As U.S. lawmakers debate whether to privatize air traffic control services, a new forecast claims the global ATC market already will expand by a compound annual growth rate of 12.75% through 2022.
Thai LCC Nok Air intends to dramatically ramp up its flights to China, and one of its main strategies will be to convert charter flights to scheduled services in this market.
Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines and Lufthansa Cargo have modified their routings to and from Japan as a precautionary measure as a result of the latest missile tests by North Korea, the Lufthansa Group said.
JetBlue’s potential expansion at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) focuses on its long-term position there, rather than an immediate need for more space.
ALC is “in the process of accelerating certain positions from Boeing into 2018 and 2019,” and monitoring the used-aircraft sales market to offset any delivery delays from Airbus.
The pilots of a landing Air Canada Airbus A320 that nearly plowed into several aircraft at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) around midnight July 7 were visually confused by the runway lighting.
Global air-freight traffic has increased 10.4% during the first half of 2017, making it the strongest half-year performance for the air-cargo market sector in seven years.
Hawaiian is expected to receive another nine next year, with the majority of these set for delivery in the first half, CEO Mark Dunkerley told Aviation Daily on the sidelines of the CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit.
Taiwan’s China Airlines has refined schedules to reduce waiting times for passengers on connecting flights, while also exploiting the range of new aircraft to replace one-stop services with direct flights.
Tighter integration with subsidiaries is one of a range of measures that Taiwan’s China Airlines has adopted to improve performance in response to strengthening competition.
Singapore Airlines has introduced a voluntary unpaid leave program to temporarily reduce flight attendant numbers, and the carrier plans to use it again as needed.
Air France said it would extend its no-fly area around North Korea as a precaution after a test missile fell into the sea July 28 around 100 km (62 mi.) from an Air France aircraft on its way from Tokyo to Paris.
Canada’s WestJet Airlines plans to launch an ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) next summer, management said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call.
Pilots in some cases appear to be avoiding a special type of crushable concrete designed to gently stop an aircraft from overrunning the end of a runway—a finding that is puzzling to FAA officials.
Qatar Airways had sought to buy a 4.75% stake in American, with the goal of taking up to a 10% stake. American’s board would have had to review any investment above 4.75%.
