The General Court of the European Union has annulled the European Commission’s cargo cartel ruling, canceling €790 million ($868 million) in fines levied against the industry.
Newly manufactured aircraft must be trackable, even when severely damaged, and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recordings will be extended to 25 hours under a new set of regulations adopted by the European Commission.
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.
US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
SkyTeam alliance partners Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines are launching a new codeshare program with Jet Airways, the Indian airline that is 24% owned by Gulf carrier Etihad Airways.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines must strengthen its business model to better position itself for possible consolidation, president and CEO Rickard Gustafson told ATW.
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.
Italy’s Del Vecchio family business Delfin SARL has purchased the 13% stake in Luxair, which the Luxembourg government had acquired in November from Lufthansa.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 208 airports worldwide - current through Dec. 14, 2015 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
Egyptian investigators for the Metrojet Airbus A321 crash say it has not received “information indicating unlawful interference” or a “terrorist act” in the Oct. 31 crash, contradicting statements made by Russia’s Federal Security Police in mid-November that “a self-made explosive device equivalent of up to 1 kg of TNT” had been set off on board.
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh is interested in strengthening relations with Latin America’s LATAM Airlines Group, hinting at a potential joint venture (JV) between the oneworld partners.
US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate, contrasted with the previous month's performance, and the year-ago month's performance.
HNA Group subsidiary Yangtze River Airlines plans to launch passenger service on Dec. 15 with twice-daily Boeing 737 flights on three routes from Shanghai to Sanya, Guiyang and Zhuhai, according to president Yang Zhihua.
Icelandic ACMI specialist Air Atlanta has acquired two Boeing 747-400s from Air France, which is in the final stages of retiring the type after four decades of service.
