Turkish Airlines and Boeing have signed a collaboration agreement to strengthen the carrier’s industry position, as well as Turkey’s aerospace and technology capabilities.
SkyWest Inc., the St. George, Utah-based parent of regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, earned a net profit of $117.8 million for the full-year 2015, reversed from a net loss of $24.2 million in 2014.
Global air passenger traffic was up 6.5% year-over-year (YOY) in 2015, the fastest pace in five years, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis.
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana has signed a codeshare agreement with Air France-KLM on its 3X-weekly schedule from Astana International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
Air Vanuatu has confirmed it will continue operating flights out of Vanuatu’s main airport even though most Australasian carriers have now suspended service there due to concerns over its runway condition.
The Latvian government has signed the agreement to sell 20% of airBaltic to German investor Ralf-Dieter Montag-Girmes, securing the airline’s planned €132 million ($144.7 million) capital boost.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) group reported a net profit rise 35% to S$275 million ($196 million) for the three months through Dec. 31, 2015, compared to a net profit of S$202.6 million in the year-ago quarter.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), the union representing 14,000 US air traffic controllers, is backing Rep. Bill Shuster’s (R-Pennsylvania) proposal to separate ATC from FAA.
Airberlin, which fitted more XL economy seats on its A330-200 long-haul fleet in September 2015, are proving to be very popular with passengers with an 80% occupancy rate.
Chongqing-based West Air has launched a new 3X-weekly schedule from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport to Singapore’s Changi Airport with 180-seat Airbus A320-200 aircraft.
Egypt’s Air Leisure Airline has signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) for four Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100), with six options.
Qatar Airways and the parent of Italian airline Meridiana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on “a potential partnership project,” Meridiana said Feb. 4.
Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) pending application for permission to serve the US will be on the agenda at the next US-European Union aviation meeting, in April in Washington DC.
Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson will retire from his current role on May 2, when Delta president Ed Bastian will assume the CEO role and EVP Glen Hauenstein will become president.
US airlines—minus Delta Air Lines—quickly lined up behind a proposal to separate US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA, but others, including the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), expressed misgivings.
Korean Air reported a 4Q 2015 net profit of 92 billion won ($76 million), reversed from a net loss of 272 billion won in the year-ago period, although the improved result was heavily skewed by gains related to exchange rate movements.
