All airlines from Libya have been added to the European Commission’s aviation safety list, also known as the airline blacklist, subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union (EU).
Vietnamese startup low-cost carrier (LCC) VietJet Air has taken its first steps toward international expansion with the first flights of its new Thai VietJet Air subsidiary.
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.
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations cancelled to highest.
US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate, contrasted with the previous month's performance, and the year-ago month's performance.
Qatar Airways announced Wednesday that delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 XWB, originally planned for this weekend, has been postponed. No new date for the delivery or reasons for the delay were given; Qatar is the launch customer for the all-new widebody.
Virgin Atlantic is expecting to turn a profit this year, after completing its two-year recovery plan, and is now working to deliver on its strategy for the period to 2018.
The Aircraft Tracking Task Force (ATTF) set up in the wake of the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in March has issued a report with recommendations to improve continuous tracking of airliners.
Panama City-registered Avianca Holdings—created by the 2009 combination of Colombia’s Avianca and El Salvador-based Grupo TACA—will consolidate the business next year, after recently completing investing in the small Mexican cargo carrier AeroUnion.
The Qantas Group said it expects to report an underlying profit before tax (PBT) in the range of AUD300 million ($248.5 million) to AUD350 million for the first six months of FY2015, reversing a loss of AUD252 million reported for the year-ago period.
Flydubai is continuing its expansion into Central and Eastern Europe with the launch of 2X-weekly Dubai- Bratislava (Slovakia) flights, as well as new service to Prague (Czech Republic) and Sofia (Bulgaria) in December.
Airlines for America (A4A) forecasted that passengers traveling on US airlines on the average day during the upcoming holiday season will increase approximately 10% year-over-year to 2.37 million, a sign of the industry’s strength that is expected to continue into 2015.
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.
South African Airways (SAA)—which has undergone five CEO/acting CEO changes in just two years—is seeking a strategic equity partner and has warned that full implementation of its long-term strategy (LTTS) is “critical to its continued ongoing operations.”
American Airlines has reached a second tentative agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) that will allow pilots at Envoy Air to fly Embraer E-175 aircraft.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana is expecting to be profitable this year, despite the 19% devaluation of the Kazakhstani tenge in the first quarter that created a local market weakness.
Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional Bhd sovereign wealth fund and majority shareholder in Malaysia Airline System (MAS) will suspend trading in the national airline’s shares from Dec. 15.
