William "Bill" Franke has demonstrated a remarkable skill for expanding the aviation market. Thanks to Franke, more people than ever can afford to fly.
Lufthansa and its Group partner airlines achieved record passenger growth, delivered strong financials and took customer service standards to new heights.
Spirit Airlines has kept costs and fares down, while equipping its entire fleet with Wi-Fi, and delivers great on-time and checked baggage performance.
For two years in a row airBaltic has seen its strongest year in the company’s history, setting itself apart in a region where it has stimulated the market and created new city pairs.
The award is presented for goes to a person or organization that contributing exemplary service. Airlink is a rapid-response humanitarian relief organization.
US regional airline Cape Air and express cargo carrier Mountain Air Cargo have introduced a pathway program that allows pilots to transition between the two airlines to gain flight hours and experience.
Architects of a new standard for electronic aircraft records transfers are confident their work will yield the first real-world paperless transactions in 2019—a key milestone in a years-long effort to simplify aircraft-ownership transfers by cutting down on paper and connecting disparate back-end systems.
As it continues to seek ways to avoid another summer of record flight delays, Eurocontrol has published a slightly downgraded forecast for aircraft movements over the next seven years.
US carriers—including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, and United Airlines—have filed applications with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for some of the 12 newly available daytime slot pairs at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND).
UAE-based LCC Air Arabia has recorded its first annual deficit for many years, slumping to a 2018 net loss of AED307 million ($83.6 million), reversed from a profit of $180 million in 2017.
Russian airlines will be permitted to issue electronic boarding passes now that a Ministry of Transport decree has come into force, the authority said Feb. 19.
The goal of DOT regulatory reform is to maintain all safety and consumer protection standards, but to achieve them at less cost and prevent excess regulation.
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) have reached provisional agreement on the European Commission’s proposal to ensure basic air services between the UK and the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Recently announced changes to Air Canada’s network reflect added flexibility the airline has in two recently revamped agreements that affect how the airline can deploy its rouge subsidiary and Air Canada Express-contracted fleets.
London Heathrow Airport has posted a £267 million ($348.5 million) adjusted pre-tax profit for 2018, 23% up on the prior year, based on a 2.7% increase in passenger numbers and higher retail spending.
