Air Transport World

European safety regulator EASA has joined FAA in voicing caution over Galaxy Note 7 smartphone use inflight because of Lithium battery-related fire fears.

Mexican ultra low-cost carrier Volaris took delivery of its first Airbus A320neo Sept. 12, making the LCC the first A320neo operator in North America.

Shanghai-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Spring Airlines reported a 2016 first-half net profit of CNY740.15 million ($100.5 million), up 19.5% over a net income of CNY641.69 million in the year-ago period.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. has appointed John Redmond as the company’s president, effective Sept. 12.

The 28-member EU and 16 other European countries have committed to joining ICAO’s global carbon-offsetting program from its outset in 2021.

LOT Polish Airlines said it plans to more than double the number of passengers it carries annually from 4.3 million in 2015 to 10 million by 2020.

Denver-based Frontier Airlines will begin 1X-daily Miami-Havana service on Dec. 1, the ultra low-cost carrier announced Sept. 7.

Emirates Airline has appointed outgoing Malaysia Airlines CEO Christoph Mueller as chief digital and innovation officer, as the Dubai-based carrier kicks off a wide-ranging process review.

Dubai-based Emirates Airline is considering introducing a premium-economy class and ancillary revenue streams as yields continue to come under pressure.

Airlines face losing control of their customers to reservation systems such as Google FlightSearch unless they take measures to personalize their offers to passengers, audiences at the Aviation Festival in London heard Sept. 9.

In the approach to the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the terrorist attack on the U.S. using hijacked airliners as weapons, ATW’s editors reflect on the commercial air transport industry then and now.

Russian Irkutsk-based carrier IrAero will launch four domestic routes from Omsk Airport in September.

Iceland’s WOW Air to begin Reykjavik-Miami service in April 2017

FAA has warned airline passengers not to use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices on board aircraft following the suspension of sales of the smartphone because of fire fears.

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines launched 5X-weekly Vienna-Hong Kong services Sept. 5, its third destination in mainland China after Shanghai Pudong and Beijing.

China’s Hainan Airlines has reported a first-half net profit of CNY1.67 billion ($227 million), up 4.4% over a net income of CNY1.6 billion in the year-ago period.

On Sept. 11, 2001, the unthinkable happened. And while Europe was an ocean away on that tragic day, the ripples are still being felt today.

If something like 9/11 happened today—airspace in the world’s largest air transport market completely shut down for more than two days, plus weeks of tepid air travel demand—would a bailout akin to the one provided to US airlines in September 2001 be necessary?

With each 9/11 anniversary, we rightly and naturally reflect on loss.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was listening to Canadian transport minister David Collenette address the Airports Council International-North America Conference and Exhibition at the Montreal convention center.

Sept. 11, 2001: Four US passenger aircraft are hijacked by 19 terrorists.

In the approach to the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the terrorist attack on the US using hijacked airliners as the weapons, ATW editors reflect on the commercial air transport industry then and now. Contributing Editors: Linda Blachly, Aaron Karp, Victoria Moores, Mark Nensel, Karen Walker

MRO Briefs-Sept. 8, 2016

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

The implementation of the SITA QueueAnalyzer at Orlando International Airport (MCO) has resulted in 53% fewer passengers waiting in security checkpoint lines for longer than 15 minutes, according to SITA.