Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair is to close its Oslo Rygge base on Oct. 29 and reduce its Norwegian traffic by 50% after the Norwegian government confirmed the introduction of an air passenger tax.
Following reports that EgyptAir flight MS804’s recorders may have been detected, Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Brégier urged caution, saying, “Only the facts count.”
European carriers are bracing for further disruption, as France’s air traffic controllers plan another walkout which threatens to be the worst of 2016.
A French naval vessel involved in the search for EgyptAir flight MS804 has received signals “assumed to be from one of the data recorders,” Egyptian authorities said.
Japanese major All Nippon Airways (ANA) has finalized its agreement to take an 8.8% stake in Vietnamese flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, worth VND2.43 trillion ($109 million).
The rate of change in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as year-over-year percentage growth or losses. Differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest, for the first three months of 2016; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous year.
Ranked by involuntary denied-boardings per 10,000 passengers, lowest to highest. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection Division Air Travel Consumer Report.
A much-needed new terminal at Kuwait International Airport was given the go-ahead May 29 when the Gulf nation’s Ministry of Public Works signed a KD1.3 billion ($4.3 billion) contract with Limak Construction.
The Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International CFM LEAP-1A engines has received joint EASA/FAA certification, Airbus president & CEO Fabrice Brégier announced May 31.
Airbus COO, customers, John Leahy is not concerned about considerations that Boeing reportedly is giving to stretch the 737 MAX further using higher-thrust CFM International LEAP-1A engines that have been developed for the Airbus A320neo.
"We are all involved in an arms race," security futurist and risk consultant Simon Moores, MD of Zentelligence (Research), told an audience at the SITA Air Transport IT Summit in Barcelona.
Putting the engine developed for the Airbus A320neo on to the Boeing 737 MAX would not be easy, Airbus executives said this week, although they acknowledged they were aware of rumors that this was being considered in the US.
Bahraini national carrier Gulf Air said May 27 that one of its flights made a diversionary landing in India after passengers and crew sustained injures when the aircraft hit turbulence.
The problem of fraudulently obtained travel documents is outstripping forged passports as one of the key identity validation issues facing the air transport industry today.
Security screening wait times at Chicago airports have improved significantly from earlier this month, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
European lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) said it is “astonished” that Norway’s government is pressing ahead with a new airline passenger tax despite evidence that such levies depress demand and weaken both airlines and airports.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has had to cancel around 180 flights over the past five days after it grounded the fleet of 10 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets operated by wholly owned subsidiary Cimber for precautionary undercarriage checks.
