The Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) offer to owners for the outstanding 44.2% of shares in Tiger Airways has “raised concerns of minority shareholders,” says a Singapore-based investors group, the Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS).
Year-over-year changes at US airlines with over 1000 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees, ranked by increase/decrease in employees. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
India’s Jet Airways, which recently announced a strategic codeshare program with SkyTeam alliance partners Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, will close its hub in Brussels and move to Amsterdam Schiphol.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the launch of AVIC Cargo Airlines, paving the way for the Chinese manufacturer’s sale of its MA600 freighter.
AirBaltic will sign an investor agreement with German businessman Ralf Dieter Montag-Girmes in January, once it has “closed all matters related to its Bombardier CS300 order.”
Final preparations are underway to create a new European airline association, called Airlines for Europe (A4E), which is expected to launch around the third week of January 2016.
Airbus is holding firm to its contention that it will deliver the first A320neo by the end of 2015 as planned, despite reports questioning whether there could be a slippage.
Finnair plans to invest €40 million ($43 million) in a revamp of its Airbus A320 cabin interiors, adding extra seats to 22 of its aircraft, equating to a 4% capacity boost.
An investigation by ANSV, the Italian aviation safety agency, has been launched after an Air Italy Boeing 737-300 lost an undercarriage wheel on departure from Catania Fontanarossa airport in Sicily.
In a test of remote-controlled camera drone technology, LAS, Fraport and DFS gathered operational experience for potential use of drones at Frankfurt Airport.
Armed with Transport Canada certification of the initial CSeries variant, the CS100, Bombardier is continuing flight testing to certify optional capabilities and build the aircraft’s maturity ahead of its entry into service with Swiss International Air Lines in the second quarter of 2016.
International Airlines Group, parent company to British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, has appointed Andrew Crawley as chief executive of IAG Cargo.
The US government said it has signed a liberalized air transport agreement with Mexico that will go into effect “following internal ratification procedures in Mexico.”
Royal Jordanian anticipates a full-year profit result, compared to a 2014 loss of close to JD40 million ($55 million), according to its new president and CEO.
US President Barack Obama would very much like to go to Cuba, he told media in December, one year after the US announced it was starting to re-establish diplomatic relations with Havana.
