Finavia has become the first airport operator in Northern Europe to adopt collaborative decision making (CDM) in a bid to reduce delays, optimize resources and boost cost-efficiency at Helsinki Airport (HEL). Airport CDM (A-CDM) improves the exchange of information between key partners at an airport, facilitating better decision making, based on more accurate and timely information. It can improve operational efficiency by cutting delays, improving predictability and optimizing the use of resources.
Russia’s Aeroflot (SU) is ready to decline its monopoly on 34 international destinations, SU CEO Vitaly Saveliev said during a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Pinnacle Airlines flight attendants have ratified the tentative agreement reached last month on concessions to emerge from Chapter 11 proceedings with a competitive cost structure.
UK low-cost carrier easyJet (U2) anticipates flying a substantial proportion of business passengers on its new London Gatwick (LGW)-Moscow Domodedovo (DME) service.
Russian airlines carried 57 million passengers during the first nine months of the year, up 15.2% over the year-ago period, Russian Federal Air Transport Agency/Rosaviatsia said in a statement.
Fastjet, the African low-cost carrier backed by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has unveiled its new brand and will begin selling tickets next week.
Russia’s UTair Aviation (UT) and VEB-Leasing have signed a financing deal for the delivery of 20 Airbus A321s the carrier ordered at the Farnborough Airshow.
Horizon Air (QX) and its pilots, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), have reached a tentative agreement to extend their current contract for six years.
Russia’s Aeroflot (SU) will create a low-cost carrier if state authorities make changes in the air code allowing carriers to sell nonrefundable tickets, SU CEO Vitaly Saveliev said.
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan are reportedly discussing a possible partnership between Lufthansa (LH) and Turkish Airlines (THY).
Ryanair (FR) has reported a first-half profit of €596 million ($762 million), up 10% compared to the year-ago period, on revenues of €3.1 billion, up 15% year-over-year.
Iberia Maintenance has signed a five-year contract with GMF AeroAsia to exclusively service and maintain components for Garuda Indonesia’s new fleet of Bombardier CRJ1000 regional jets.
Latvian flag-carrier AirBaltic (BT) has posted a third-quarter net profit of LVL4.8 million ($8.9 million) in the third quarter and anticipates ending the year with figures that will outstrip its estimates.
Republic Airways Holdings (RAH), parent of Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America posted a third-quarter net income of $25.8 million, a $16.8 million increase over the prior year quarter.
Mexico’s domestic air traffic grew 9.1% in September year-over-year, while international traffic increased 6.6%, according to the Director General of Civil Aviation.
Flydubai has acquired a $117.5 million loan guarantee from the Export-Import Bank supporting exports of Boeing 737-800s. Lufthansa (LH) will begin testing hourly schedule intervals from Frankfurt to Hamburg, Berlin Tegel and Munich in the upcoming winter schedule. LH wants to deliver a more sustainable, easy-to-remember schedule for business travelers.
Air New Zealand (ANZ) has taken delivery of its first of seven ATR 72-600 aircraft, part of a deal that included five options, worth more than $270 million.
