The new search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that vanished in March has been announced and Australian officials have said the aircraft was “highly likely” to have been on autopilot before it crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
European carriers are in danger of missing out on future growth possibilities if they don’t change from their old, established structures, Swiss International Air Lines CEO Harry Hohmeister told ATW.
Steady year-over-year employment increases at US scheduled passenger airlines continued into their fifth month, according to figures from the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Boeing has rejected the US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) conclusion that the 777-200ER’s automated systems contributed to the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 accident.
After months of negotiations, Etihad Airways and Alitalia announced Wednesday they have agreed to a deal that will see the fast-expanding Abu Dhabi-based carrier take a 49% stake in the struggling Italian flag carrier.
African low-cost carrier Fastjet has struck a deal to sell its stake in loss-making Fly540 Kenya for a nominal fee and is considering replacing it with a new venture, Fastjet Kenya.
Gunmen on Tuesday night fired on a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A310 as it landed at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, killing a passenger and injuring at least two others.
Russia’s UTair Aviation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Kaluga regional government and Interior Ministry to renovate Yermolino Airport for low-cost operations.
Economy passenger travel surged 8% year-over-year in April—the biggest leap in economy traffic since March 2012, when economy traffic grew 8.9%, according to IATA’s April Premium Traffic Monitor.
A passenger on board a Pakistan International Airlines’ Airbus A310 was killed and others were wounded when the aircraft was hit by gunfire as it landed at Peshawar Airport in the early hours of Wednesday.
Asiana Airlines Flight 214’s pilots didn’t have a full understanding of the aircraft’s automated systems and “mismanaged” the approach to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded.
Finnair will outsource its cabin crew on approximately 20 long- and short-haul routes over the next two years, leading to job cuts, after union talks failed to hit its €18 million ($24 million) cost-cutting target.
