Ethiopian Airlines is negotiating with Rwanda’s national carrier RwandAir for a 49% stake in the African airline, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam confirmed to ATW.
United Airlines president and CEO Oscar Munoz, who has been on medical leave since suffering a heart attack in October 2015, plans to return to work on a full-time basis on March 14, United said.
Boeing delivered 55 commercial aircraft to 23 airlines, six lessors and one unidentified customer in February. Airbus had 46 commercial aircraft deliveries to 29 airlines and two lessors during the month.
Malaysia Airlines is considering buying more Airbus A350 widebodies and has seen a year-over-year 10% improvement in its revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) for the quarter ended February, the company said Friday.
Sunrise Airways began Port-au-Prince-Camaguey, Cuba, service with a new leased ATR 42-320. The 46-seat aircraft will also serve Port-au-Prince-Santiago de Cuba. The Haitian airline hopes to add a second ATR this year through an ACMI contract with Danish Air Transport.
French air accident investigation agency BEA has reported what it describes as a serious near-miss incident involving an unmanned aerial vehicle and Air France Airbus A320 during its approach to Paris Charles de Gaulle.
Bangkok Airways plans to continue its fleet and network growth this year, as one of the few Thailand-based carriers to be prospering despite the multiple challenges facing the country’s airline industry.
An American Airlines flight attendant has been charged with destruction after allegedly starting a fire in an aircraft lavatory during flight, according to a statement by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The European Commission has decided not to appeal a decision by the European Union’s (EU) General Court to annul a fine of €70.2 million ($76.7 million) against SAS Scandinavian Airlines.
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.
