The European Commission (EC) has asked the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to investigate a series of near mid-air collisions involving European passenger airliners and military aircraft during recent months.
Singapore-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot has revealed one of the new routes it will introduce with its Boeing 787 deliveries, adding Melbourne as its fourth Australian destination.
Vienna Airport has completed a 9,500 sq m project to remodel its Pier West and C-gates area, which now offers a continuous, spacious gate area, a high-quality culinary offerings and a brighter, more pleasant overall atmosphere.
Transaero Airlines and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have signed a partnership agreement to attract funding for the Russian carrier. ICBC will provide a range of legal and marketing services aimed at attracting investments into Transaero, the carrier said in a statement.
Air passenger traffic demand worldwide increased 5.7% year-over-year in October, building on September’s 5.2% rise “as improvements in economies in Asia-Pacific and the US offset signs of weakness in the eurozone and China,” IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler said in IATA’s October Air Passenger Market Analysis Report.
US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures, organized by domestic, international and system totals, contrasted with figures from the previous month, three months prior, six months prior, a year ago, two years ago and five years ago.
Air Seychelles launched 2X-weekly Airbus A320 service to Antananarivo and 3X-weekly service to Mumbai. It also began 2X-weekly Airbus A320 service to Dar es Salaam. Ethiopian Airlines has begun 3X-weekly Doha service.
Lithium batteries are suspected to have played a role in three commercial freighter aircraft fires between 2006 and 2011, and the ongoing concern about transporting the batteries by air has led IATA to issue a 56-page guide to mitigating the risks.
Air Canada will start 4X-weekly flights between Toronto and Delhi in November 2015, marking the Montreal-based carrier’s entrance into the Indian subcontinent.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines considers the merger with its subsidiary, Innsbruck-based Tyrolean Airways, a “sign of conciliation and as a starting point for a new Austrian Airlines,” CEO Jaan Albrecht said in a statement.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has struck a deal to acquire 100% of Danish regional airline Cimber, which was set to close in April 2015 after losing its long-standing SAS wet-lease agreement.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana will decide next year if it will order either the Airbus A321neoLR or the Boeing 737 MAX-9 to replace its fleet of five 757-200s and older A320 family aircraft.
African low-cost carrier fastjet has sold a pair of ATR 72-500s formerly operated by Fly540 Ghana and Angola, as part of its previously announced restructuring of the two businesses.
Russia’s Avialeasing investment company has filed a bankruptcy motion against UTair Airline, according to the arbitration court of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.
