American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have joined forces with a number of unions to reveal a report they say supports their claims that the major Gulf carriers are heavily subsidized by their state owners.
The Gulf subsidy campaign by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, backed solidly by their union groups, merits as much scrutiny as went into the 55-page report they commissioned and which took two years to prepare.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has granted approval to Hainan Airlines to rebrand its subsidiary West Air as low-cost carrier (LCC), effective March 29.
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) continued strike action Friday for the third day this week, in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Singapore flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been in talks to buy around 20% of Korean low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air in the lead up to its initial public offering (IPO) later this year.
Citing “distortions in the market,” European Union (EU) transport commissioner Violeta Bulc said she will seek a new mandate from EU countries to open talks with the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia over “unfair subsidies to airlines.”
A resurgent fourth-quarter net profit of $98.3 million helped to ease full-year net losses for Santiago-based LATAM Airlines Group, which closed out 2014 with a net loss of $109.8 million, narrowed from its $281.1 million net loss in 2013.
Openness to a restructuring of FAA—including fundamental air traffic control (ATC) reform—appears to be widespread in government and among industry stakeholders, but disputes over the agency’s funding threaten to unravel any potential consensus on reorganizing FAA.
Luxembourg-based Cargolux has signed a letter of intent with Oman Air allowing the freight specialist to use the Middle Eastern carrier’s facilities in Muscat, Salalah and Sohar.
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) continued a strike action Thursday for the second day this week, the 12th strike in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
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.
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.
Air Madagascar has ordered three ATR 72-600 turboprops in a deal worth approximately $77 million, and is leasing two more of the type from Ireland-based Elix Aviation Capital.
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways saw significant growth in both passenger numbers and load factors in February, mainly attributed to a travel surge driven by an unusually late Chinese New Year travel period.
Japanese low-cost carrier (LCC) Peach Aviation has unveiled plans to open a new base in Sendai, just a month after revealing its intention to add a hub at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport.
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker today said the airline subsidy evidence against Qatar and the United Arab Emirates was “overwhelming” and “unprecedented.”
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has called for a strike Wednesday and Thursday, the latest in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Etihad Airways president and CEO James Hogan has made his first public comments on the growing campaign by the three largest US carriers against the three Gulf airlines they say operate on the basis of unfair government subsidies.
