Vietnamese low-cost carrier (LCC) VietJet Air’s first subsidiary, Thai VietJet Air, will begin operations with a Bangkok-Phuket, Thailand schedule on March 29 using an Airbus A320-200.
French investigators reached the scene of the Germanwings Airbus A320 accident late in the afternoon local time and have recovered one of the aircraft’s two recorders, although whether it was the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder was not announced.
Air France-KLM freight airline Martinair Cargo has confirmed plans to drastically scale back its fleet to four Boeing 747 freighters by June 2016, affecting 330 jobs.
RwandAir, the flag carrier of the central African state of Rwanda, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for two Airbus A330s, signaling a move into the long-haul market.
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr has issued a statement via Twitter expressing his concerns over the fate of flight 4U 9525, operated by its fully owned Germanwings subsidiary.
Full-time-equivalent (FTE) employment at US scheduled passenger airlines grew 1.2% year-over-year (YOY) in January, to a total FTE count of 386,544 personnel, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Flag carrier Korean Air will open up codeshare flights from Incheon, Korea to Buenos Aires in Argentina through an upcoming agreement with Aerolíneas Argentinas.
Hong-Kong-based Cathay Pacific will cease Moscow flights from June 1, due to decreasing number of passengers and growing operational costs of the route, the carrier said in a statement.
Mexican low-cost carrier (LCC) Interjet is asking the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for permission to operate flights between Mexico City and Miami, New York and San Antonio, Texas, flights the carrier operated until its authority “unintentionally” lapsed earlier this month.
Air France-KLM’s board has proposed another four-year term for chairman and CEO Alexandre de Juniac, as well as greater crossover between the group’s management teams.
