Asia-Pacific airlines carried 22.9 million international passengers in May, up 11.8% year-over-year, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
Majority shareholder Tata Group is in talks with fellow shareholder Telestra Tradeplace to buy significant additional equity in startup low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia India.
South African low-cost carrier (LCC) Mango Airlines is planning to expand its regional routes and remain the fastest-growing LCC in Africa to operate with the lowest cost base, South African Airways CEO Nico Bezuidenhout told ATW.
LOT Polish Airlines has detailed plans to grow at least 30% in ASKs starting in 2016, when a European Union (EU) ban is lifted prohibiting the carrier from growing capacity or adding routes until it completes restructuring.
The US Senate has confirmed Peter Neffenger, the vice commandant of the US Coast Guard, to be the next head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
South African Airlines veteran Andre Viljoen, who currently heads Air Mauritius, has been selected by Fiji Airways as its next CEO and managing director.
Delta Air Lines is relinquishing its authority to operate flights between Seattle and Tokyo Haneda Airport, just days after the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued its final order allowing the Atlanta-based carrier to retain the coveted slots.
US Airlines with over 1000 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees, ranked by increase in employees, year-over-year. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
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.
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 and five years ago are represented by percentage change.
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.
Gulf carrier Etihad Airways has welcomed the European Commission (EC) review of aviation policy as a chance to embrace “bold reforms” that put competition and passengers’ interests in the spotlight.
Lufthansa flight attendant union said it would announce several strike actions July 1 if an agreement has not been reached by June 30 over pay and pension benefits.
Star Alliance carrier LOT Polish Airlines was forced to cancel 11 out of 200 scheduled flights Sunday at Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin Airport after its computers were hacked, grounding 1,400 passengers.
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.
International Airlines Group (IAG) has posted a document outlining its proposed takeover terms for Aer Lingus to the Irish flag carrier’s shareholders.
