Etihad Airways has joined UK LCC easyJet’s connecting program, enabling passengers to buy tickets for travel to destinations in Europe, Africa, the UAE and the Azores through the Worldwide by easyJet website.
UK regional carrier Flybe will continue flying after its owners pledged further funding and a rescue deal was reached with the UK government, including a review of UK air passenger duty (APD) tax.
As the follow-up investigations into Iran’s admitted accidental shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 continue, Aviation Daily takes a look back at previous incidents of commercial aircraft brought down by military weaponry.
Delta Air Lines’ 2019 fourth-quarter earnings came in well ahead of analyst expectations, boosted by strong domestic and holiday performance and continued softness in fuel prices.
Wary of a potential over capacity in Vietnam, the country’s largest conglomerate Vingroup has announced that it will be shelving its plans to set up a new airline.
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), a leading air freight services provider to Amazon, will try to raise up to $400 million in corporate debt to pay down revolving loans, the company said Jan. 13.
Avianca Holdings has completed a $125 million interim financing round that will add flexibility as the resurgent company executes its “Avianca 2021” strategic turnaround plan.
UK regional airline Eastern Airways is returning its stored Embraer E170 to active service and has announced plans to add three E190s and a second E170.
Italy’s Ernest Airlines grounded all flights Jan. 11 in what the LCC said was a temporary measure after national aviation regulator ENAC suspended the airline’s air operator’s certificate (AOC).
Airports in the Central Luzon area of the Philippines area are preparing for more disruption as local officials warn of a “potential explosive eruption” of the Taal volcano.
Growth in mainland Chinese airline passenger numbers slowed in 2019, when the industry carried 660 million people, up 7.9% on a year earlier, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) president Yevhenii Dykhne said airlines from all over the world were sending their aircraft to and from Tehran airport on Jan. 8, when a UIA-operated Boeing 737 was shot down by missiles.
The Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) investigation appears headed for a major impasse as Iranian officials welcome international aircraft accident investigation experts to Tehran, even as they remove vital evidence of the Boeing 737’s wreckage and deny claims by foreign intelligence sources that the aircraft was shot down.
China Eastern Airlines will begin revamping its frequent flyer program “Eastern Miles” from a mile-based system to a revenue-based one in the second half of 2020.
Ryanair raised its full-year financial guidance Jan. 10 after what it described as stronger than expected figures over the busy Christmas and New Year period.
German leisure airline TUI fly has selected Dusseldorf as the home base for its new Boeing 787-8 fleet, which will begin flights from November to the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have postponed operations to Tehran, effective immediately, until Jan. 20, a spokesperson in Vienna confirmed to Aviation Daily.
