Although WestJet Airlines continues to explore the possibility of flying widebody aircraft to emerging markets in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East, the carrier still believes it can make money by launching new service to Europe, despite considerable competition on many key routes.
UK long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic is launching a trial with Sony Mobile Communications to test how new wearable technology can help improve the airline’s maintenance and engineering processes.
Worldwide air freight volume growth slowed to 3.2% year-over-year (YOY) in January, as the market for air cargo shipments declined in Latin America, Europe and North America, according to IATA’s January Air Freight Market Analysis.
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle estimated that some 35,000 passengers were affected by a strike among pilots that shut down routes across Scandinavia Wednesday.
The Indonesia Navy has called off the retrieval mission of the wreckage of AirAsia QZ8501 after divers declared there were no more bodies inside the main fuselage, which has not been able to be lifted from the seabed of the Java Sea off Pangkalan Bun in south Borneo.
Dubai-based low-cost-carrier (LCC) flydubai posted a full-year net profit of AED250 million ($68 million) for 2014, up 12.3% year-over-year (YOY) from the carrier’s AED222.8 million net income in 2013.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has been revealed as the buyer of three Boeing 737-800s that had previously been on the manufacturer’s books as having been sold to an unidentified customer.
Airberlin CEO Stefan Pichler, who took the helm Feb. 1 to move the company forward with its restructuring program, presented the first details of the 2015-2016 turnaround plan on the eve of ITB Berlin.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair said its new, softer approach to passenger relations has paid off with a 5% increase in load factor and an 11% rise in passenger numbers.
JetBlue Airways pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, (ALPA), have sent official notice to company management requesting to open contract negotiations under the federal Railway Labor Act.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the launch of Jiangxi Airlines, a new venture of Xiamen Airlines in conjunction with the Jiangxi provincial government.
Air Serbia, the rebranded former JAT Airways, marked its first full year of operation with a net profit of €2.7 million ($3 million), a sharp reversal of its 2013 €73 million loss.
Global air freight volumes grew 4.7% year-over-year (YOY) in 2014, up 3.7 points from 2013, as approximately 71 million metric tonnes of cargo were shipped by air—an increase of 4 million metric tonnes from 2013, according to preliminary data from Airports Council International (ACI).
Argentina’s flagship carrier, Aerolíneas Argentinas, has taken delivery of the first of four new directly purchased Airbus A330-200 aircraft as a part of the carrier’s fleet renewal strategy.
Brussels Airlines has followed up its heroic effort during the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa with a campaign to help the continent recover from the lingering and devastating economic impact of the epidemic.
