Norwegian Air Shuttle indicated it is prepared to wait as long as necessary to gain US Department of Transportation (DOT) approval for its Ireland-based long-haul subsidiary Norwegian Air International (NAI) to operate flights between Europe and the US.
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is close to announcing a new CEO to steer the airline through a major restructuring following years of negative financials and the loss of two aircraft this year.
Lufthansa Cargo said Tuesday it plans to “operate all of its flights” after Lufthansa pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) announced another strike Oct. 8 and 9 in its ongoing protest over transition payments for early retirees.
Association of European Airlines (AEA) chairman Temel Kotil used a keynote address at MRO Europe in Madrid to warn about the mounting dependency on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for aftermarket support.
Boeing said it sees signs of a strengthening air cargo market but nevertheless has lowered its long-term air cargo traffic growth forecast by 9.6% compared to two years ago.
Air Canada is adding considerable capacity between Eastern Canada and Europe as Calgary-based low-cost competitor WestJet is expected to expand into the trans-Atlantic market within the next two years.
A consortium—made up of Latvian airline airBaltic, Airbus ATM subsidiary Airbus ProSky and Latvia’s air navigation services provider Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS)—has completed the Arrival Modernization for Better Efficiency in Riga (AMBER) project aimed at establishing new and greener arrival procedures at Riga Airport.
Virgin Atlantic will close its Little Red domestic operations next year, because the short-haul offshoot has failed to deliver the anticipated level of connecting passenger traffic to Virgin’s long-haul network.
The Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) said the next phase of a year-long underwater search in the Southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 began Monday.
Aeroflot’s new low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary—Byudzhetny Perevozchik, which directly translates as Budget Carrier—will fly from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport’s Terminal B for the 2014-2015 winter schedule.
American Airlines is asking the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to seize one of Delta Air Lines’ Tokyo Haneda frequencies and reallocate it to American for service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Florida-based regional Silver Airways will continue to invest in its Florida and Bahamas network while pulling back on flying from network carrier hubs, new CEO Sami Teittinen said in an interview.
Boeing will produce 777X parts at its site in St. Louis, Missouri, bringing back inside the company work that is currently performed at suppliers or performed overseas for the current 777 program.
Lufthansa Pension Trust has raised gross proceeds of €388 million ($491 million) from the sale of a 3% stake of Spanish travel technology company Amadeus IT Holding through a private placement to institutional investors.
