US President Barack Obama spoke Friday to workers at Boeing's Everett, Wash., manufacturing plant, touting rising commercial aircraft sales as a sign that US manufacturing is on the rebound.
United Parcel Service (UPS) confirmed last week that it is attempting to acquire TNT Express, the major European delivery operator that was spun off last year from Dutch mail services provider NLPost.
British Airways’ (BA) Boeing 747 service from London (LHR)-Moscow Domodedovo (DME) became uncertain after Russian civil aviation authorities said they did not approve the aircraft.
American Airlines (AA) parent AMR Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last November, incurred a $2 billion full-year net loss in 2011, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
American Airlines (AA) parent AMR Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last November, incurred a $2 billion full-year net loss in 2011, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
US President Barack Obama spoke Friday to workers at Boeing's Everett, Wash., manufacturing plant, touting rising commercial aircraft sales as a sign that US manufacturing is on the rebound.
Swiss International Air Lines launched 5X-weekly Airbus A330-300 Zurich-Beijing service Feb. 13. The new route will become daily from May 31. Flydubai has launched 2X-weekly Boeing 737-800 Dubai-Bishkek service. Tarom has increased its Bucharest Otopeni–Budapest ATR 42/72 services from 5X-weekly to 12X-weekly as of Feb. 6.
Aeroflot (SU) and Russian state corporation Rostechnology will form an MRO joint venture (JV) and will release details of the business plan at the end of May.
SkyWest Inc., parent of SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, reported a 2011 net loss of $27.3 million, reversed from net income of $96.4 million in 2010.
Chinese carriers reported a collective net profit of CNY1.98 billion ($314.5 million) in January, down 29.9% compared to CNY2.82 billion in the same period of last year.
Transaero Airlines (UN) is close to inking a deal with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co (SCAC) for a firm order of six Sukhoi Superjet 100s plus 10 options, CEO Olga Pleshakova said.
Nearly 500 flights scheduled for Thursday and Friday were canceled at Frankfurt Airport as a strike by 200 apron workers, represented by the GdF union, went into the second day.
Transaero Airlines (UN) is close to inking a deal with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co (SCAC) for a firm order of six Sukhoi Superjet 100s plus 10 options, CEO Olga Pleshakova said.
Lithuanian capital Vilnius mayor Arturas Zuokas announced that authorities plan to launch a new local carrier called airLituanica. Details have not been disclosed but a local news website, 15min.lt, quoted Zuokas as saying city authorities could acquire 34% ownership in the new airline.
Pratt & Whitney has signed two seven-year agreements worth an estimated $450 million with Japan Airlines to provide maintenance services for its PW4090 engines, as well as part repair services for its fleet of PW4074, PW4077 and JT9D engines.
Eighteen months into the development of its single-aisle inflight entertainment (IFE) product, PAVES 3, Rockwell Collins is on track to begin offering the system in 2013.
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) operator Fraport confirmed that apron control workers, represented by the German union GdF, will extend their strike into Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time.
