Despite route cuts and lower frequencies, Malaysia-based long-haul low cost-carrier (LCC) AirAsia X (AAX) saw its load factors drop to 74% in the first quarter of 2015 from 86% in the first quarter of 2014.
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air reported a net profit of €183 million ($199 million) for the financial year ended March 31, 2015, more than double the €88 million profit reported for the previous financial year.
UK air navigation services provider NATS says it is on track to achieve its goal of saving 80,000 minutes of delay each year at London Heathrow Airport through the implementation of time-based separation (TBS).
On April 8, American Airlines received a single operating certificate from the US Federal Aviation Administration for American and US Airways, a major milestone in the integration of the two airlines.
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A330-300, en route from Singapore to Shanghai, lost power in both its Rolls-Royce engines and descended 13,000 feet before the aircrew managed to regain powered flight.
Airbus seems confident of a launch customer for a short-haul, regional A330 variant in the next few weeks, but is still not committed to building a re-engined A380.
The new Malaysian flag carrier set to be raised from the assets of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has outlined a major change of strategy, and hinted at swinging management cuts in addition to the 8,000 staff job cuts announced earlier this week.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has agreed a new one-year collective bargaining agreement with Norwegian pilots’ union NSF, back-dated to April 1, ending seven days of strike action.
Russian airlines carried 23.4 million passengers in January-April 2015, down 2% year-over-year, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.
Is the widening dispute between the three largest US carriers and their Middle East rivals really about unfair subsidies and jobs, or are bigger stakes at play?
Nothing is more demonstrative of the US airline industry’s dramatic turnaround than the current state of American Airlines, which has become one of the world’s best performing airlines less than a year-and-a-half after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
International Airlines Group (IAG) will make a €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) formal takeover bid for Aer Lingus, after winning crucial backing from the government of Ireland and the carrier’s board.
An air traffic control technical failure closed Belgian airspace Wednesday morning, which caused hundreds of flights to be either canceled or diverted.
