EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who is also a major shareholder in young African low-cost carrier (LCC) fastjet, has called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in a bid to dismiss fastjet CEO Ed Winter and director Krista Bates.
SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, is facing a challenging summer season as bookings to many tourism areas have dropped to Turkey and the Greek islands due to the emigration of high number of Middle Eastern refugees.
Not everyone is celebrating the new-found wealth of American Airlines and the rest of the US majors. Investors, for starters, seem unimpressed. Despite the record collective profit of US carriers, share prices were down last year.
Air India plans to launch 3X-weekly Boeing 787-8 Delhi-Vienna services, from April 6, replacing Austrian Airlines’ 5X-weekly service to the Indian capital.
Delta Air Lines has signed a codeshare with Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia that aims to expand the choice of onward destinations from the US via Delta’s hub at Amsterdam Schiphol.
Air Canada’s mid-February announcement that it intends to buy up to 75 CSeries aircraft is good news that extends beyond the airframe maker Bombardier and engine supplier Pratt & Whitney. It’s also good news for airlines.
Air Canada’s mid-February announcement that it intends to buy up to 75 CSeries aircraft is good news that extends beyond the airframe maker Bombardier and engine supplier Pratt & Whitney. It’s also good news for airlines.
Following a strong financial report for 2015, Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet is planning to push ahead with plans for an initial public offering (IPO) in the first half of 2016.
All four US major carriers and at least three independents filed applications with the US government Wednesday seeking approval to provide nonstop services to Cuba.
Malaysia’s transport minister said there is a “high possibility” that aircraft debris found off the coast of Mozambique is from a Boeing 777, though he urged caution in linking the debris to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Bahrain-based Gulf Air has announced further increases in its services to Saudi Arabia—the latest of several Gulf carriers to beef up their flights to the Kingdom.
Airport freight traffic in metric tonnes for 2015, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.
The rate of change in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as year-over-year percentage growth or losses. Differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Investigators are endeavoring to determine whether a piece of what appears to be aircraft debris washed up on a sandbank off the coast of Mozambique could be from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 112 airports worldwide - current through March 1, 2016 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
