Avianca Brazil—the brand and trading name for Oceanair Linhas Aéreas—is expecting to grow 30% in the domestic market this year, as part of a BRL$2.9 billion expansion plan through 2016.
US Airways chairman and CEO Doug Parker, slated to be the CEO of the new American Airlines following the US Airways-American merger, has named the executive team of the merged airline.
Fastjet has stepped back from plans to form a joint venture with grounded Kenyan carrier Jetlink Express after resolving difficulties with its Fly540 Kenyan regional operation.
Kenya Airways is mulling the acquisition of a Boeing 777 freighter as part of its strategy to double its cargo revenues over the next three to four years.
All Nippon Airways parent company ANA Holdings Inc. has established an investment management company in Singapore focused on growing its Asian business.
A Merpati Nusantara Airlines MA60 turboprop made a hard landing at El Tari airport in Kupang, Indonesia, Monday, seriously damaging the aircraft and injuring some passengers.
Turkish Airlines and Air New Zealand signed a codeshare agreement on routes operated by both carriers connecting New Zealand and Turkey via Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Both are Star Alliance members.
Alitalia’s top executives will see their pay drop by 20% and administrative staff has agreed to reduced salaries and working hours under the carrier’s latest turnaround drive.
Air Berlin CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said the carrier will operate from just one airport in Berlin, as delays continue for the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
