Eurocontrol has redefined standard aircraft wake turbulence separation minima for final approach and departure in a bid to increase runway throughput and efficiency at Europe’s airports.
Top 25 US Airlines for the month ranked by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees. Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Employee calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
The first Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ flight-test aircraft, unveiled Oct. 18, will undergo about six months of ground evaluations before taking to the air in the second quarter of 2015.
A high-level meeting of 21 European health ministers, co-organized by the Italian Presidency and the European Commission, has failed to reach common ground on the issue of entry screening at Europe’s airports for passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries.
American Airlines and US Airways have unified under a single air waybill, effectively completing the combination of the cargo divisions of the merging airlines.
As the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) calls another pilot strike for Monday and Tuesday for Lufthansa’s short- and medium-haul operations, the carrier is holding firm in its commitment to work on a sustainable long-term cost structure.
Russia’s UTair Airlines is negotiating with Airbus and Boeing on new delivery schedules for its orders for 20 A321s and 40 Boeing 737-800/900ERs, Interfax reported.
For Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's commercial aircraft, consolidated year-to-date orders, deliveries, LOIs and cancellations, organized by the most-recent reporting quarter.
In the world of air transportation, it sometimes seems as if just when the going gets (relatively) good, the bad comes knocking on the door. Outside forces beyond the control of airlines—wars, terrorism, economic crises, disease—can pierce through the thin skin of airline profitability.
Changes in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as percent changes from the previous year; differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Singapore Airlines (SIA), key stakeholder in the Tigerair low-cost carrier (LCC) Group, has taken a controlling interest in the LCC’s holding company and sold the Tigerair Australia offshoot to Virgin Australia for AUD1 ($0.88).
Rolls-Royce has warned that a slowing global economy will stall revenue growth, telling investors that full-year 2014 revenue will fall 3.5% to 4% year-over-year.
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will appeal a European Commission (EC) ruling that it should repay more than €300,000 ($385 million) of what the EC has decided was unfair financial aid.
