Montreal-based leisure carrier Air Transat and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement on renewal of the collective agreement that expired last April.
New Spirit Airlines president and CEO Bob Fornaro promised to make “small, but meaningful changes” to the ultra low-cost carrier’s (ULCC) operation, which he conceded has scored too low on key customer-service metrics.
FAA said it has proposed a $275,000 civil penalty against New York-based Atlas Airlines for allegedly operating a Boeing 747 after performing improper maintenance on the aircraft.
Chinese carriers reported a net profit of CNY1.5 billion ($230 million) in January, more than tripled from a net income of CNY485 million in the year-ago month.
Qantas plans to introduce high-speed inflight Wi-Fi across its domestic network, as the carrier’s surging profits allow it to step up its fleet investment plans.
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has reached an “agreement in principle” with LCC Norwegian and Portuguese carrier TAP Portugal on supplying them with feeder passengers for long-haul flights, CEO Michael O’Leary said Feb. 24.
All 23 passengers and crew died when a Twin Otter turboprop of Nepalese carrier Tara Air crashed in the mountainous Himalayan nation shortly after 1000 local time Feb. 24.
Qantas achieved the best half-year result in the airline’s history with a net profit of A$688 million ($498 million) for the six months through Dec. 31, 2015, compared with a profit of A$206 million a year earlier.
Russian airlines carried 16,770 passengers in January through the commuter subsidy program, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.
Southwest Airlines is considering adding airline partnerships in the coming years, according to Dave Harvey, managing director for business development.
Emirates Airline marked the upgauging of its daily service between Dubai and Washington Dulles (IAD) Tuesday with ceremonies at IAD and VIP tours of one of its 76 Airbus A380s.
Norwegian Air International (NAI) has delayed plans for new services from Cork Airport in the Irish Republic to Boston in the light of the continued delay by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) in granting a license for NAI flights.
Copa Holdings—parent company of Panama-based Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia—reported 2015 net profit of $185.4 million, down 49% compared to 2014.
Southwest Airlines announced that its ramp, operations, provisioning, and cargo agents have narrowly approved the tentative agreement that was reached with union negotiators in late December.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) launched Boeing 777-300ERs North Atlantic services on Feb. 21, operating its first Zurich-New York JFK service.
