Turkish Airlines has made six changes to its processes and procedures following the March 4 excursion by an Airbus A330-300 landing at the Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, after a flawed non-precision instrument approach in fog and deteriorating visibility.
Many factors are involved as A&D companies move to support customers in new geographies. Once a contract is won, A&D companies need to determine how best to establish operations and build the infrastructure to support the new business.
Malaysian low-cost carrier (LCC) Malindo Air plans to start services from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Colombo (Sri Lanka) and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) in December.
Russia’s Tyumen parliament has agreed to budget amendments of RUB4.289 billion ($64.8 million) for a capital contribution to UTair Airline as part of a plan to bail out the struggling carrier.
Bahamas flag carrier Bahamasair has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600 from an order for two 70-seat ATR 72-600s and three 50-seat ATR 42-600s at the Paris Air Show.
Low-cost, long-haul carrier Norwegian has seen no movement in its stalemate with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) over a license for its proposed transatlantic flights.
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) delivered China’s first domestic built 90-seat ARJ21 regional aircraft to launch customer Chengdu Airlines on Nov. 29.
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) figures for October 2015 indicate that growth is continuing, with a 6.5% rise in international passengers year-on-year.
Lufthansa Cargo will implement cost-saving measures, called C-40, starting next year as it reacts to the weakening air cargo market and negative effects from pilot and cabin crew strikes.
The rate of change in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as year-over-year percentage growth or losses. Differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Copa Airlines took delivery of the 100th airplane to join its fleet, a Boeing 737-800 decorated with a special decal celebrating the airline achieving this important milestone. The aircraft, leased from SMBC Aviation Capital, flew from Seattle to its Panama City home base.
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.
Malaysian long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X has reported a 2015 third-quarter net loss of RM288 million ($64.4 million), deepened from a RM210 million loss in the year-ago period.
