A flydubai Boeing 737, en route from Dubai to Russia’s Rostov-on-Don Airport, crashed on landing March 19. The airline said all 55 passengers and seven crew members on board the aircraft were killed.
Global airline distribution network APG has opened an office in Cuba to represent airlines in anticipation of growing demand for air travel following the country’s launch of initiatives to develop international business, with tourism as one of the island’s top industries.
Royal Brunei Airlines announced acting CEO and deputy chairman Dermot Mannion will leave “shortly, on completion of his term of office,” and will be succeeded by CCO Karam Chand.
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.
Frontier Airlines, the Denver-based ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC), has promoted president Barry Biffle to CEO and appointed him to the airline’s board of directors.
Global air transport IT specialist SITA and Lufthansa have jointly developed bag-tracing technology called WorldTracer, which they say will “speed up the repatriation of delayed or mishandled bags to passengers.”
Air New Zealand is proposing tighter carbon offset requirements under the country’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), a move spurred by the carrier’s extensive sustainability initiative.
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has approved the FAA reauthorization bill proposed last week by Sens. John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Bill Nelson (D-Florida), moving it a step closer to consideration by the full Senate.
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has reported that airlines in member states had 56 accidents, including 27 crashes, which killed 116 people in 2015, according to IAC’s Safety Performance Report.
The Indian government has confirmed it will spend more than $12 billion on aviation as part of its 12th Five Year Plan (FYP), which finalizes at the end of 2017.
Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand have joined forces in their quest to start using biofuel, and the new arrangement could result in a combined supply deal.
Europe should change rules governing doctor-patient privacy when the patient’s mental state and job could put lives at risk, the French accident agency heading the investigation into the crash of Germanwings flight 9525 recommends.
Southwest Airlines sees the potential for “hundreds of millions of dollars” in incremental revenue when it fully integrates its domestic and international reservations systems next year.
United Airlines is starting to use a fuel that is 30% comprised of biofuel on flights from Los Angeles International (LAX) to San Francisco International (SFO).
China’s population continues to travel, despite recent economic challenges, and passengers are demanding more from airlines and airports, according to a recently published analysis by IT provider SITA.
Reps. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) and Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the chairmen of two key US House of Representatives committees, have introduced legislation extending FAA’s authorization through July 15.
Airlines for America (A4A) strongly criticized the FAA reauthorization bill proposed in the US Senate, saying it “seeks to reregulate airline industry pricing and service provisions.”
The 10 publicly traded US passenger airlines collectively reported a pre-tax profit margin of 14.6% in 2015, according to Washington, DC-based lobbying group Airlines for America (A4A).
