Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines continued to experience residual delays through the April 8-9 weekend following a series of damaging storms in the Atlanta area April 5.
Video of a passenger being forcibly and roughly dragged from a United Airlines flight by law enforcement officers created outrage from customers and social media observers.
Air Madagascar has signed a memorandum of understanding to create a strategic partnership with Reunion-based Air Austral, under a deal which is expected to be finalized by May 31.
Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airline, which serves Russia’s far eastern regions, carried 303,530 passengers in the 2017 first quarter, up 10% year-over-year. The airline operated 5,161 flights, up 28% over the previous year, and carried 226,050 passengers on domestic routes and 77,490 on international.
Oman Air’s fleet and route map continued to grow in 2016, but the airline’s financial performance remained unclear after it announced its annual financial report.
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines reported a net profit of CNY950.5 million ($138 million) for 2016, down 28.4% compared with the 2015 net income of CNY1.3 billion.
Global air cargo traffic continued its improvement trend in February with FTKs rising 8.4% compared to a year-ago, according to IATA’s February Air Freight Market analysis.
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has unveiled its 2017/18 customer experience improvement plan, which includes connecting flights, auto check-in and express booking.
China Eastern Airlines reported a 2016 net profit of CNY4.5 billion ($635 million) in 2016, down a slight 0.73% over a net income of CNY4.54 billion in 2015.
Philippine-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific Air posted a PHP9.8billion ($196.4 million) net profit in 2016, more than doubling the company’s PHP4.4 billion net income reported in 2015.
Russian air freight carrier AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has taken delivery of the first of two Boeing 747-8Fs under a long-term lease agreement with US-based lessor Intrepid Aviation.
Air China has posted a net income of CNY6.8 billion ($978 million) in 2016, up 0.4% over a net profit of CNY6.8 billion in 2015, according to the domestic accounting standard.
AirAsia has signaled that Vietnam will be its next target for Southeast Asian market penetration, after signing a deal to set up a joint-venture franchise in that country.
