News from Travel Technology Update: Some US top travel management have rejected the idea that the Department of Transportation (DOT) should regulate the distribution of airlines’ ancillary products and services.
Japan Airlines (JAL) has placed its first ever order with Airbus, signing a purchase agreement for 31 A350 XWBs with options for a further 25 aircraft.
The European Union (EU) feels “vindicated” by last week’s ICAO Assembly agreement to develop a global market-based measures (MBM) system for aviation emissions by 2016, according to a senior EU official.
Etihad Airways has continued to report record growth rates in the third quarter, as passenger services revenue broke through the $1-billion barrier for the first time.
Opposition parties and trade unions have criticized India’s minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh for saying the government could consider privatizing Air India.
Southwest Airlines has no official stance on the American Airlines-US Airways merger, but the low-cost carrier (LCC) wants to have a stronger presence at Washington National Airport (DCA) and is opposed to a merged American-US Airways controlling two-thirds of DCA’s slots.
Airbus booked 170 orders in September, exceeding the company’s 2013 sales target and bringing its total net orders for 2013 to 1,062, creating a backlog of almost 5,300 aircraft—nearly eight years of production, according to an Airbus statement.
Scandinavian low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle has applied for a new air operator’s certificate (AOC), but declined to give details about the reason.
Gulf Air has announced the next step in its restructuring process into a regionally focused carrier, with a major expansion of its services to Pakistan. From Dec. 16 the Bahraini national carrier will increase its weekly flights to Pakistan from 14 to 21 in the face of growing demand.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair will step up its presence in Poland with the announcement of its first two domestic Polish routes—daily services from Warsaw Modlin to Gdansk and Wroclaw—beginning March 2014.
The ICAO United Nations Aviation Assembly has reached an agreement to develop a global market-based measures (MBM) scheme for aviation emissions by 2016 that will be implemented in 2020.
[UPDATED] The Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC), which was calling for an Action Day Oct. 10 to protest the European Commission’s SES2+ package aimed at speeding implementation of the Single European Sky, has canceled the strike.
