US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have not been able to find any indications of aircraft system malfunctions on the United Parcel Service (UPS) Airbus A300-600 freighter that crashed Aug. 14 in Alabama.
“Improperly configured” engine fire extinguisher bottles discovered last week on several All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787s were traced to the part’s producer, Kidde Aerospace, a United Technologies Corp. (UTC) subsidiary.
Air India has issued a tender to lease 19 Airbus A320s, in a move that will sharply increase its fleet size and improve its ability to compete with privately run carriers.
Russia’s Transaero Airline reported a first-half profit of RUB261.92 million ($7.95 million), according to Russian accounting standards, up 54% from the year-ago period.
Airberlin has suspended bookings for flights to Egypt’s Hurghada, Marsa Alam and Sharm el Sheikh until Sept. 15 owing to unrest and violence sweeping the country.
The new Berlin Brandenburg Airport could start minor operations in the first half of next year with about 10 flights per day, handling around 1,500 passengers daily, according to several German media reports.
Thomas Cook Airlines Group is planning to establish a second hub in Manchester and will base a third Airbus A330-200 starting from the winter season 2013-14.
The Indian government is examining India’s air traffic rights with Austria and Switzerland, four years after their national carriers—Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines—were acquired by Lufthansa, according to several Indian media reports.
Guernsey-based regional carrier Aurigny is to acquire its first jet, an Embraer E-195, so it can replace capacity lost by Flybe’s London Gatwick-Guernsey exit.
Indonesia’s Lion Group intends to expand its Wings Flying School and Lion Training Centre in Jakarta and is seeking international training partners as part of the growth plan.
Spirit Airlines’ dispatchers, represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU), have ratified a new five-year labor agreement, which became effective Friday.
US airlines (passenger and cargo) collectively employed 484,964 full-time workers in June, budging just 0.1% from June 2012, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
