Oneworld member and Etihad Airways equity partner airberlin will continue to adapt its route network by focusing on increased efficiency and further reducing seasonal effects, leading to a 5% reduction in capacity, according to airberlin CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.
Kuwait-based hybrid carrier Jazeera Airways posted a net profit of KD8.1 million ($27.9 million), up 22.6% from the year-ago figure, in what it described as its best-ever third quarter.
Chinese carriers reported a net profit of CNY2.2 billion ($358 million) in September, down 24% compared with a net income of CNY2.82 billion in the year-ago month.
International air freight volumes are expected to grow at a five-year 4.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to IATA’s Airline Industry Forecast for 2014-2018.
The European Commission (EC) is seeking input into whether SkyTeam members Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and Alitalia have unfair dominance on their transatlantic New York services.
Air France is operating a series of flights powered by biofuels on its Toulouse-Paris Orly route between now and next September to showcase its Lab’line For the Future project.
Lufthansa’s supervisory board will decide on the details of its long-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary in the first week of December, according to Lufthansa chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr.
Top 25 US Airlines for the month ranked by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees. Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Employee calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
American Airlines and US Airways have unified under a single air waybill, effectively completing the combination of the cargo divisions of the merging airlines.
As the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) calls another pilot strike for Monday and Tuesday for Lufthansa’s short- and medium-haul operations, the carrier is holding firm in its commitment to work on a sustainable long-term cost structure.
Russia’s UTair Airlines is negotiating with Airbus and Boeing on new delivery schedules for its orders for 20 A321s and 40 Boeing 737-800/900ERs, Interfax reported.
For Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's commercial aircraft, consolidated year-to-date orders, deliveries, LOIs and cancellations, organized by the most-recent reporting quarter.
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.
Singapore Airlines (SIA), key stakeholder in the Tigerair low-cost carrier (LCC) Group, has taken a controlling interest in the LCC’s holding company and sold the Tigerair Australia offshoot to Virgin Australia for AUD1 ($0.88).
Rolls-Royce has warned that a slowing global economy will stall revenue growth, telling investors that full-year 2014 revenue will fall 3.5% to 4% year-over-year.
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will appeal a European Commission (EC) ruling that it should repay more than €300,000 ($385 million) of what the EC has decided was unfair financial aid.
Florida-based regional Silver Airways plans to increase its intra-Florida flights 40% beginning Nov. 6 and will soon operate more than 560 weekly flights to 10 Florida cities.
