IATA revised its annual 20-year air passenger forecast upward by over a half-billion passengers Oct. 24, and indicated China will overtake the US as the world’s largest aviation market “around 2022,” several years faster than previously predicted.
JetBlue Airways, the airline with the largest presence in Puerto Rico, expects the island’s recovery from Hurricane Maria to last through the end of 2018 and will adjust its operations until then, trimming capacity to/from the US territory by about 33%.
Lufthansa Group LCC subsidiary Eurowings CEO Thorsten Dirks said the European aviation industry is undergoing massive changes following the bankruptcies of Germany’s airberlin, Italian flag carrier Alitalia and UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines.
Delta Air Lines is exploring making Aeromexico a “second-tier” member of the Delta-Air France-KLM-Alitalia transatlantic joint venture (JV), according to Delta CEO Ed Bastian.
North American airlines are facing headwinds in 2017 that are lowering operating margins compared to 2015 and 2016, but air travel demand in the region remains strong and the overall industry outlook remains stable, according to Fitch Ratings.
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has named company veteran Izham Ismail as its next group CEO, accelerating the carrier’s plan to have a Malaysian take over the top job after restructuring.
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, posted $74.6 million in net income for the 2017 third quarter, down 27.2% compared to a $102.5 million net profit in 3Q 2016.
Peter Baumgartner describes how Etihad is dealing with the perfect storm of two failed equity partners, a fight over Open Skies and concerns over terrorism.
During the first half of 2017, carriers posted a 9.4% rise in international traffic, and international volumes South America at a nearly 13% annual rate.
It has been an abnormally bruising period for Middle East carriers, with many facing issues far removed from the usual problems of yields and load factors.
The upgrades provided by Rockwell Collins’ Interior Systems division will be done first on Qatar's Boeing 777 fleet, followed by 787s and Airbus A350s.
American Airlines is planning more enhancements to its onboard products as it pursues a strategy of segmenting cabins to offer multiple levels of service at different fare points.
Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has applied for a UK air operator’s certificate (AOC) to preserve its traffic rights as the UK prepares to leave the European Union (EU) (Brexit).
ASL Airlines Ireland’s director of corporate affairs, Andrew Kelly, has been named president of the European Regions Airline Association (ERA), the organization announced at its AGM in Athens Oct. 19.
South African Airways (SAA) is losing its chairwoman and several board members as its new CEO prepares to come to grips with the airline’s financial problems.
