The British Airways-Solena Fuels partnership will build the GreenSky London facility on the site of the former Coryton oil refinery in Essex. The facility, which will convert landfill waste into jet fuel, will open in 2017, two years later than originally planned.
An international force of up to 11 military aircraft and 12 ships continue to assist in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, but there was still no detection of wreckage from the Boeing 777-200 as of Friday, more than 40 days after the aircraft disappeared.
The next 10 years are set to be a “golden decade” for global travel growth, according to a recent report released by Amadeus. The report, “Shaping the Future of Travel,” looks at macro trends driving industry growth over the next decade. It forecasts that overnight travel is set to grow by 5.4% a year over the next 10 years
Hawaiian Airlines, which this week launched 3X-weekly Airbus A330 service between Honolulu and Beijing, has signed a codeshare agreement with Air China.
Oneworld alliance partners Cathay Pacific Airways and Qatar Airways have reached a new codeshare agreement. The announcement came as Cathay formally marked the inauguration of its new Hong Kong-Doha service, which began March 30.
Dubai International Airport—which will begin heavy maintenance work on its two runways May 1 for 80 days—has released more details of alterations to services caused by a major refurbishment of the runways over the summer.
Flight cancellations in February were the highest-ever for the month, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. “The cancellation rate of 5.51% in February 2014 was the highest for any February, above the average of 2.88% in the previous 19 years and the … sixth highest (not including September 2001) for any month,” BTS said.
Regional operations for the new American Airlines continued to take shape this week as regional affiliate American Eagle formally rebranded as “Envoy Air” and PSA Airlines, a regional subsidiary of US Airways, appointed a new CEO.
The final plenary session of the current European Parliament has adopted a new regulation giving national and regional authorities the right to have the final say in setting noise-related operating restrictions at European Union (EU) airports without intervention from the European Commission.
As tensions heighten in the Ukraine, ICAO has confirmed Ukraine’s exclusive right to provide air navigation services in international airspace over the Black Sea within the Simferopol flight information region (FIR).
Russia’s Transaero Airlines, which has unveiled the layout of its new fleet of four Airbus A380s, will be equipped with the highest number of seats—652—compared to other operators of the type.
Oneworld alliance—which recently welcomed US Airways and Brazil’s TAM in its largest ever expansion—continues to seek airlines to fill remaining white spots in its global network.
Chinese carriers reported a collective net loss of CNY1.4 billion ($226 million) in March, reversed from a net profit of CNY107.69 million for the same period last year.
Comair low-cost subsidiary kulula has signed its first codeshare agreement, with Kenya Airways, firming up plans revealed by ATW at the beginning of April.
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.
This chart represents the most recent 13 months, displayed as percent changes from the previous year, for Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-time Equivalent Employees* by Airline Group.
The European Commission has launched the first infringement proceedings against European Union (EU) member states it believes are impeding progress on the Single European Sky (SES) through their failure to implement Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs).
Norwegian Air International (NAI), the long-haul division of Norwegian Air Shuttle, is expecting to receive approval from the US and the European Union to launch international services from London’s Gatwick Airport in July.
South African low-cost carrier FlySafair has been granted a domestic air service license after rivals blocked its planned October 2013 launch at the last minute on ownership grounds.
