US FAA proposed a $298,500 civil penalty against Capital Cargo International Airlines (CCIA) for allegedly operating eight Boeing 727-200 freighters in 2008 and 2009 "when the aircraft were not in compliance with federal aviation regulations," the agency stated.
Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd. appointed acting CEO Chin Yau Seng as the airline’s permanent CEO, effective Nov. 1. Chin, a former Silk Air CEO, been with the Singapore Airlines Group more than 15 years. Chin will succeed Tony Davis, who leaves the airline Nov. 1. Air Berlin appointed Marcus Puffer as manager of loyalty and partnerships Department. He will take up his post Nov. 1. Air Austral has taken delivery of the first of two Boeing 777-200LRs it has on order.
Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communication grounded Peruvian Airlines for safety reasons Aug. 18 for 90 days, according to the Aviation Safety Network (ASN).
China Southern Airlines (CZ) reported a net profit of CNY 2.755 billion ($531.6 million) for the first half of this year, up 32.71% over the CNY 2.076 billion earned last year.
Aer Lingus launched a new app and mobile website on which customers can plan and review flight details, check in, receive travel alerts, check real-time flight information and make a booking. The app is available for iPhone or Android as well as for Blackberry and Nokia phone users. Mobile and app check-in is available on routes between Dublin and London Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham, and scheduled to be fully rolled out network-wide over the next couple of months.
US passenger airlines' capacity will be down 0.5% year-over-year in the fourth quarter after rising just 1.1% year-over-year in the third quarter, the US Air Transport Assn. (ATA) said Wednesday.
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The latest initiative in IATA's drive to take costs and complexity out of the airline industry is slated to go live next month, but an alarming number of carriers are unprepared, according to Neela Bhattacherjee, head of Kale Consultants' airlines strategic business unit. The Simplified Interline Settlement program aims to dispense with the 160 tons of paper invoices and supporting documents that are shipped annually among airlines around the world each year to support the industry's interline billing and settlement process.
SuperJet International signed an MOU for a "SuperCare" agreement with PT Sky Aviation for after-sales support of its fleet of 12 SSJ100 aircraft. It will provide the carrier with customized spares availability and maintenance/repair solutions of onboard equipment for 10 years. Finnair Engine Services inked a four-year engine maintenance and repair agreement with Rossiya Airlines, which covers the CFM56-5B engines on Rossiya’s Airbus A319/320 aircraft.
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has issued draft approval for the Joint Business Agreement (JBA) between Qantas and American Airlines for Pacific routes between the US and Australia/New Zealand and the networks that support those routes.
News from Travel Technology Update: The latest initiative in IATA's drive to take costs and complexity out of the airline industry is slated to go live next month, but an alarming number of carriers are unprepared, according to Neela Bhattacherjee, head of Kale Consultants' airlines strategic business unit.
New US Dept. of Transportation (DOT) regulations aimed at providing "protections" for airline passengers went into effect Tuesday, boosting compensation for involuntarily bumped passengers and imposing a 4-hr. tarmac delay limit on international flights at US airports.
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has issued draft approval for the Joint Business Agreement (JBA) between Qantas and American Airlines for Pacific routes between the US and Australia/New Zealand and the networks that support those routes.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) said it reached a tentative agreement with Omni Air on its first pilot contract, which includes substantial pay and benefit increases, and scope provisions to protect jobs and quality of life.
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) signed an agreement with Canada-based FlightPath International Co. to developing and implement a Multi-crew Pilot License training program (MPL).
Air Berlin (AB) CEO Joachim Hunold announced he is stepping down Sept. 1 as the airline embarks on a steep cost-cutting program that will include cutting 7,500 flights this year. Hunold, who has been with AB since 1991, will remain as non-executive director. AB board member Hartmut Mehdorn was named interim CEO.
China's airlines earned an aggregate net profit of CNY5.75 billion ($902.7 million) in July, down 1.7% from net income of CNY5.85 billion in the year-ago month.
JetBlue Airways maintained its status as the lone US major airline with no employees represented by a union when its pilots voted this week against representation by the Air Line Pilots Assn.
Though international premium traffic in June was up 6.4% and economy traffic up 4.8% year-over-year, respectively, IATA said in its latest "Premium Traffic Monitor" that the "level and growth rates for passenger numbers … in June dropped back from the levels seen in May," likely due to slower world trade growth and weakening business confidence.
News from ATW's Eco-Aviation Today: The Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines, which represents 17 major airlines in Asia, including Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways, has lashed out at the UK government for its punitive taxation of air travel in the form of the air passenger duty (APD), which was initially touted by the UK as an environmental measure.
