Alitalia’s senior management has embarked on a series of staff meetings to brief its workforce on the carrier’s future path with Etihad Airways as a major shareholder.
Qantas will be able to significantly broaden its network offering in Canada thanks to a new code share agreement with Calgary-based low cost carrier WestJet Airlines.
US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with reports from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Nairobi-based Kenya Airways (KQ) has expanded its Boeing 787 network to include a series of Far East destinations and is continuing to move its flights to Nairobi’s new Terminal 1A.
Philippine-based San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has agreed to sell its 49% in Philippine Airlines to the Lucio Tan Group (LTGroup), which currently owns 51% of the carrier.
US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Future growth in Southwest Airlines’ network will come from its growing number of international routes, and the carrier sees potential in 50 “dots,” or new destinations, within reach of its current fleet of Boeing 737s.
U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the current week and comparisons to the same week for each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Hainan Airlines reported first-half net income of CNY483 million ($78.5 million), down 25% over net profit of CNY647 million in the same period last year.
Lufthansa is expected to release a new pilot retirement plan Monday, the carrier’s latest effort to convince its flight crews that proposed reforms to the early retirement system are not worth the going on strike over.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has reported third-quarter net income of SEK496 million ($69.8 million), down 44% from SEK886 million in the year-ago period, as yields continue to be affected by overcapacity.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has blamed pilot error for the crash of an UPS Airlines Airbus A300-600, which crashed on approach to Birmingham, Alabama, on Aug. 14, 2013.
Ground handlers at London Heathrow Airport terminals 1, 2, and 3 are planning a 24-hour strike Friday, in a dispute with employer Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG) over pay.
Air France-KLM plans to grow the fleet of its low-cost subsidiary Transavia to 100 aircraft by 2017, the group’s chairman and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said.
China Eastern Airlines has unveiled a new look after 25 years, which includes a new logo featuring the shape of a swallow consisting of two capital letters, C and E, the initial letters of the carrier’s name.
Singapore-based low-cost carrier Scoot has revealed that Hong Kong, Sydney and Perth will be the first three routes to be upgraded to Boeing 787-9s when the new aircraft begin arriving.
Australian low-cost carrier (LCC) Jetstar plans to launch two new routes to New Zealand in December, boosting the Qantas group’s network in this extremely competitive market.
Alitalia has taken another step in its restructuring following the arrival of Etihad as a major shareholder by appointing a new chief commercial officer (CCO), Ariodante Valeri.
Lufthansa Cargo executive board member Andreas Otto will become CCO of Austrian Airlines, sources from Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines confirmed to ATW in Vienna.
