Southwest Airlines will start daily flights between Austin, Texas and St. Louis from June 28, 2015. Southwest is Lambert-St. Louis International Airport’s biggest operator with more than 90 daily flights to 35 cities.
FedEx Corp. has posted a consolidated net profit of $616 million for its FY2015 second-quarter ended Nov. 30, up 23.2% year-over-year from net income of $500 million in the company’s FY2014 second quarter.
The 10 largest US scheduled passenger airlines collectively reported net income of $2.99 billion in the 2014 third-quarter, down 13.8% from a 2014 second quarter net profit of $3.5 billion but nearly matching (down by 0.5%) the $3 billion in net income the 10 carriers posted in the 2013 third quarter.
U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the current week and comparisons to two weeks ago, one month ago, three months ago, six months ago and the same week for each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
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.
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has opened an investigation into a “serious incident” in which a Flybe Bombardier Q400 had an inflight engine fire late Tuesday.
Royal Air Maroc has introduced four new Embraer E-190s into its fleet following a successful trial in 2013, marking a new aircraft type for the North African carrier.
China’s big three—Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines—are all expected to operate out of Beijing new airport, which will be located in Daxing.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is seeking to hold a new round of bilateral air service agreement (ASA) talks with the Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board (PCAB) early next year.
Taiwan’s oldest established airline, TransAsia Airways, is expanding operations with the launch of a new low-cost carrier (LCC) called V Air, and an application for a US foreign air carrier permit.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline is further boosting its Airbus A380 services to Australia, and it plans to have five daily flights with this aircraft type by the middle of next year.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana has added to its Southeast Asia route network with a direct flight from Astana, the Kazakh state capital Astana, to Bangkok, Thailand.
Qatar Airways, which postponed the delivery ceremonies of the first Airbus A350 XWB aircraft last week, has set a new date of Jan. 7 for ceremonies at its home hub in Doha.
Low-cost carrier AirAsia X has placed a firm order for 55 Airbus A330neos, comprising five new aircraft and the firming of a previously announced commitment for 50 of the type at the Farnborough Airshow in July.
Garuda Indonesia will join the handful of major Southeast Asian airlines that will start 2015 with a new CEO, as it named the head of its low-cost subsidiary to take over the top job.
Aer Lingus’ shareholders have voted in favor of a deal to address the airline’s pension deficit, which was previously described as “a real and significant risk to the success of the company.”
