Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air (G4), has been granted FAA ETOPS certification and flag carrier status, clearing the way to begin flights to Hawaii this month.
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HP Enterprise Services unveiled HP Converged Cloud Services for Airlines, which it describes as the airline industry’s first hybrid delivery approach to “an intelligent airline cloud.” Brian Cook, vice president and general manager of HP Enterprise Services’ Transportation Industry Group, said HP’s goal is to “move toward exposing more services as cloud-based services to help airlines get additional revenue into the pipeline and to take costs out of their infrastructure.”
TFC GmbH Käufer (TFC) will operate a Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) Airbus A320 full-flight simulator at its training center in Essen from October. TFC GmbH Käufer was founded in 1981. Oxford Aviation Academy has signed a new multi-year training services agreement with Tiger Airways to supply ab initio graduates through a new airline pilot cadet program. Baltic Aviation Academy has launched the seminar cycle “Pilot Talks” in Moscow.
South African Airways (SAA) is dropping its nonstop services between Cape Town (CPT) and London (LHR) from Aug. 15, routing all passenger traffic between the two points through its Johannesburg (JNB) hub.
New York-based JetBlue Airways (B6) and Beijing-based Air China (CA) have announced a interline partnership connecting their networks at New York JFK and Los Angeles (LAX), Calif., and a carrier based in the rapidly expanding Chinese market.
News from Travel Technology Update: HP Enterprise Services unveiled HP Converged Cloud Services for Airlines, which is describes as the airline industry’s first hybrid delivery approach to “an intelligent airline cloud.”
IATA announced Qantas Airways (QF) CEO and managing director Alan Joyce has succeeded KLM president and CEO Peter Hartman as chairman of the board of directors.
UK-based Flybe (BE) has reported a £6.4 million ($9.9 million) post-tax loss for the year ending March 31, compared to a £3.8 million profit for the preceding year, but expressed confidence for the future.
United Airlines will launch Denver service to Shreveport, La. (daily, Aug. 28 operated by ExpressJet), and Grand Forks, N.D. (2X-daily, operated by SkyWest). WestJet launched 7X-daily Toronto-New York LaGuardia service, becoming 8X-daily July 12. British Airways will operate service from London City to Mahon, Angers, Quimper, Venice, the Isle of Man and Aberdeen this summer.
Air France (AF) has signed a codeshare agreement with Air Burkina (2J), the flag carrier of Burkina Faso, covering operations on the Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)-Ouagadougou (OUA) route.
Precision Air (PW) has embarked on a $90 million fleet modernization program that includes the delivery of four new ATR 42-600s and one new ATR 72-600 during the next two years, beginning in September.
Virgin Australia (DJ) has no concerns about moves by Etihad (EY) to further increase its stake in the carrier to 10%, as reported by Australia’s The Age newspaper.
Jet Airways (9W) is considering new long-haul services starting next summer, and is aiming to join either SkyTeam or Star Alliance, according to 9W founder and chairman Naresh Goyal.
China Eastern Airlines’ (MU) subsidiary China Cargo Airlines (CK) is expected to become the second Chinese carrier to join the SkyTeam Cargo alliance as it aims to improve its global competitiveness.
IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler has issued strong criticism of the European Commission’s unmoving stance on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) carbon tax and called on Europe to “get on with finding a global solution.”
European carriers are expected to report combined losses of $1.1 billion for the year, almost double the previous forecast of a $600 million loss, according to IATA.
SriLankan Airlines (UL) has been elected as a oneworld member, the alliance announced just prior to the opening of IATA's 2012 World Air Transport Summit in Beijing.
Recaro Aircraft Seating reported a FY2011 sales revenue of €304.3 million, up 6% from €288 million year-over-year. During the period the company said it set a new record of number of units delivered and produced more than 85,500 seats at its three production sites, up over the 70,000 produced in FY2010.
Airbus in May delivered a total of 45 aircraft, comprising 34 A320 family, eight A330s and three A380s, down from a total of 50 deliveries in May 2011, comprised of 38 A320s, nine A330s, and three A380s.
Rolls-Royce will acquire the remaining 50% of shares in its UK-based joint venture with Goodrich, Aero Engine Controls (AEC). The JV was launched in January 2009 ( ATW Daily News, Jan. 8, 2009), combining the engine controls businesses of the two companies.
