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.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has finalized a €575 million ($635 million) revolving credit facility, taking Air France-KLM’s total undrawn credit to €1.845 billion.
Ryanair is launching its first Israel links, serving Eilat Ovda Airport from three European cities, Budapest in Hungary, Kaunas in Lithuania and Krakow in Poland.
Aegean Airlines is trying to reassure customers that it is operating its flight schedule normally in the wake of bank closures, capital controls and uncertainty over Greece’s future in the eurozone.
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC)—which had agreed to arbitration of all open collective wage agreements in May—said Monday that mediation has failed, raising the possibility of new strike action at the height of the summer travel season.
UK low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet’s cabin crew—represented by trade union Unite—will vote for possible strike action after negotiations over wages broke down July 3.
Kazakhstan-based regional carrier Qazaq Air, a subsidiary of Samruk Kazyna, Kazakhstan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, has announced that it will launch domestic services in Kazakhstan with three Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft leased from Falcon Aviation Services LLC of Abu Dhabi.
In protest against a Danish Labor Court ruling, Ryanair is moving its single Copenhagen-based aircraft to Kaunas in Lithuania, although it simultaneously announced plans to add three new routes from Copenhagen.
Total TSA Gun Catches for June 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US). 230 firearms were discovered in June 2015, up 18.6% year-over-year.
Peter Neffenger was sworn in Monday as the new head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) amid the agency’s reevaluation of airport security following revelations of undercover agents bringing banned items through checkpoints.
The European Commission (EC) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have issued the first single air safety authorizations, which are valid throughout the European Union (EU), to 22 third-country operators (TCO).
TAP Portugal is undergoing a transition period after the Portuguese government sold its 61% stake to the Atlantic Gateway consortium, a joint venture (JV) between JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines founder David Neeleman and Portuguese investor Humberto Pedrosa owner of transportation and services company Barraqueiro Group.
The Taiwanese Aviation Safety Council (ASC) report on the fatal crash of TransAsia Airways flight GE235 in February has detailed the captain’s voice on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) as saying, “Wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle,” seconds before impact.
Ryanair has launched an EU wide online petition as part of its lobbying efforts to prevent strikes by small groups of air traffic controllers disrupting air travel in Europe.
US airlines said they are complying with a request from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide information on capacity planning and pricing as part of DOJ’s probe into possible “unlawful coordination” by the carriers.
