Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Hawaiian regional carrier, Island Air, has signed a letter of intent with Chicago’s Aerway Leasing to lease five ATR 42 turboprops.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Jazz Aviation announced Friday that their flight dispatchers, represented by the Canadian Air Line Dispatchers Assn. (CALDA) have ratified a tentative agreement, which was reached Aug. 31.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Edvaldo Pereira Lima
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris (Y4) will launch cargo services on its international network later this year, starting with flights to/from Los Angeles, Calif.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Anne Paylor
EasyJet (U2) will roll out allocated seating across its network from November, following trials that demonstrated it improved passenger satisfaction without affecting punctuality or adding cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
UK low-cost carrier bmibaby (WW) suspended operations Sunday after International Airlines Group (IAG) failed to find a viable buyer for the company.

By Alan Dron
Virgin Atlantic (VS) CEO Steve Ridgway has announced he will retire in spring 2013, after 12 years in the position.

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Korean authorities have designated four carriers from the Republic of Korea—Asiana Airlines (OZ), Jin Air, Eastar Jet and T’way Airlines—to operate on the Seoul (ICN)-Vladivostok, Russia (VVO) route after the two countries agreed to remove restrictions.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Transaero Airlines (UN) is set to transfer one out of two Moscow to London daily flights from Domodedovo (DME) to Vnukovo (VKO).
Airports & Networks

Christine Boynton
Caribbean Airlines (BW) on Thursday took delivery of the first of two ex-LAN Airlines’ Boeing 767-300ERs, on lease.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa (LH) subsidiary Germanwings (4U) said it will transfer all operations from Berlin Schoenefeld to Berlin Tegel airport (TXL) Oct. 28 due to the delayed opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Oct. 27, 2013.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Lufthansa (LH) and the UFO union—which represents 18,000 LH flight attendants—have agreed to mediation to settle their dispute after three days of strikes forced the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights, Reuters reported Friday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aaron Karp
UPS seeks to reshape the global express cargo landscape by acquiring rival TNT

Michele McDonald
American Airlines and Travelport asked the federal court that is hearing the carrier’s antitrust lawsuit to stay the case so they can “focus their efforts on mediation and potential resolution of this case.” The joint motion for the stay came one week after Judge Terry Means of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, dismissed Travelport’s counterclaim against American, saying it lacked standing in the case.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa (LH) said Friday it would stop outsourcing flight attendant jobs at its Berlin hub and offer permanent jobs to the cabin crews it uses as it was forced to cancel about 1,000 flights when its flight attendants staged a third day of strikes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Nigeria has lifted the ban on Dana Air (9J), which was grounded after one of its Boeing MD-83s crashed on approach to Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Airport June 3.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways (EY) and RAK Airways’ (RT) will codeshare on RT flights from Ras Al Khaimah to Abu Dhabi.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Transaero Airlines (UN) launched its first Boeing 777-300 with inflight Internet on its Moscow-Vladivostok route.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Kurt Hofmann
German leisure carrier Condor Airlines (DE) has launched a new generation inflight entertainment (IFE) system aboard its Boeing 767-300 Frankfurt-Rhodes, Greece service featuring BoardConnect, developed by Lufthansa Systems (LHS).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has confirmed it canceled a Boeing 787 flight from Okayama, western Japan, to Tokyo Haneda just before takeoff Wednesday because of a hydraulic-oil leak from an engine.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Kurt Hofmann
Serbian officials have held “serious talks” with Malaysia’s low-cost carrier AirAsia (AK) regarding the financially troubled state-owned JAT Airways, several media outlets reported, quoting Serbian minister of Transport Milutin Mrkonjic.

By Karen Walker
Airbus COO-customers John Leahy has been promoted to parent company EADS’ top committee as part of an executive reorganization under new EADS CEO Tom Enders.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Air India (AI) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa (LH) has canceled about 1,200 out of 1,800 flights for Friday as its flight attendants—represented by the UFO union—prepare to launch a third day of strikes in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) and Qantas (QF) will terminate their long-running revenue-sharing agreement on UK-Australia routes following the Australian flag-carrier’s decision to embark on a new global partnership arrangement with Emirates Airline (EK).

Michael Mackey
Australia’s Qantas (QF) and Dubai-based Emirates Airline (EK) have entered into a 10-year global aviation partnership, enabling the two carriers to grow their international sides.