Members of the Professional Pilots’ Union have balloted in favor of a work-to-rule policy at UK carrier Virgin Atlantic Airways, as the group seeks to be the only pilot body represented at the airline.
In an indication that steadily tightening global economic conditions are hitting even the most prominent airlines, Etihad Airways has announced it intends to reduce staff numbers.
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Seattle-based Alaska Airlines have announced the impending dissolution of their codeshare relationship, effective April 30, 2017.
Turkish Airlines has chosen Panasonic Avionics to install its eX1 inflight entertainment and communications (IFEC) system on Turkish Airlines’ upcoming fleet of narrowbody aircraft.
Delta Air Lines is viewing 2017 as a “transition year” in which it will focus intently on returning to positive unit revenue growth, CEO Ed Bastian said.
Lufthansa Group has taken over 100% of SN Airholding, the parent company of Brussels Airlines, in a deal to fully integrate the Belgian carrier into Lufthansa’s Eurowings Group in 2018.
Third-quarter 2016 net profits for the airline industry were up 4.9% year-over-year, according to a sampling of 67 airlines reported in IATA’s latest Airlines Financial Monitor.
Avianca Brasil has been challenged by weak demand, high fuel prices, taxes and overcapacity this year as it navigates through a tough economic climate in Brazil.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines plans to open aircraft bases in Europe within the next 12 to 15 months, as it seeks to cut costs to appeal to leisure travelers.
Seattle-based Alaska Air Group has closed its $4 billion acquisition of San Francisco-based Virgin America, creating the fifth largest airline in the US.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines reported a full-year net income of SEK1.3 billion ($142 million), up 38.2% from a SEK 956 million profit in the year-ago period.
US scheduled passenger airlines made a $3.8 billion net profit in the 2016 third quarter, down 58.8% from $9.3 billion in 3Q 2015, according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) survey of 25 US airlines released Dec. 12.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has extended the temporary restrictions on the air operator’s certificate (AOC) for Pskovavia passenger and cargo airline through Jan. 31, 2017.
Boeing announced Sunday it had firmed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed with Iran Air earlier this year for 50 narrowbody and 30 widebody aircraft in a deal valued at $16.6 billion at list prices.
Norwegian Air Shuttle’s lessor subsidiary Arctic Aviation Assets (AAA) has taken delivery of its first Airbus aircraft, the first of 70 A320neos the Norwegian Group has on order.
Global air passenger traffic growth ebbed in October, increasing 5.8% year-over-year (YOY) compared to 7.1% growth in September, according to IATA’s October Air Passenger Market Analysis.
