Finnair will wet lease one Airbus A340 from Portuguese aircraft-crew-maintenance-insurance (ACMI) specialist Hi Fly for two months to accommodate pilot trainings to secure the airline’s growing operations in summer 2017 and beyond.
TAAG Angola Airlines has reported positive effects of its restructuring program, which was implemented as the state-owned national airline of Angola faces economic challenges in the southwest African country.
Make no mistake, there’s still plenty of work ahead of the global air transport industry to deliver on the promises of the remarkable emissions resolution that was achieved at the ICAO Assembly in Montreal.
It was an unusual setting for a major aircraft order announcement. Media had been informed by Qatar Airways that the airline and Boeing would be making an “historic” announcement.
This is the last day to enter for the 43rd Annual ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards; the nominations form will close at midnight US eastern Friday, Oct. 28.
A Belavia Belarusian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Kiev Zhulyany to Minsk was ordered to return to Zhulyany airport Oct. 21 in what appears to be a demand by authorities because of interest in one of the aircraft’s passengers.
Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines recorded a 7.4% increase in the number of passengers flown in the first nine months of the year compared to a year previously, the airline has announced.
Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Pobeda Airlines has opened an operations control center at Moscow Vnukovo International Airport, which will allow flights to maintain a 30-minute turnaround time.
[UPDATED] Turkish Airlines’ long-term CEO Temel Kotil has resigned to become head of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), a center of technology in design, development, manufacturing and after-sales support in Turkey.
Seattle-based Alaska Air Group, parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, posted third-quarter 2016 net income of $256 million, down 6.6% from a net profit of $274 million in the 2015 September quarter.
Seattle-based Alaska Air Group remains in discussions with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over gaining antitrust clearance for its acquisition of San Francisco-based Virgin America and continues to be confident the deal will be approved.
Fast-expanding low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian recorded a third-quarter net profit of NOK992.5 million ($121.1 million), up 19% compared to a net profit of NOK832.8 million in the year-ago quarter.
American Airlines reported third-quarter 2016 net income of $737 million, down 56.5% from a net profit of $1.7 billion in the prior-year period, and is planning conservative capacity growth through 2017.
Miami-based Eastern Air Lines Group, the startup charter operator attempting to revive the iconic brand, has replaced CEO Edward Wegel, effective immediately.
