PARIS—Air France-KLM pledged to increase capacity by up to 4% in 2018 compared to 2017 as it continues to face intensifying competition from low-cost operators at home in Europe and further afield.
PARIS—The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS) for the next four years, saying cooperation within the air transport industry is needed more than ever given rising traffic levels, diminishing resources and the opportunities and challenges presented by new technologies.
WASHINGTON—Boeing’s price-dumping charges against Bombardier failed because the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) could find no evidence that the U.S. manufacturer had lost orders or revenue in the two sales campaigns investigated, at Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.
BEIJING—China’s smaller airlines are facing a loss of municipal subsidies on domestic routes under a contemplated policy change that would force commercial air transport capacity to the west of the country.
Southwest Airlines will go head-to-head with Delta Air Lines in the Nashville-Atlanta nonstop market starting Aug. 7, dropping in five-times-daily frequencies during the week and three roundtrips on Saturday and Sunday.
Southwest Airlines will go head-to-head with Delta Air Lines in the Nashville-Atlanta nonstop market starting Aug. 7, dropping in five-times-daily frequencies during the week and three roundtrips on Saturday and Sunday.
PANAMA CITY—Copa Airlines is in a growth mode—it plans to increase its fleet by 25% by 2020—with the first of 71 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft arriving in August.
Air Canada posted a 2 billion Candian dollars net profit ($1.6 billion) for 2017—more than doubling the carrier’s C$876 million net income in 2016—driven by an 11.3% increase in passenger traffic producing a 10.7% rise in revenues.
Niki Lauda, who bought former airberlin subsidiary NIKI in January and rebranded it into Laudamotion, plans to team up with Lufthansa LCC Eurowings and German leisure carrier Condor when enough aircraft become available.
Oneworld member carrier Finnair has posted a €169 million ($202.4 million) net profit for 2017, driven by rapid growth and buoyant demand, almost doubling the €99 million profit that it recorded for 2016.
LONDON—LCC Norwegian will offer free Wi-Fi on long-haul operations, mirroring the service on its short-haul European fleet, although there will also be a faster, paid option.
Russia’s Saratov Airlines resumed Antonov An-148 operations Feb. 16 after additional technical inspections were completed following the earlier grounding of the fleet.
Passengers traveling through the non-public, post-security area of Munich Airport’s Terminal 2 in coming weeks will be met by a humanoid robot offering airport directions and information.
Republic Airline pilots who are members of Teamsters Local 357 have ratified a contract extension of their 2015 collective bargaining agreement, the union said.
Alaska Airlines, Virgin America and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) reached a tentative merger agreement for the airline’s 5,400 flight attendants, the organizations announced.
Airbus is in the middle of advanced studies to raise single-aisle production to 70 aircraft per month, and is also looking at increasing output of the A350.
Hong Kong Express is expecting significant delays to the delivery of its remaining Airbus A320neo orders due to further problems with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines.
Bombardier expects to begin delivering C Series aircraft to Delta Air Lines this year, saying there is no longer any impediment to delivering CS100s straight from its Mirabel, Canada, final assembly line to the Atlanta-based airline.
