A newly emerging issue around increased engine vibrations is severely affecting utilization of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered Airbus A320neo in-service fleet and threatens to slow the manufacturer’s recovery from delivery delays, several industry sources told ATW’s sister publication Aviation Week.
British Airways said it has signed a codeshare deal with Indian domestic carrier Vistara that will open up more routes between London and Indian destinations.
Rapidly expanding Icelandic LCC WOW Air is preparing to go public within the next 18-24 months, the airline’s CEO and founder Skuli Mogensen told delegates at the Aviation Festival in London.
As JetBlue ponders whether or not to launch transatlantic flights, the competitive response of the three joint ventures “has to be taken into account,” CEO Robin Hayes told an audience at the Aviation Festival in London Sept. 6.
JetBlue Airways returned to Southern California’s Ontario International Airport (ONT) after a 10-year gap, as the New York-based LCC launched nonstop service from New York JFK Sept. 5, making Ontario JetBlue’s tenth California destination.
US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) administrator David Pekoske defended the effectiveness of TSA’s controversial ‘Quiet Skies’ surveillance program, calling it “critically important to our security” and telling lawmakers that it “does not take into account a traveler’s race or religion.”
A microburst likely was a major factor in the July 31 accident involving an Aeromexico Embraer E190 that went down as it was departing Durango, Mexico, with investigators reporting they have not found any mechanical anomalies or obvious errors made by the aircraft's pilots.
The CEO of state-owned Italian rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) is reviewing possible synergies with Alitalia, he told an Italian newspaper, as the government decides the next steps for the troubled carrier’s future.
UK LCC easyJet has struck a connecting-flight agreement with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its LCC subsidiary Scoot, which will both join the ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ booking platform by the end of 2018.
An Sept. 6 earthquake forced the closure of a major hub airport in Sapporo, just a few days after the flooding that has closed Osaka’s Kansai International Airport.
Norwegian intends to stick to its strategy to sell up to 140 aircraft, the airline wrote in an investor presentation Sept. 4, confirming plans for large-scale asset disposals.
Chicago-based United Airlines expressed confidence in its current financial outlook with the issuance of updated revenue guidance for the third quarter of 2018, as part of the company’s presentation at the Cowen and Company Annual Global Transportation Conference in Boston Sept. 5.
SF Airlines has started China’s first courier cargo airline to operate scheduled service from China to Singapore. The inaugural Boeing 767-300F flight from Shenzhen arrived at Singapore’s Changi Airport on Sept. 4.
For a second consecutive quarter, Hawaiian Airlines has lowered its guidance for forthcoming quarterly revenue related to hazardous environmental conditions, with the culprit affecting 3Q 2018 RASM being the hurricane that approached and brushed the Hawaiian island chain in late August.
Nordic LCC Primera Air continues its long-haul expansion, adding nonstop long-haul services from Frankfurt and Berlin Tegel to Boston (Massachusetts), New York JFK, Toronto and Montreal (Canada).
LCC flydubai saw its first-half loss more than double compared to the same period in 2017, caused by a combination of sharply higher fuel prices and a “challenging” economic and geopolitical climate.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved establishing a proposed airfreight carrier, partly owned by China’s YTO Express Airlines.
Ryanair pilots who are members of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) have voted unanimously in favor of a collective agreement, IALPA said.
Norwegian Air Argentina (NAA) will begin flying within Argentina in mid-October, the company announced Sept. 4, as tickets went on sale for six domestic routes.
Kuwaiti carrier Wataniya Airways has “partially suspended” operations, citing technical problems with its aircraft and blaming a Greek lessor for difficulties that led to a sharp reprimand Aug. 25 from the Kuwaiti regulator.
