New York-based JetBlue Airways, bolstering its top-level management, promoted Joanna Geraghty to president and chief operating officer and put her in charge of day-to-day operations.
HNA Group has sold its 6.2% stake in South African carrier Comair through its Netherland-based subsidiary as part of the Hainan, China-based company’s asset disposal plan.
Omani national carrier Oman Air has begun the process of disposing its small fleet of Embraer 175 regional jets, almost three years after it originally proposed removing them from its inventory.
US scheduled charter operator JetSuite, in which JetBlue Airways and Qatar Airways have stakes, is the launch customer for Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric regional aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2022. The company has options to buy up to 100 aircraft for both its JetSuite private charter and JetSuiteX public charter divisions.
Finnair CEO Pekka Vauramo is to step down by November 2018 to take up a position as CEO with Metso Corporation, a Finnish industrial machinery company that specializes in mining and related industries.
Irish LCC Ryanair’s net profit for 2017-18 has risen 10% to €1.45 billion ($1.71 billion), delivering a 20% net margin, even after thousands of flight cancellations in fall 2017, but rising labor and fuel costs mean a weaker result is expected for 2018-19.
Ultra-LCC Volaris Costa Rica completed its initial round of Central America-US route openings with the launch of flights between Costa Rican capital San José and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
A reported 108 people were killed May 18 when a Cubana de Aviacion Boeing 737-201 crashed shortly after takeoff from Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport.
A three-year battle started by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines against the major Gulf carriers appears to have ended with little to show for the millions of dollars of campaigning by the US airlines and affiliated unions.
Shanghai-based China Eastern and Guangzhou-based China Southern airlines are expected to benefit from the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s (CAAC) new policies on international operations and Beijing’s “One city, two airports” rules.
Fast-growing Budapest-based LCC Wizz Air is allocating two new Airbus A320s to its London Luton fleet, accompanying the launch of two routes to Larnaca, Cyprus and Lviv, Ukraine.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is taking another major step in streamlining its group structure, announcing plans to merge its SilkAir subsidiary into the core parent carrier.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has launched high-speed Wi-Fi on its short- and medium-haul routes between Scandinavia and Europe, allowing passengers to stream and browse the internet after the aircraft is airborne.
Russia’s Ivolga Airlines, which previously flew under the Saratov Airlines brand, has taken delivery of a third Embraer E190—its first rebranded aircraft.
