Modernization of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) will be centered around two new terminals that will be designed to increase the airport’s annual passenger capacity by 25%, part of a $13 billion plan unveiled by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Oct. 4.
United Express regional carrier CommutAir launched its first international routes Oct. 4 with flights from New York/Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Washington Dulles International (IAD) to Montreal’s Pierre-Elliot Trudeau International (YUL).
Icelandair has started talks with bondholders who invested $190 million in the company, cautioning that it may not be able to meet the original terms of the financing following a recent profit warning.
Netherlands-based aircraft lessor AerCap signed lease agreements for 62 aircraft in the 2018 third quarter, comprising nine widebodies and 53 narrowbodies.
Ten European airlines and two bodies that unite Europe’s pilot and transport workers’ unions have called on European Union (EU) regulators to take action on atypical-employment structures, arguing that these practices distort competition.
Air France has presented a new restructuring plan for its regional subsidiary HOP! to unions, which includes simplifying its fleet to three aircraft types, switching HOP! flights to Air France codes, cutting 120 jobs and merging support functions into one site.
Alitalia’s employees are ready to strike if they do not receive reassuring answers about its future by Oct. 31, the deadline for the stalled sale process for the bankrupt airline.
The US Congress on Oct. 3 passed a bill to reauthorize the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) through 2021, marking the first reauthorization in the agency’s 17-year-history.
2018 financial results for airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses and net income/losses for each airline's 2018 fiscal year second quarter or equivalent, generally covering April-June 2018.
Paris-based all-business-class airline La Compagnie will introduce the first of its two incoming Airbus A321neos in April, configured with 76 lie-flat seats in a two-by-two layout.
The US Senate on Oct. 3 passed the bi-partisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 by a 93-6 vote, clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law by US President Donald Trump.
American Airlines plans to add new service to Mexico and Cuba, increase frequencies to several other destinations, and bolster regional flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) as part of its summer 2019 schedule.
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) will partner with China’s Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) to bid for the concession to operate Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport, as the country’s government has opened the tender process.
UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has flown a Boeing 747 from Orlando, Florida, to London Gatwick on a blend of waste-gas biofuel produced by New Zealand-based LanzaTech, using an alcohol-to-jet (AtJ) process.
Civil Aviation Group, a consortium comprising Romania-based LCC Blue Air and a group of investors from the Republic of Moldova, will take over Air Moldova after the government put its loss-making national carrier up for privatization in August.
JetBlue Airways does not expect to see tangible bottom-line results from its newly announced version of no-frills fares until late 2019, a top executive acknowledged.
Air travelers want airlines to deliver more real-time information to their personal devices, including updates on flight status (82%), baggage (49%) and wait-times at security and immigration checkpoints (46%), according to survey data from IATA’s latest Global Passenger Survey (GPS), released Oct. 2.
With an additional $586 million in US airport infrastructure grants, FAA’s fifth round of airport improvement program (AIP) awards brought the total announced year to date to $3.3 billion, just shy of the $3.35 billion allotted for the program in fiscal year 2018 federal funding.
