Dubai-based low-cost-carrier (LCC) flydubai has launched flights from Al Maktoum International-Dubai World Central Airport (DWC), the second international airport of Dubai.
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has opened a base at Berlin-Schoenefeld Airport where it will operate five 189-seat Boeing 737-800s on 17 new routes during the winter season.
The Finnair Group has reported a third-quarter net profit of €39 million ($44 million), more than doubled from a net profit of €16.6 million in the year-ago period.
Emirates Airline says it is “closely studying” whether to launch Dubai-Atlanta service after Delta Air Lines pulls out from the route next year, a decision it announced earlier this week and which the US carrier claims was prompted by over-capacity by the Gulf carriers.
International Airlines Group—parent company of British Airways (BA), Iberia, Spanish low-cost carrier (LCC) Vueling and Aer Lingus—reported a third-quarter net profit of €883 million ($992.8 million), up 39.3% compared to a net profit of €634 million for the same period last year.
Airline safety concerns over unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may have reached a tipping point in late September when a top FAA official, speaking at a major aviation conference, said that as many as 1 million small UAVs could be sold during the upcoming US holiday season.
More than 50% of global air traffic today travels through privatized or commercialized airports. Roughly half of that traffic travels through airports that are stock exchange listed, while the remaining half are privatized but not listed. How is their attraction measured?
A Dynamic Airways Boeing 767-200 caught fire on a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (Florida) International Airport (FLL) taxiway as it was holding for takeoff to Caracas, Venezuela.
Asia-Pacific airlines reported average international load factors of 83% in August, the highest level recorded in 2015 and proof that this is a region where more and more people are flying for the first time or flying to places they never visited before.
Just as the Middle East’s ‘Big Three’ airlines—Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways—have grown the region’s airline landscape in recent years, so have their airports.
More and more, airlines want their customers to know they really know them. Airlines see personalization as a way to differentiate their service and build customer loyalty in an increasingly competitive market. And they also see new revenue opportunities from customization.
China Eastern Airlines reported a net profit of CNY5.33 billion ($837 million) for the first nine months of 2015, more than doubling a net income of CNY2.06 billion in the year-ago period.
Transaero Airlines must apply for a new air operator’s certificate (AOC) if it wants to resume flights, according to Alexander Neradko, head of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
Air France-KLM Group has reported a third-quarter net income of €480 million ($529.6 million), up from a €86 million in the year-ago period, due to strong summer trading.
The Quebec government will make a $1 billion cash investment in Bombardier that will allow the Montreal manufacturer to take its new CSeries aircraft through certification to full production, Bombardier announced Thursday.
Icelandair is now expecting to deliver a full-year EBITDA of $210-$215 million, compared with its original $160-$165 million guidance, due to higher revenues and lower fuel and maintenance costs.
El Al Israel Airlines has signed a firm order for three Boeing 787s, is finalizing a contract for another six direct from the manufacturer, and will lease a further six of the type.
Grupo Aeroméxico reported MXP737 million ($43.1 million) in consolidated net profit for the 2015 third-quarter, more than tripling its 3Q 2014 net result.
