Sky Express, Russia’s first low-cost carrier (LCC), will lose its air operator’s certificate (AOC) and operate under a new single AOC with Russian regional carrier Kuban Airlines.
A Qantas (QF) Boeing 747-400, en route from Bangkok to Sydney on Sunday, returned to Bangkok an hour into the flight following the contained failure of one of its Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. There were no injuries among the 356 passengers and crew.
Chinese carriers reported an aggregate profit of CNY3.7 billion ($582 million) in September, a 38.8% drop compared to total net income of CNY6.04 billion in the year-ago period.
LAN Airlines announced an increase of 11.1% passenger boardings in September, with a 10.4% increase in ASKs and load factor going up 0.5 percentage points to 80.3%.
Illinois-based AAR Corp. has acquired London-based aircraft component repair management services provider Airinmar Holdings, which will become a part of AAR's aviation supply chain unit.
US Dept. of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said the nation’s largest carriers reported three tarmac delays of more than 3 hr. in August, compared to one in the year-ago month and July.
Airbus has delivered the first of five A380s to China Southern Airlines (CZ), the first A380 operator in China. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent-900 engines, the aircraft will be initially operated on domestic routes between Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
US regional carriers Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) and ExpressJet Holdings have reversed course on branding the combined airline that will result from their pending merger, scrapping the "SureJet" moniker unveiled in July in favor of "ExpressJet."
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted draft approval for Virgin Australia’s (VA) comprehensive alliance with Singapore Airlines (SIA).
Boeing delivered the first 747-8 freighter to Cargolux (CV) Wednesday at a ceremony in Everett, Wash., that took place several weeks later than planned.
Air New Zealand (ANZ) CEO Rob Fyfe has warned that approximately half of air travel is discretionary, making airlines highly vulnerable to the health of the economy as well as external events and shocks.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) has reportedly warned AirTran Airways' 1,600 pilots that voting against ratification of a tentative agreement to combine the merging airlines' pilot seniority lists could force a reevaluation of SWA's merger strategy.
Willis Group Holdings has named Rolls-Royce Group director of risk Mark Wilford chairman of the Willis Group-Aerospace division. Wilford will replace chairman Andre Clerc, who is retiring at the end of this year. It also named Philip Smaje CEO and Garrett Hanrahan president of the division. Smaje and Hanrahan have been with the group since 1988 and 2008, respectively. Iceland Express has re-appointed Birgir Jonsson as CEO after a five-year break. Jonsson previously held the position from 2004-2006.
Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS) CEO Steve Ridgeway said the carrier is interested in acquiring loss-making British Midland (bmi) from Lufthansa (LH) Group.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has denied media reports that it will launch its new budget long-haul, low-cost subsidiary airline in April with one Boeing 777-200 aircraft
