US FAA finalized a rule designed to protect most of today's commercial aircraft and those designed in the future from structural damage as they age. The new rule, Aging Airplane Program: Widespread Fatigue Damage, was announced Friday.
Chinese carriers earned a collective profit of CNY4.28 billion ($645 million) in October, a quadrupling of CNY1.05 billion in net income in the year-ago period, according to CAAC. The regulator credited "robust growth of domestic market demand boosted by Chinese fast economic growth, especially the stimulation of the Shanghai World Expo in October."
Swissport-Losch inked a six-year contract with Lufthansa to provide ground handling for the carrier's CRJs and Embraer aircraft at Munich beginning Jan 1, 2011.
ARC reported that October ticket sales through participating travel agencies climbed 7.9% compared to October 2009 to $6.54 billion, marking the tenth month this year of improving sales. The size of the improvement over the relevant year-ago month continues to shrink, however, from a peak of 29% in March, as the recovery in air travel catches up on itself.
US Dept. of Transportation said Wednesday that tarmac delays continue to decline at US airports since the 3 hr. tarmac delay rule went into effect in April ( ATW Daily News, Oct. 13).
Hainan Airlines is negotiating with the Shanghai municipal government to seek a capital injection for its Shanghai Deer Air subsidiary as it looks to expand its business jet fleet. Shanghai Deer Air was launched at the end of 2009 in its namesake city with a registered capital of nearly CNY1 billion ($150 million). HNA’s subsidiaries HNA Tourism Company, Grand China Logistics and Yangtze River Express Airlines are all stakeholders.
US Dept. of Transportation on Wednesday gave final approval for antitrust immunity to oneworld members American Airlines and Japan Airlines and, separately, to Star Alliance members United Airlines, Continental Airlines and All Nippon Airways, to operate their respective transpacific joint ventures.
US Dept. of Transportation on Wednesday gave final approval for antitrust immunity to oneworld members American Airlines and Japan Airlines and, separately, to Star Alliance members United Airlines, Continental Airlines and All Nippon Airways, to operate their respective transpacific joint ventures.
Star Alliance took yet another step in its dynamic expansion Wednesday by announcing it has officially invited Avianca-TACA and Copa Airlines to join the grouping.
American Express agrees to acquire fraud-prevention solutions firm Viator buys tour guide network Open AXIS describes ‘new indirect distribution channel’ Online travel, technology firms unite to block ITA sale Norwegian Cruise Line to focus on direct channels Amadeus takes steps to broaden its presence in U.S. market World news briefing
Open AXIS Group, a non-profit organization that promotes XML as “the optimal electronic messaging structure” for airline system connectivity, introduced the I-EMD, a “virtual” image of an electronic miscellaneous document. The I-EMD is designed to serve as an informational tool until industrywide implementation of EMDs, with settlement from ARC or IATA, is achieved. That, according to Open AXIS, could take years to fully evolve.
Al Bateen Executive Airport, the Gulf Region's first and only dedicated private aviation airport, operated and managed by Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), is set for a new record in terms of movements this weekend.
Rolls-Royce announced Tuesday it received an order for Trent 700 engines from China Eastern Airlines to power its 16 Airbus A330 aircraft. The deal is worth $1.2 billion, it said. The A330s are scheduled to go into service from 2011.
AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines announced they each received a request for additional information Monday from the US Dept. of Justice in connection with SWA’s proposed acquisition of AirTran (ATW Daily News, Sept. 28).
The European Commission on Tuesday fined 11 airlines a total of €799 million ($1.1 billion) for "operating a worldwide cartel which affected cargo services within the European Economic Area."
News from Travel Technology Update: Open AXIS Group, a non-profit organization that promotes XML as “the optimal electronic messaging structure” for airline system connectivity, introduced the I-EMD, a “virtual” image of an electronic miscellaneous document. The I-EMD is designed to serve as an informational tool until industrywide implementation of EMDs, with settlement from ARC or IATA, is achieved. That, according to Open AXIS, could take years to fully evolve.
US Airways announced Monday it plans to add a total of 500 flight attendants and pilots through “a combination of new hires and recalls of furloughed workers.” It said the need for the workers is driven by planned retirements and attrition. The carrier plans to hire 420 flight attendants and 80 pilots by July 2011. After the recalls, US said it expects to employ approximately 4,970 pilots and 7,300 and flight attendants.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has taken a major step away from its original LCC business model with the signing of an initial LOI with ILFC to lease two new 787-8s for 12 years with deliveries from the fall of 2012. Norwegian currently operates an all-737 fleet.
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that the country's ban on air cargo from Yemen will continue and has been extended to also include all airfreight from Somalia.
Delta Air Lines flew 16.61 billion system RPMs in October, up 8.6% from the year-ago month, on a 9.5% increase in capacity to 19.91 billion ASMs. Load factor slipped 0.7 points to 83.4% Southwest Airlines flew 6.85 billion RPMs in October, up 8.3% from the year-ago month. Capacity climbed 5% to 8.39 billion ASMs as load factor jumped 2.5 points to 81.7%.
Continental Airlines announced Friday its technicians and related employees, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, ratified a new collective bargaining agreement ( ATW Daily News, Sept. 13). We are committed to reaching fair and mutually beneficial agreements with all of our unions, and are pleased our Continental technicians have voted to ratify this contract,” said Senior VP-Technical Operations Jim Keenan.
An Aerocaribbean ATR 72-200 operating a domestic Cuban flight between Santiago and Havana crashed en route Thursday, killing all 68 passengers and crew onboard. The crash at 5:45 p.m. in a mountainous region near Sancti Spiritus occurred as Hurricane Tomas neared the eastern part of the island nation, where Santiago is located. By early Friday, Cuban authorities had suspended flights at the country's airports owing to the hurricane.
An Aerocaribbean ATR 72-200 operating a domestic Cuban flight between Santiago and Havana crashed en route Thursday, killing all 68 passengers and crew onboard. The crash at 5:45 p.m. in a mountainous region near Sancti Spiritus occurred as Hurricane Tomas neared the eastern part of the island nation, where Santiago is located. By early Friday, Cuban authorities had suspended flights at the country's airports owing to the hurricane.
