Korean carrier Asiana Airlines has reported a 2015 second-quarter net loss of KRW85 .4 billion ($72.4 million), 720% deeper than a net loss of KRW11.8 billion for the year-ago period.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 184 airports worldwide - current through June 2015 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
Air China will launch 3X-weekly Boeing 777-300ER Beijing-Johannesburg service from Oct. 29, marking the Chinese carrier’s entrance into the African market.
The Sabah and Sarawak state governments have renewed interest in buying Malaysia Airlines’ regional arm, MASwings, from the Khazanah sovereign wealth fund.
JetBlue Airways, which has seen its Mint product perform strongly on transcontinental routes, is gearing up for the arrival of more aircraft to expand into new cross-country markets.
Worldwide air passenger traffic grew 5.7% year-over-year (YOY) in June, slowing from May’s 6.9% YOY growth, according to IATA’s June Air Passenger Market Analysis report.
Calling current demands from pilot-union leaders “outrageous and irrational,” Republic Airways Holdings executives said they plan to present a best-and-final contract offer to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 357 on Aug. 20.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)—which announced plans in December 2014 to “reboot” its Blue1 subsidiary by replacing its nine Boeing 717s with 737-600s from its mainline fleet—is now rethinking the plan.
Iraqi Airways has been banned from the European Union (EU) and four other European nations following a series of alleged safety lapses and inability to provide documentation to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
The Virgin Australia Group reported a net loss of A$93.8 million ($71.8 million) for the full year ended June 30 (FY2015), narrowed from an A$353.8 million loss in the previous financial year.
Total TSA Gun Catches for July 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US). 225 firearms were discovered in July 2015, up 23.6% year-over-year.
LAN Airlines, a brand that has existed since 1932, will gradually disappear over the next three years as all LATAM Airlines Group carriers are unified under a single brand: LATAM.
Alaska Airlines is using new 76-seat regional jets to compete on monopoly routes at Portland International Airport (PDX) and provide an unchallenged nonstop link to Omaha, a popular market for connecting traffic.
Virgin America is no longer subject to credit-card holdbacks from processing companies, a development that should free up some short-term cash, the airline told investors recently.
Republic Airways Holdings—parent of Republic Airlines and Shuttle America—posted second-quarter net income of $4.3 million, down 78.6% from a net profit of $20.1 million in the year-ago period.
