American Airlines and US Airways have vowed to “fight” the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) effort to derail their planned mega-merger over antitrust concerns, saying the proposed combination of the two carriers is “pro-competitive” and good for consumers.
In an unexpected development, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to block the planned US Airways-American Airlines merger, saying the combination “would result in hundreds of millions of dollars of harm to American consumers.”
Fledgling Dutch airline Maastricht Airlines—which planned to launch flights in March using two Fokker 50 turboprops—is seeking to reinvent itself after its initial attempt to get off the ground stalled.
Copa Holdings, parent company of Panama-based Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia, posted second-quarter net income of $74.4 million, jumping 132.6% over the year-ago quarter’s net profit of $32 million.
Austrian-based low-cost carrier (LCC) FlyNiki, an Air Berlin partner, has postponed plans to transfer its seven Embraer E-190s to Air Berlin’s regional partner LGW.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said Monday that US Airways mechanics have voted to retain IAM as their union representative, rejecting an effort by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) to take over as the workers’ representative.
International Airlines Group (IAG) has begun to reorganize its newly acquired Spanish carrier Vueling by replacing the board and naming current CEO Alex Cruz as chairman.
British Airways (BA) has launched temporary Airbus A380 operations between London Heathrow and Frankfurt as it gears up for the type’s long-haul debut.
Rockwell Collins has struck a deal to acquire communications specialist ARINC from Carlyle Group for $1.39 billion, strengthening its avionics, cabin systems and communications activities.
Calgary-based WestJet said it has entered into a codeshare agreement with China Southern Airlines and will now begin marketing and distributing WestJet-operated flig
Wizz Air will add a second Airbus A320 at its Macedonian base at Skopje from April 2014, enabling the Hungary-based carrier to open three new routes and step up services on an existing six.
Norwegian Air Shuttle is in discussions with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) to obtain a permanent Irish air operator’s certificate (AOC) for its new long-haul division.
Two Turkish Airlines pilots were kidnapped Friday at gunpoint as they made their way from Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport to a Beirut hotel following a flight from Istanbul.
African low-cost carrier Fastjet has been forced to initiate a share restructuring after its share price repeatedly dipped below the nominal value of 1 penny (0.015 cents).
India’s Jet Airways posted a net loss of INR3.55 billion ($59.8 million) in the fiscal first quarter ended June 30, reversed from a profit of INR247 million in the year-ago quarter.
