Sharjah-based low-cost carrier Air Arabia has signed a strategic partnership with the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to become the emirate’s designated carrier following the demise of RAK Airways in January.
Southwest Airlines will add direct flights from its Dallas Love Field (DAL) base to 15 destinations in the 2014 fall after the Wright Amendment is officially repealed on Oct. 13.
African low-cost carrier (LCC) Fastjet has operated its first flight between Tanzania and Zambia, marking the launch of the airline’s second international route in Africa.
London’s Heathrow Airport launched a six-week consultation on Monday, asking local communities for their views on how to improve the third runway proposal shortlisted by the Airports Commission in its interim report published in December.
Alaska Airlines and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) have reached tentative agreement on a new five-year contract for the carrier's 2,500 clerical, office and passenger service employees.
Italy’s Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport will be closed between 00:01 hours on May 13 and 06:00 hours (local time) on June 2 to perform maintenance work on its runway.
Boeing surely hopes the process of manufacturing the 777X and the next-generation widebody’s entry into service goes more smoothly than the process for deciding on a location to build the aircraft.
The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) in a vote on Thursday endorsed the European Commission’s Single European Sky (SES) 2+ package aimed at speeding up implementation of the SES.
India has been downgraded to Category 2 under FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program, losing the Category 1 status for aviation safety oversight it has held since August 1997.
The US is “merely reacting to the challenge” of a growing influx of international air travelers and is in danger of turning off future tourists and businesspeople from visiting the US, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) president and CEO Jack Potter said.
Japan Airlines (JAL) reported net income of JPY123.5 billion ($1.21 billion) for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, down 17.1% from JPY140.6 billion reported for the same period the previous year.
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) posted a third-quarter fiscal net profit of ¥13.2 billion ($125.4 million), down 2% from the year-ago quarter, ending Dec. 31, 2013.
United Parcel Service (UPS) reported net income of $4.34 billion for 2013 on an adjusted basis excluding special items, down 1.2% from an adjusted net profit of $4.4 billion in 2012, a drop in profitability blamed on the company’s Christmas period difficulties.
The European Union (EU) has earmarked at least €6.6 million ($9 million) to co-finance a study looking at methodologies to support faster flight data processing (FDP) for more effective air traffic management (ATM) in Europe.
Lufthansa is preparing for Airbus A380-800 operations into India following Monday’s decision by the Indian government to lift restrictions on A380 flights into the country.
International passenger traffic on Asia-Pacific carriers grew 6% year-over-year to 219.8 million passengers in 2013—an increase of more than 12 million passengers—according to preliminary figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
With CEO Richard Anderson at the helm, the executive management team at Delta Air Lines is committed to excellence, innovation and leadership. In the past decade, Delta has fought off a hostile takeover bid, emerged from bankruptcy and acquired Northwest Airlines. Delta serves more than 160 million passengers and flies to 312 destinations in 56 countries.
The final showdown in the European Parliament over the scope of the controversial European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is now anticipated to be in April.
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) ARJ21 regional jet project has been delayed again, with the aircraft now due to enter service in April or May 2015, eight years later than scheduled early in the program and 13 years after development began.
Southwest Airlines has been provisionally approved for 27 new slot pairs at Washington National Airport (DCA) while JetBlue Airways has received tentative clearance for 12 new DCA slot pairs.
