Japanese LCC Peach Aviation has established an aircraft and crew base at Tokyo Narita Airport, as the carrier reorganizes its operations as a result of its merger with Vanilla Air.
Scottish regional airline Loganair plans to build a fleet of around 20 ATR 42-500 turboprops over the next several years as it begins to replace its long-serving Saab 340s and 2000s.
Revenue gains and cost-cutting initiatives continued to reap benefits for Alaska Air Group as the company posted third-quarter net income of $322 million, up 48% from $217 million in the year-ago period.
Indonesian investigators have concluded that a series of factors, primarily the design of the Boeing 737 MAX 8’s flight-control system and inadequacies in pilot training and maintenance practices, combined to cause the crash of Lion Air flight 610 a year ago.
Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Qatar has revealed plans for its second phase of expansion, which will be split into two stages—Phases A and B.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and Saudia Arabian national carrier Saudia have significantly increased their codeshare agreement, which was initiated in October 2018.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) will restructure its hub system at Kyiv Boryspil International Airport and cut routes from Nov. 16, to reduce losses, optimize costs and return to profitability.
Dublin-headquartered flight operations specialist Six West plans to act as an intermediary for higher-risk leases, allowing lessors to place aircraft on its newly secured Maltese air operator’s certificate (AOC).
Southwest Airlines’ 2019 third-quarter results topped analysts’ expectations, as strong passenger demand and timing of maintenance events helped offset challenges related to the grounding of its 34 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Financial results to-date for airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses, operating margins and net income/losses for each airline's 2019 fiscal third quarter or equivalent.
Qantas reported stronger demand in its international market for the three months through September, despite a drop-off in the Hong Kong market in recent months.
The sale of the London Gatwick Airport slot portfolio previously held by UK leisure carrier Thomas Cook is progressing following the selection of preferred bidders.
American Airlines’ adjusted net income for the 2019 third quarter increased 15% year-over-year (YOY), despite continued operational challenges related to the ongoing grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and a labor dispute with its mechanics.
GE Aviation (GE) has identified a pool of eight GE90-115B engines that need immediate attention based on early findings in the probe of an Oct. 20 Thai Airways uncontained high-pressure turbine failure.
Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a 28% increase in third-quarter net income and aims to further prioritize profitability over expansion through a joint venture (JV) with a Chinese company that will finance, own and lease aircraft the carrier has on order.
Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways anticipates coming close to doubling its fleet over the next three years and foresees an easing of historic capacity restraints between Kuwait and India, its CEO said Oct. 24.
JetBlue Airways will halt its daily flights to Mexico City and redeploy the capacity to focus on more profitable operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Boeing remains confident the Boeing 737 MAX will be cleared to fly in at least some parts of the world by year-end, even as it acknowledges that regulatory reviews of required changes are taking longer than its return to service timeline assumes.
Numerous delays in the rollout of FAA’s remote identification rulemaking for unmanned aerial vehicles have caused the agency to fall behind EASA in efforts to implement a comprehensive UAV traffic management (UTM) system, an industry expert said.
