Bombardier and Embraer continue to widen their sales focus from the traditional North American and European markets to emerging markets round the world. Speaking at the ISTAT 2014 Americas conference in San Diego, Embraer Commercial Aircraft CCO John Slattery said, “We’re adding customers every year. Our stated objective is to have 100 [E-Jet] operators in 50 countries by the fourth quarter of 2017. We would like to see more [E-Jet sales] activity in Southeast Asia. We would like to have a lot more sales in Russia. And there are also opportunities in Latin America and Africa.”
International Airlines Group (IAG) has seen a slight improvement in its freight volumes, although it is retaining a weak cargo outlook for 2014-15. “There is maybe some volume recovery, signaling the end of the cargo downturn, but it is too early to ring any bells,” IAG CFO Enrique Dupuy said at the release of IAG’s full-year results.
Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Employee calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee. * Formerly Pinnacle Airlines. Source: US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics and ATW Research.
The ACARS reporting system on the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was taken off air prior to the pilots’ last radio contact with Malaysian ATC, Malaysian defense and transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said.
The huge fleets of airliners on order by the Arabian Gulf’s “Big Three” carriers risk spending more time on the ground than in the air if the growing problem of the region’s restricted airspace is not resolved, according to the head of the UK’s air traffic management provider.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has confirmed that the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200 operating flight MH370 had its tracking transponders turned off in "what looked like a deliberate action from somebody on board the aircraft."
The search into the baffling disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 operating flight MH370 continues almost a week since it vanished from radar during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Hybrid carrier flynas is considering partnerships and joint ventures as a way to develop its short- and mid-haul operations outside its Saudi Arabian home market.
Lufthansa will streamline operations by simplifying its hub structure in Munich from eight to six banks per day, according to outgoing Lufthansa chairman and CEO Christoph Franz.
Iberia has hammered out an agreement in principle on a new ground staff deal for the period to 2017, joining tentative accords that it has already struck with its pilots and cabin crew.
The thick haze from uncontrolled forest fires, which disrupted flights last week at airports on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, resurfaced Friday resulting in more airport closures.
FAA is cautiously optimistic for US airlines over the next 20 years in its latest Aerospace Forecast, which predicted US passenger growth over fiscal years 2014-2034 to average 2.2% per year.
China Eastern Airlines plans to accelerate its expansion pace by taking advantage of Beijing’s new Shanghai free trade zone and the opening of Shanghai Disney in 2015, according to the carrier’s president Ma Xulun. “On the international front, our focus will be North American market, which has strong business travel demands,” Ma said.
The European branch of the Airports Council International (ACI Europe) has called for an end to the bickering between airports and airlines about airport charges, and proposed a more innovative approach to airport regulation.
Australia’s air navigation services provider, Airservices, has renewed long-term partnerships with the Republic of Nauru and the Solomon Islands to provide air traffic management in the Pacific.
France’s Direction des Services de la Navigation Aérienne (DSNA) and German air navigation services provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung have jointly developed the safety net system—Cooperative Safety Nets (CoSNET)—to enhance the safety of operations in their area control centers and major approach control units.
Reports that MH370’s Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) system sent transmissions for several hours after it vanished from radar are false, Malaysia Airlines said at a Thursday press conference.
