Air Transport World

By Sean Broderick
Niche scheduled charter provider OneJet has begun new nonstop service between West Palm Beach (PBI) and its Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) hub, and plans to keep expanding as its Embraer ERJ-135 fleet grows.
Airlines & Lessors

UK LCC easyJet is nearly half-way through the process of transferring 130 of its UK-registered Airbus A319s/A320s to its Vienna-based sibling easyJet Europe.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Boeing expects to see few changes on its 787 production lines as it increases the rate from 12 to 14 aircraft per month next year, but continues to tweak processes as part of a general effort to increase efficiency.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France expects to operate 76% of its flights during a planned March 30 strike by the carrier’s pilots, cabin and ground crew personnel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air Caraïbes is modernizing the cabins of all its Airbus A330s, with three already revamped in 2017 and two more scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2018.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Bradley Perrett
Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines, a connecting partner in the Star Alliance, is extending its role by beginning codeshare operations with Taiwan’s EVA Air.
Airports & Networks

By Tony Osborne
London Heathrow Airport air traffic controllers have begun using an enhanced time-based separation (TBS) system to reduce wake separation between landing airliners.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A series of planned one-day strikes called by Portuguese cabin crew union SNPVAC is threatening Ryanair service to Portugal over the upcoming Easter holiday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
UK LCC easyJet has opened its 30th base, at France’s Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in the south west of the country, underlining the importance of France, its largest market in Europe.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Finnair has contracted two northern European airlines to provide additional capacity over coming months.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
South Korean authorities have approved a joint venture (JV) between Korean Air and Delta Air Lines, clearing the way for an expanded partnership of the two SkyTeam alliance carriers, but approval comes with some restrictions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-March 28, 2018
Maintenance & Training

By Adrian Schofield
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) Group has confirmed it will retain the main hub operations of both its LCC subsidiaries Peach Aviation and Vanilla Air after the airlines are merged.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Finnair is speeding up the arrival of two of its remaining Airbus A350s to support its continued growth push toward Asia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

New Austrian carrier LaudaMotion and Irish LCC Ryanair have outlined details about their new partnership, which was announced March 20. LaudaMotion officially launched operations March 25.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Two aircraft operated by Israeli carrier El Al and German LCC Germania clashed tails on pushback in Tel Aviv on March 28, causing substantial damage to both aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
US airlines are seeing strong international growth supported by steady domestic returns in the first half of the year, as RASM trends upward 2.5%-3%, a UBS analysis of ticket sales suggests.
Airlines & Lessors

The ATW Airline of the Year Award is a prestigious award that every airline wants to receive, ANA CEO told industry leaders Tuesday at a gala dinner to celebrate the 44th Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Greek carrier Aegean Airlines has signed an MOU to acquire 20 Airbus A320neos and 10 A321neos, plus 12 options.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Air China reported a 2017 net profit of CNY7.2 billion ($1.1 billion), up 6.3% over net income of CNY6.8 billion in 2016 as market demand continues to grow.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Partners United Airlines and Air New Zealand are boosting capacity in the US-New Zealand market, including a new route between Chicago and Auckland to be operated by Air New Zealand.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
UK leisure carrier Thomas Cook Airlines will join the Worldwide by easyJet connecting platform, which is also being extended to include another seven airports.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker sees opportunities in the global aircraft leasing business, but acknowledged the Doha-based carrier needs to “become aggressive because this is a very strong profit center for the airline.”
Airlines & Lessors

Russian airlines carried 14.3 million passengers for January and February 2018, up 12.6% year-over-year (YOY).
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Brazil’s Azul plans to expand its regional and international route network to potentially 35 new cities in coming years, the São Paulo-based LCC said March 26.
Airports & Networks