His focus at IATA has been continuing industry recovery from the pandemic, meeting industry emissions goals and warding off airport price hikes on airlines.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines, which operates one of the oldest long-haul fleets in Europe, expects it will need a fleet rollover this decade.
JetBlue Airways upgraded its proposal for Spirit Airlines again as the tit-for-tat bidding war with Frontier Airlines heated up ahead of a June 30 shareholder vote.
The FAA is kicking off consideration of a Republic Airways request to provide an exemption for graduates of a tailored program in its training academy that would allow them to qualify as airline pilots with 750 hr. of flight experience.
In his first 100 days at the helm of WestJet, CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech has led a strategic review of the company, with a focus on evaluating the airline’s long haul, regional and leisure segments.
Greater Bay Airline received its airline designation from the Transport and Housing Bureau of Hong Kong in late May and is now undergoing a regulatory application to operate scheduled services.
Frontier Airlines has sent an open letter to Spirit Airlines shareholders urging them to approve its recently enhanced merger offer, as the bidding war with JetBlue Airways heats up ahead of a crucial stockholder vote.
As ANA's strong China-U.S. transit market collapsed with Beijing's protracted pandemic-related border closures, ANA is looking at India as a promising transit market and hopes to tap into SIA’s network there.
Pilots at United Airlines have reached a tentative agreement towards a new contract, setting the stage for a ratification vote next month that would make them first among their major airline peers to successfully negotiate a post-pandemic contract.
Netherlands’ flag-carrier KLM has reiterated that limits on passenger numbers imposed by Amsterdam Schiphol Airport cannot be a long-term phenomenon, as it sets about minimizing disruption to travelers.
The closure of Russian airspace has caused considerable changes in Finnair’s strategy, as over half of the Oneworld alliance member’s revenue came from the traffic to Asia operating via Russian territory.
The airline industry is currently not worried about any potential airspace closure over China, akin to that over Russia, according to IATA’s Director General.
