American Airlines has “spared no expense” in preparing for the Oct. 17 cutover of US Airways’ reservations system to American’s Sabre system, a senior executive said.
US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with reports from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW the carrier is evaluating extra-long haul aircraft and hopes to have a decision by year end.
Jazeera Airways of Kuwait has received shareholder approval to cut its capital by more than a half, as it adjusts from having closed its airline leasing business.
Technical problems caused Southwest Airlines to delay 500 flights Oct. 11, but the carrier said its systems were expected to “perform normally” Oct. 12.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 239 airports worldwide - current through August 2015 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
Greenland Express may reportedly relaunch operations between Denmark and Greenland with two leased Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s), according to Russia’s Iswestija.
Russia’s Ministry of Justice has amended Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) allowing airlines to launch international flights without waiting two years after operating domestic services.
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.
Guiyang-based regional China Express Airlines has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China to launch international service despite operating difficulties facing Chinese regional carriers.
Data represents the total employment, full time plus part time, of all US scheduled passenger, charter and cargo airlines, sorted by Airline Group. Changes in employee totals from the previous month, and the current month from a year ago, two years ago, five years ago and a decade ago are represented by percentage change.
