While most of American Airlines’ (AA) workers are pledged to supporting a merger with US Airways, a number of the company’s smaller workgroups have ratified new collective bargaining agreements.
The 115 European network, regional and leisure airlines—represented by the Assn. of European Airlines (AEA), the European Regions Airline Assn. (ERA), and the International Air Carrier Assn. (IACA)—have joined forces to insist that European flight time regulations are safe.
The European Union said Tuesday that there has been “systematic non-reporting” of emissions data by Chinese and Indian airlines, a violation of the carriers’ legal responsibilities under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has launched an aircraft finance lease company with Pudong Development Bank and Shanghai International Group.
The European Union said Tuesday that there has been “systematic non-reporting” of emissions data by Chinese and Indian airlines, a violation of the carriers’ legal responsibilities under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
The 115 European network, regional and leisure airlines—represented by the Assn. of European Airlines (AEA), the European Regions Airline Assn. (ERA), and the International Air Carrier Assn. (IACA)—have joined forces to insist that European flight time regulations are safe.
AFI KLM E&M has won multiple engineering projects from ILFC. Modification projects include work for Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft such as cabin, avionics and material management. PPG Aerospace said nine of its coating systems have passed PPG Industries' specification testing, meeting the requirements of SAE International's Aerospace Material Specification 3095A for airline exterior paint.
Budapest Airport (BUD) is taking urgent action to address the resulting shortfall in revenue following the collapse of Hungarian state-owned Malev Hungarian Airlines (MA) earlier this year.
Tunisair (TU) workers, represented by Tunisian General Labor Confederation (GCTT), have announced they will strike May 22 and 23 after they were excluded from all meetings between union representatives and the TU administration, several local media outlets reported.
Barcelona-based Vueling Airlines (VY) reported a first-quarter net loss of €16.3 million ($21 million), an improvement of 28.7% from €23.6 million in the same period last year.
American Airlines (AA), which is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has slightly softened its anti-merger stance in order to reach a joint protocol agreement with its official committee of unsecured creditors.
Barcelona-based Vueling Airlines (VY) reported a first-quarter net loss of €16.3 million ($21 million), an improvement of 28.7% from €23.6 million in the same period last year.
British Airways (BA) will launch 3X-daily Aberdeen-London City service, operated by subsidiary BA CityFlyer Sept. 24 using Embraer E-170 and E-190 aircraft. Delta Air Lines will launch daily Syracuse, NY-Minneapolis, MN Bombardier CRJ900 service Sept. 6. Finnair launched 4X-weekly Helsinki-Chongqing Airbus A330/A340 service.
Chile’s LAN’s system-wide passenger traffic for April increased 13.9% while capacity rose 5.8%. Passenger load factor grew 5.9 percentage points to 83%.
The FAA is proposing a civil penalty of $210,000 against Seattle-based Alaska Airlines (AS) for allegedly failing to properly document and tag deactivated systems and equipment before making repairs.
Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) first Airbus A380 returned to Toulouse Thursday following completion of interior furnishing and cabin system tests in Hamburg, Airbus announced.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways (CX), which has warned its first-half results are “expected to be disappointing,” said it will cut costs and reduce capacity as operating costs rise due to high fuel prices and economic uncertainty.
Bombardier’s first-quarter net profit fell 13.6% to $190 million from $220 million in the corresponding year-earlier period, partly as a consequence of lower commercial aircraft deliveries.
