The month-long city protests in Hong Kong have reached Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), as approximately one thousand people have turned up at HKIA terminal 1 to protest the extradition bill and police violence.
Europe will use “all legal means” to defend its carriers’ rights within the transatlantic air agreement, the head of Europe’s transport ministry warned a Washington DC audience.
Alaska Air Group posted second-quarter net income of $262 million, up 36% from $193 million in the year-ago period, as the carrier said it is beginning to see the benefits of the larger network it gained with the acquisition of Virgin America.
Star Alliance and IT specialist NEC Corp. have signed a partnership agreement to develop a biometric data-based identification platform that will improve the travel experience for frequent flyer passengers of the alliance’s member airlines.
A new contract with MTU Maintenance for IAE V2500 overhauls has helped JetBlue Airways hit its long-term goal of cutting at least $250 million from its annual costs by 2020.
Southwest Airlines has pulled its Boeing 737 MAXs through the end of the year and made several tactical changes—including route cuts and major fleet-plan modifications—to help compensate for the model’s prolonged grounding, the carrier said July 25 when announcing its second-quarter earnings.
Ultra-LCC Spirit Airlines reported second-quarter net income of $114.5 million, a nearly tenfold increase over an $11.3 million net profit in the year-ago period, driven by strong demand and ancillary revenue growth.
Despite the Boeing 737 MAX headaches and operational hiccups that American Airlines management said was triggered by both weather and a higher-than-normal number of out-of-service aircraft beyond the MAXs, the Fort Worth-based carrier posted solid 2019 second-quarter numbers.
