US Airways (US) chairman and CEO Doug Parker said Thursday that rival American Airlines (AA) is saddled with “a structural weakness that bankruptcy can’t fix,” and again called for Dallas/Fort Worth-based AA to consider a merger with Phoenix-based US.
Singapore Airlines (SQ) is among customers for a batch of orders for new full-flight simulators (FFS) placed with CAE, the Canadian simulation and training company announced Thursday.
Air China (CA) will expand its fleet to about 700 aircraft by taking delivery of approximately 150-200 aircraft annually in the next five years, increasing capacity by around 10%, according to CA chairman Wang Changshun.
Alaska Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with the International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) on a new six-year contract covering the carrier's 587 ramp service and stores agents.
Air Berlin (AB) said it has exceeded the first-quarter target set by its cost-cutting Shape & Size program and has increased its full-year target by €25 million ($31.3 million) to €225 million at the EBIT level.
Air France (AF) has implemented codeshare agreements with West Africa’s Air Burkina (2J) and SN Air Mali (I5), giving those carriers a quota of seats on daily AF flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Bamako (BKO) and Ouagadougou (OUA), respectively.
Air Mauritius (MK) has reported a full-year net loss of €29.2 million ($36.5 million) for FY2011-12, reversed from a profit of €9.9 million in the previous year.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline (EK) is experiencing “enormous” operations problems and has lost nearly $100 million from necessary modifications to repair wing rib cracks on its in-service Airbus A380s.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air (G4), has been granted FAA ETOPS certification and flag carrier status, clearing the way to begin flights to Hawaii this month.
South African Airways (SAA) is dropping its nonstop services between Cape Town (CPT) and London (LHR) from Aug. 15, routing all passenger traffic between the two points through its Johannesburg (JNB) hub.
New York-based JetBlue Airways (B6) and Beijing-based Air China (CA) have announced a interline partnership connecting their networks at New York JFK and Los Angeles (LAX), Calif., and a carrier based in the rapidly expanding Chinese market.
IATA announced Qantas Airways (QF) CEO and managing director Alan Joyce has succeeded KLM president and CEO Peter Hartman as chairman of the board of directors.
UK-based Flybe (BE) has reported a £6.4 million ($9.9 million) post-tax loss for the year ending March 31, compared to a £3.8 million profit for the preceding year, but expressed confidence for the future.
Air France (AF) has signed a codeshare agreement with Air Burkina (2J), the flag carrier of Burkina Faso, covering operations on the Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)-Ouagadougou (OUA) route.
Virgin Australia (DJ) has no concerns about moves by Etihad (EY) to further increase its stake in the carrier to 10%, as reported by Australia’s The Age newspaper.
Jet Airways (9W) is considering new long-haul services starting next summer, and is aiming to join either SkyTeam or Star Alliance, according to 9W founder and chairman Naresh Goyal.
China Eastern Airlines’ (MU) subsidiary China Cargo Airlines (CK) is expected to become the second Chinese carrier to join the SkyTeam Cargo alliance as it aims to improve its global competitiveness.
SriLankan Airlines (UL) has been elected as a oneworld member, the alliance announced just prior to the opening of IATA's 2012 World Air Transport Summit in Beijing.
Australia’s Alligator Airways remains suspended and grounded by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) as it continues to investigate “a range” of safety issues.
Lufthansa (LH) Group is implementing several measures to improve the group’s efficiency, including streamlining its fleet and better integrating its business units . Speaking to ATW June 1 during the inaugural Boeing 747-8I Frankfurt-Washington Dulles flight, LH chairman and CEO Christoph Franz said LH wants to “retain our position as the aviation powerhouse of Europe.” One measure includes better integration of its business units, he said. LH will also streamline its fleet, which Franz said has been too complex in the past.
