Delta Air Lines has relocated some of its key services—including London to New York-JFK, Boston and Seattle, Wash.—to join Virgin Atlantic at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3, marking another step forward in the partnership between the two carriers.
Modern Aircraft: aircraft approved for production after 1985 and equipped with a glass cockpit and Flight Management System at initial certification. Classic Aircraft: aircraft using older technologies. Hull loss: an accident in which the aircraft is destroyed or substantially damaged and is not subesquently repaired. Indicated loss rate is calculated as number of accidents per million sectors.
Malaysia’s defense and transportation department has released the full transcript of communications between the pilots of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and Kuala Lumpur air traffic control. There is no indication of anything abnormal in the transcript.
Kulula, the low-cost subsidiary of South African carrier Comair, is eyeing potential codeshare opportunities as it looks to attract more corporate travelers.
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas has taken delivery of the first of three Airbus A330 aircraft as it gears up to launch a new range of long-haul services.
Airports Council International (ACI) said 2013 global passenger traffic rose 4% over 2012, according to recently released preliminary figures from ACI’s 1,105 reporting member airports.
In 2013, just under 6.96 bags per 1,000 passengers were delayed, a 21.2% drop over 2012 and part of a continuing trend of improved baggage handling over the last several years.
Although widely expected, Qantas Group’s first-half fiscal year 2014 report of a net loss of AUD235 million ($208 million), AUD346 million worse than posted in the year-ago period, sent shock waves through Australia and the airline industry.
For a modern airliner simply to disappear without a trace for almost two weeks, as Malaysia Airlines MH370 had done by the time this magazine went to press, is extraordinary and unimaginably distressing for those personally connected to the 227 passengers and 12 crew who vanished with the aircraft.
US Airways and Brazil’s TAM have both officially joined the oneworld alliance, greatly expanding the global airline grouping’s network in the Americas.
Slovenia-based Adria Airways signed a firm purchase agreement for two Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft, in an order valued at approximately $92 million based on current list prices.
