Indigo Partners completed the acquisition of Frontier Airlines from Republic Airways Holdings Tuesday. Final terms of the transaction, which was first announced Oct. 1, are not being disclosed.
Lithuanian start-up carrier Air Lituanica and Estonian Air have severed their cooperation following bitter allegations of unpaid debts from both sides.
Spanish infrastructure company Abertis has completed the sale of its interest in the management of London Luton Airport to a consortium consisting of Spain’s airport management and air navigation services provider Aena and independent investment company Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity).
Scandinavian low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle will open a base at Barcelona El Prat Airport in spring 2014, and plans to use it as a new hub for long-haul flights.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will base six aircraft at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport and will launch services to three new domestic destinations in Southern Italy—Catania, Palermo (Sicily) and Lamezia (Calabria)—from the capital’s gateway airport Dec. 18.
China Southern Airlines is expected to establish codeshare alliance with Qantas in early 2014 to strengthen its position between Europe and Australia and New Zealand on the so-called “Canton routes.”
FAA is proposing a $325,000 civil penalty against Dallas-based Southwest Airlines for allegedly operating an aircraft that had been improperly modified, violating federal aviation regulations.
Mobile satellite communications specialist Inmarsat has confirmed it will launch the first of its Global Xpress satellites—designated Inmarsat-5 F1—from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M on Dec. 8.
African low-cost carrier Fastjet will begin flying to Lusaka, Zambia from its home base of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Feb. 1, 2014, inaugurating its second international route.
IATA has called on airports to be more responsive to the needs of passengers and airline customers, pointing out that “effective competition between airports remains the exception rather than the rule.”
China Express Airlines has placed a firm order for three Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft, as well as conditional purchase agreements for five of the type with options on an additional eight aircraft.
Italian flag-carrier Alitalia said it is confident it will still reach its cash call target of €300 million ($406 million) from shareholders, despite having only €173 million in pledges when the deadline for exercising option rights expired last Thursday.
Lufthansa, which announced in September that chairman and CEO Christoph Franz would leave in May 2014, said it is not in a hurry to announce a successor.
Aegean Airlines has reported a profit after tax of €59.2 million ($80.4 million) for the first nine months of 2013, reversing a loss of €8.7 million in the year-ago period.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines and its administrative and technical staff have reached a new collective wage agreement, effective Jan. 1, 2014.
Yuantong Express, one of China’s largest express delivery companies, has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to launch a cargo carrier.
