IATA director general and CEO Tony Tyler said the EU has "stirred up a hornet's nest" by insisting it will move forward with the inclusion of aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) next year, and again urged European nations to negotiate a global agreement on aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through ICAO.
Surging costs sent Utah-based SkyWest Inc.'s third-quarter net earnings tumbling to just $116,000, significantly lower than the $25.5 million net profit it posted in the year-ago period.
October’s news that China Eastern was cancelling its order for 24 Boeing 787s and instead ordering 15 A330s likely did not come as any surprise to Boeing. Surprise or not, however, it was a sobering moment.
IATA director general and CEO Tony Tyler said the EU has "stirred up a hornet's nest" by insisting it will move forward with the inclusion of aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) next year, and again urged European nations to negotiate a global agreement on aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through ICAO.
A German court ruled Wellington (New Zealand) Airport named British Airways (BA) last month acquired The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Brussels Airport (BRU) started deploying Lyon-Saint Exupery airport (LYS) is in the process
UK airports operator BAA has decided to sell Edinburgh Airport (EDI) and keep Glasgow Airport (GLA). The planned divestment follows the requirement by the UK Competition Commission (CC) that BAA sell either EDI or GLA in Scotland.
Turkish Airlines (TK) CEO Temel Kotil told ATW in Istanbul that TK's hub at Istanbul Ataturk, which handles about 32.9 million passengers per year, is too small and has hindered the carrier's growth strategy. Kotil said TK already occupies "75% of the airport capacity," adding, "Experts say in five years from now [a] new airport will be ready." He said the final location for the new airport will be selected soon and construction is likely to begin by year end.
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) opened its €1.5 billion ($2.1 billion) fourth runway last month but controversy overshadowed the new 2.8 km air strip's debut. A regional court halted night flights at FRA effective Oct. 30. The ruling forced Lufthansa Cargo (LHC) to axe 10 nighttime flights, costing the carrier "double digit million of euros."
"Significant advances" in explosive screening technology have been made in recent years, but airport security has been hindered by the lack of a strategy to fully take advantage of these developments, Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) president Greg Principato told the US Senate in Nov. 2 testimony.
Athens International (ATH) has managed to attract 11 new airlines this year and is "coping rather well" with the adverse economic environment in Greece, ATH director-communications and marketing Lonna Papadopoulou told ATW at the recent World Route Development Forum in Berlin.
Airports Council International (ACI) director general Angela Gittens said the world's airports and airlines need to band together to fight the "threat of government action" regarding the imposition of taxes and fees on aviation. Speaking to reporters Nov. 2 at ACI's World Annual General Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, Gittens said governments facing debt problems are aiming "to introduce costs into the [aviation] system" that could force reductions in capacity.
Baltic Aviation Academy has added Airbus A330 and A340 type rating trainings to its list of training programs. Thales UK received a contract from British Airways (BA) to supply one Airbus A380 full-flight simulator. It will be delivered to the BA Flight Training Center in January 2013, initially used to provide advance training for BA pilots and aircrew.
ARINC completed the installation of 189 new self-service passenger kiosks at London Heathrow Airport in Terminals 1, 3 and 4. It upgraded and gradually replaced an older generation of kiosks with new IBM A2 Series kiosks. Separately, it announced it will host its airline check-in solution, vMUSE Enterprise on the Enterprise Cloud, delivered by Terremark, a Verizon subsidiary, under a five-year service agreement. Amadeus extended its full-content agreement with American Airlines.
Ryanair (FR) will set up a base at Karlsruhe Baden-Baden (FKB) in March with two Boeing 737-800s, despite its strong criticism of the German government’s eco-tax.
A LOT Polish Airlines (LO) Boeing 767 originating from Newark made an emergency landing Tuesday at Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) following a central hydraulic system failure.
Singapore Airlines (SQ) has revealed its new long-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC) will be named “Scoot” and will operate four Boeing 777-200s to be purchased from the parent company.
Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines (MU) and Hainan Airlines (HU) reported third-quarter profit increases owing to the continuous robust growth of domestic market demand.
