SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, will operate 400 weekly flights between Turkey and Europe during the summer 2014 schedule.
Southern Air Holdings has awarded MTU Maintenance exclusive long-term maintenance and lease-engine provisioning on present and future GE CF6-80C2 engines.
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. Source: US Dept. of Transportation Footnotes: * Full-time Equivalent Employee (FTE) calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee. ** Includes network, low-cost, regional and other carriers. Other carriers generally operate within specific niche markets, i.e. Hawaiian Airlines and Sun Country Airlines.
Airlines are complying with new rules set by China for flying into what it says is a new air defense identification zone over the disputed waters of the East China Sea.
EgyptAir low-cost subsidiary Air Cairo aims to double its fleet of four Airbus A320s by summer 2014 as it continues to shift its business model from charter flights to a hybrid variant, also offering low-cost scheduled services.
Lufthansa and its Group subsidiaries Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines will end their codeshare with Star Alliance partner Turkish Airlines next year, saying the agreement no longer makes commercial sense.
Startup carrier Air Cote d’Ivoire, which was launched 10 months ago, is planning to expand its domestic network to eight destinations using its newly ordered Bombardier Q400s.
