Norwegian Air Shuttle plans to launch a new 2X-weekly London Gatwick-Tampa, Florida service from Oct. 31, and will increase frequencies on other routes in its long-haul winter schedule from Gatwick.
Cargo operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings increased its full-year profit outlook 5% and is projecting a 35-40% increase over 2017's adjusted net profit of $133.7 million on revenues of $2.6 billion.
Plans to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport are facing a legal challenge after a UK parliamentary vote paved the way for Europe’s busiest airport to expand significantly.
US Congress has opted to leave the federal cap on passenger facility charges (PFC) unchanged at $4.50 in the upcoming FAA reauthorization bill, but language in the bill would alter the program in other ways, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan’s Nippon Cargo Airlines has extended the grounding of its freighter fleet; verification of maintenance records is taking longer than expected, the company said.
Several Chinese carriers are scheduled to start taking delivery of new Airbus A350 aircraft in July, the first of the model to enter-into-service in mainland China.
FAA is expected to respond to recommendations of its NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) to focus air traffic management (ATM) improvements in the US Northeast corridor and to provide enhanced surveillance service in oceanic airspace at the committee’s forthcoming June 27 meeting.
The Trump administration has revived a call to spin off air traffic control services from the US Department of Transportation as part of a larger proposal to radically overhaul the federal government.
A joint plan by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Florida’s Orlando International Airport (MCO) to accelerate deployment of biometric facial recognition scans on every passenger arriving or departing on international flights at the airport is reviving privacy concerns.
LCC Norwegian plans to enter the Canadian market later this year with three initial routes—two will replicate its seasonal US services to the French Caribbean and the third will connect Canada with Ireland. Further routes were promised at the launch announcement.
The UK government has said it is prepared to intervene to reserve slots at London Heathrow Airport for domestic flights if the airport’s planned expansion goes ahead.
The first two Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) C919 flight test aircraft returned to the air on June 22 after weeks on the ground for what industry sources described as modifications.
Warsaw-based LOT Polish Airlines, which launched its first transatlantic services from Budapest, Hungary to New York JFK and Chicago O’Hare in May, has added London City (LCY) services to its Hungarian network.
A government-industry advisory panel has been established in Thailand to provide greater collaboration amongst stakeholders regarding the country’s airport development program.
Bombardier will unveil the first production-line installation of its new Atmosphère cabin, on a CRJ900 bound for Delta Air Lines, at July’s Farnborough Air Show, using the event as the centerpiece of its post-CSeries focus on the 60-100-seat regional aircraft market.
American Airlines and New York-based JetBlue Airways are gearing up to implement new restrictions on passengers traveling with service animals on July 1, but the separate guidelines may soon become moot once the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issues its own rules later this summer.
