreement for Finnair pilots.
Cathay Pacific Airways will move its freighter operations from Dubai International to Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) from Feb. 1, 2014.
American Airlines parent AMR Corp. has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and completed its merger with US Airways; the companies officially formed the new American Airlines Group Inc. on Monday morning.
Czech leisure carrier Travel Service will acquire 34% of CSA Czech Airlines from Korean Air, prompting the departure of Czech Airlines chairman and president Philippe Moreels.
Emirates Airline—which placed a huge order for Boeing 777X and Airbus A380 aircraft at the Dubai Air Show—wants to be ready for a “quantum leap” in air travel over the next 15 years.
