The new Malaysian flag carrier set to be raised from the assets of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has outlined a major change of strategy, and hinted at swinging management cuts in addition to the 8,000 staff job cuts announced earlier this week.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has agreed a new one-year collective bargaining agreement with Norwegian pilots’ union NSF, back-dated to April 1, ending seven days of strike action.
Russian airlines carried 23.4 million passengers in January-April 2015, down 2% year-over-year, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.
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Nothing is more demonstrative of the US airline industry’s dramatic turnaround than the current state of American Airlines, which has become one of the world’s best performing airlines less than a year-and-a-half after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
International Airlines Group (IAG) will make a €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) formal takeover bid for Aer Lingus, after winning crucial backing from the government of Ireland and the carrier’s board.
An air traffic control technical failure closed Belgian airspace Wednesday morning, which caused hundreds of flights to be either canceled or diverted.
Ryanair has told the market it expects to generate a €940-€970 million ($1-$1.1 billion) in 2015-16, 10% up on the performance just posted for 2014-15.
American Airlines is creating a sub-fleet of 16 ETOPS-certified Airbus A321s to fly between the West Coast and Hawaii, an airline spokeswoman told ATW’s sister publication Aviation Daily.
Russia’s Ural Airlines has become a member of IATA, which will allow the carrier “to optimize costs of international audit which the airline is required to pass, to get the information on the airline business new technologies and implement them,” the carrier said in a statement.
Vietnamese flag carrier Vietnam Airlines (VA) plans to implement codeshare links with its part-owned low-cost carrier (LCC) Jetstar Pacific, and has introduced new schedules to India as part of its newly announced expansion.
International passenger traffic in the Asia-Pacific region has increased 10% to 23 million in April, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
Eastern European-based Wizz Air will launch two additional routes from Vilnius, Lithuania, after Air Lituanica ceased operations, offering rescue fares to passengers.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana has opened a training center for engineers in Almaty, with certification in European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 147 standards by Kazakh and European aviation authorities.
