With CEO Richard Anderson at the helm, the executive management team at Delta Air Lines is committed to excellence, innovation and leadership. In the past decade, Delta has fought off a hostile takeover bid, emerged from bankruptcy and acquired Northwest Airlines. Delta serves more than 160 million passengers and flies to 312 destinations in 56 countries.
Southwest Airlines has been provisionally approved for 27 new slot pairs at Washington National Airport (DCA) while JetBlue Airways has received tentative clearance for 12 new DCA slot pairs.
Hainan Airlines parent HNA Group plans to launch Guilin Airlines in conjunction with the Guilin municipal government in May, pending approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Cathay Pacific Airways has awarded L-3 Link Simulation & Training a contract for two Airbus A350 full-flight simulators (FFS) plus trainers, marking Link’s first order for A350 products.
Global airport passenger traffic increased 3.1% year-over-year in November, down 1.8 points from October, Airports Council International (ACI) reports.
American Airlines Group CEO Doug Parker expressed optimism that the integration of American Airlines and US Airways, which closed their mega-merger in December, will move forward smoothly as the carriers explore numerous opportunities for revenue, cost and operational synergies.
French air accident authority BEA has launched an investigation after a Saab 2000 operated by Swiss regional Darwin Airline lost its nose wheel on landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Jan. 28.
An EVA Airways Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS) has been certified to Level D, the highest FFS standard, by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Taiwan Civil Aviation Authority.