A Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800 has completed China’s first passenger flight with sustainable biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China.
Top 25 US Airlines for the month ranked by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Singapore-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot will expand its services from Singapore to Bangkok’s Don Mueang LCC hub, to fly 10 Boeing 777-200 flights a week to the Thai capital.
Changes in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as percent changes from the previous year; differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
United Airlines pilots have asked management to overhaul training programs to place a greater emphasis on communication and ensure crews follow standard operating procedures more closely.
Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services has increased its exposure to African carriers with the wet lease of a Bombardier Q400 NextGen to Aero Surveys of Ghana.
Ask Airbus-VP cabin marketing, innovation & design Ingo Wuggetzer about the current cabin innovation that has the most staying power and he apologizes for giving a “dull” answer: efficient use of space.
[UPDATED] Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) will continue strike action through Saturday for the fourth day this week, in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Lufthansa Cargo reported an annual operating profit of €100 million ($106 million) for 2014, up 26.6% compared to an operating profit of €79 million for 2013.
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Group posted a full-year result of HK$3.15 billion ($406 million) in net profits for 2014, up 20.2% year-over-year (YOY) over the Hong Kong-based company’s net take of HK$2.6 billion in 2013.
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW the East Africa-based carrier is in discussions with Boeing about taking six of 10 overweight Boeing 787s, which has been in storage for several years.
South African airline Comair has been announced as preferred bidder for a new air service to St. Helena, one of the world’s most remote inhabited outposts.
FedEx Corp. is pushing back hard against major US passenger airlines that, in the cargo giant’s view, are trying to get the US government to alter Open Skies agreements with Middle East states that are integral to FedEx’s business.
Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways executives stress that while a new runway is vital for Hong Kong International Airport, raising user fees to pay for construction could be detrimental to the airport’s competitiveness versus other hubs.
