Alternative aviation fuels provide the best opportunity—as compared to technological and air traffic management solutions—to decrease airlines’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) executive director Steve Csonka.
Jetstar Hong Kong chairman Pansy Ho has defended the carrier’s license application in response to objections from local carriers, including Cathay Pacific Airways, on grounds it is not a Hong Kong-based airline.
The Arbitration Court of the Dagestan Republic has declared the bankruptcy of Dagestan Airlines, more than a year after Russian authorities withdrew the Makhachkala-based carrier’s air operator’s certificate at the end of 2011.
Ethiopian Airlines has outlined plans to quadruple its Ethiopian Aviation Academy annual student intake by 2025 as part of its Vision 2025 strategic plan.
Kilimanjaro Aviation Logistics Centre (KALC), an affiliate of Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc., based in Mwanza, Tanzania, has enhanced its landing permit and overflight permit support services for business aviation operators for all 56 African nations.
Hard on the heels of its memorandum of understanding (MOU) to help modernize China’s air traffic management (ATM) system, Airbus has signed another MOU to extend its cooperation in aviation safety with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for a further five years.
Envac, the underground automated waste collection service, is celebrating further success in the Middle East after winning two projects in Dubai with Emirates Flight Catering Facility (EKFC).
Business aviation activity in North Africa is out-performing global average, according to MEBAA, the association for business aviation across the Middle East and North Africa.
The world’s airlines posted a cumulative second-quarter net profit of $2.2 billion, a major improvement from the $622 million net loss reported in the year-ago quarter.
The European Union will soften its stance on including international aviation in its Emissions Trading scheme (ETS) in a bid to help ICAO secure agreement on a global plan at the 38th ICAO General Assembly later this month.
The Turkish Competition Authority has again placed Turkish Airlines under investigation after an Ankara Administrative Court moved to reassess a 2010 complaint lodged by Pegasus Airlines claiming Turkish had abused its dominant position in the market “by engaging in exclusionary practices with its outbound Istanbul Atatürk domestic and international flights.”
Southwest Airlines has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with flight attendants of AirTran Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines.
F&E Aerospace, organisers of Aircraft Interiors Middle East, are pleased to announce the renewal of their partnership with HMG Aerospace (publishers of Inflight magazine) – to produce the Inflight IFEC pavilion at the 2014 show.
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways have received US Department of Transportation (DOT) backing for their planned transatlantic joint venture (JV).
Vienna Labor and Social Affairs Court is questioning the legal validity of Austrian Airlines’ transfer of flight operations—which included a fleet of some 80 aircraft and 2,100 employees— to subsidiary Tyrolean Airways.
Irish regional Aer Lingus, which was looking to combine with another carrier in 2012, has more recently explored a variety of merger and acquisition scenarios, according to information released by the UK Competition Commission (UKCC).
Lufthansa Group is reportedly planning to cut costs by renegotiating its pension payment contracts for around 60,000 employees, who will be informed this week.
News from Travel Technology Update: In one of the more bizarre deals struck since the birth of the online travel industry, Travelocity Global and Expedia have signed a strategic marketing agreement whereby Expedia will provide its technology, inventory and customer service to Travelocity’s US and Canadian websites.
