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Reports: No more government aid for Malev

Malev Hungarian Airlines (MA) should not expect further financial help from the Hungarian government owing to 2012 budgetary restrictions, several...

British Airways acquires six slots at London Heathrow

British Airways (BA) acquired six daily take-off and landing slots at London Heathrow from British Midland Airlines (bmi), increasing its slot...

ATA: Airlines would cut nearly 10,000 jobs if taxes are implemented

The US Air Transport Assn. (ATA) warned that nearly 10,000 airline industry jobs could be cut within one year if two new proposed passenger...

Hundreds of flights canceled due to Greek ATC strike

Several hundred flights have been canceled Wednesday owing to a 24-hr. air traffic controller strike by workers represented by the Greek Air...

Cargolux: 'Tentative agreement with Boeing' to take 747-8Fs

Cargolux (CV) said it "reached a tentative agreement with Boeing" clearing the way for it to take delivery of the first two 747-8 freighters that...

IATA urges early adoption of Checkpoint of the Future

IATA has urged governments and aviation stakeholders to join airlines in a global partnership to improve aviation security and the experience of...

Boeing: North American aircraft demand valued at $760 billion through 2030

Boeing forecast Tuesday that North American airlines will take delivery of about 7,530 new commercial aircraft worth $760 billion over the next 20...

Amadeus moving to three business units

News from Travel Technology Update: Amadeus is moving into a global structure of three customer-facing commercial business units that will...

AirBaltic CEO steps down

Latvian national airline AirBaltic (BT) CEO Bertolt Flick announced Tuesday he will step down as part an agreement reached last week between the...

Shaky American 'keenly focused' on improving financial performance

American Airlines' parent AMR Corp.'s stock price regained some ground Tuesday following a plunge of more than 40% at one point Monday.

Airline Technology News

United Continental Holdings deployed 11,000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots, replacing paper flight manuals, a process it hopes to...

Air Astana opens new maintenance facility in Almaty

Air Astana, (KC) Kazakhstan’s leading carrier, opened a new internationally approved engineering facility in Almaty.

OpenSkies to suspend Washington-Paris service

British Airways subsidiary OpenSkies has announced plans to suspend one of its two transatlantic routes.

Troubled Avianova stops online ticket sales

Russian low-cost carrier Avianova has stopped online ticket sales from Sunday and could stop flights as soon as Monday night, Moscow News...

Sukhoi set to announce first SSJ100 business, VIP customer

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) and SuperJet International (SJI) will announce the first customer for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) business...

IATA warns industry is ‘shifting gears downwards’ as passenger, freight demand slows

IATA has warned that both passengers and freight demand are slowing significantly with a warning from its DG and CEO Tony Tyler that “the industry...

More than 20 countries to declare joint opposition to EU ETS

Governments of more than 20 countries—including the US, China, Russia, India and Brazil—have agreed on a joint declaration opposing the inclusion...

Aircraft News

Nordic Aviation Capital announced it has acquired an ATR 42-500, which was previously operated by Macair in Australia.  Boeing has...

ANA flight attendants to get iPads

All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced it will supply all 6,000 cabin attendants with iPads, technology it said will “improve the quality of the...

Airline Routes

Porter Airlines has been granted an additional 16 slots at Toronto City, bringing the carrier’s total to 172. The airline said it...

Philippine Airlines temporarily cuts flight frequencies

Philippine Airlines (PAL) told AFP it would temporarily slash flight frequencies over the next two months as part of a cost-saving program...

Emirates to add flights to Dallas, Seattle

Dubai-based Emirates Airline (EK) will add daily flights into the US to Dallas/Ft. Worth and Seattle. The new service, to begin from Feb. 2 and...

LAN TAM merger on track for 1Q 2012

Chile’s LAN Airlines said Wednesday the company is “confident” it will complete the merger process with TAM during the first...

Congo’s ECAir starts service

Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir), a new national carrier of the Republic of Congo, has begun with an inaugural Brazzaville-Point Noire flight....

Condor braces for ‘difficult’ 2012; expands long-haul fleet

German leisure carrier Condor Airlines (DE) has reduced capacity by one-third this summer owing to the crises in Northern Africa.

China’s ICBC places $450 million CFM engine order

ICBC Financial Leasing Co., a subsidiary of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, has signed a memorandum of understanding with CFM...

European regionals see growth, but have concerns

Intra-European airlines are beginning to show signs of recovery from the global economic crisis, but economic uncertainly in Europe and...

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ANA pilots threaten 24-hr. strike Oct. 1

All Nippon Airways Group said its pilot unions are threatening a 24-hr. strike Oct. 1. In a statement issued Thursday, ANA said it is continuing...

China’s ICBC places $450 Million CFM engine order

ICBC Financial Leasing Co., a subsidiary of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, has signed a memorandum of understanding with CFM...

IT & Distribution

Kale Consultants was selected by LAN for its Revera Interline service to process passenger interline billings.

Adria Airways receives government bailout

Shareholders of Slovenia-based Adria Airways (JP) approved a cash injection of €50 million ($68.4 million) and a debt-to-equity conversion of...

IATA to EU: Abandon ETS

IATA’s new chief has called for the European Union to abandon its plans to include aviation in the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETU) from...

Luxair is customer for four unidentified Q400s

Bombardier confirmed Thursday that Luxair Luxembourg Airlines is the customer for four previously unidentified Q400 NextGen high-speed turboprops.

Lufthansa orders 12 Airbus, Embraer aircraft

Lufthansa Group (LH) is ordering seven new Airbus aircraft, including two A380s, and five Embraer 195 regional jets.

ACCC grants final approval of Qantas, American JV

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Thursday gave final approval for the Joint Business Agreement (JBA) between Qantas...

ATR increases production schedule after record year

ATR is ramping up its production and delivery schedule by 19 aircraft in 2012, thanks to a record number of orders this year.

Airline Routes

Spirit Airlines launched twice-daily Portland, Ore.-Las Vegas service. Lufthansa said it plans to operate Airbus A380 service from...

Hong Kong CAD opens investigation into Cathay separation loss incident

Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) on Tuesday said it is conducting an investigation into Sunday’s loss of separation incident between a...

ATA CEO assails US government's 'all-out assault' on airlines

US Air Transport Assn. president and CEO Nicholas Calio said Tuesday that new airline flight taxes/fees proposed by President Barack Obama amount...

Taiwan's China Airlines joins SkyTeam

Taiwan’s China Airlines (CI) on Wednesday officially joined SkyTeam, becoming the first Taiwanese airline to join the alliance (ATW Daily News,...

Jatenergy strikes Jatropha deal with Lufthansa

Latest news from ATW’s Eco-Aviation Today: Australian bio-fuel producer Jatenergy has sold 200 tonnes of crude Jatropha oil to Lufthansa for use...

Embraer: Next aircraft decision to come by year end

Embraer will announce its next commercial aircraft development step before the end of the year, a company executive said Wednesday.

China, Russia unite to oppose EU ETS; global approach needed to reduce aviation emissions

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Transport have jointly denounced the European Emissions...

UTair finalizes order for 40 737s

Boeing said Russia’s UTair Aviation has finalized an ordered 40 Boeing 737NextGen aircraft, comprised of seven 737-900ERs and 33 737-800s.

Avianca orders four A330F aircraft for cargo unit

Colombia-based Avianca, part of the airline group AviancaTaca Holdings, has ordered four A330-200 freighters, Airbus announced Tuesday.

Shareholders inject over €150 million into AirBaltic

Latvian national airline AirBaltic (BT) will receive €153.7 million ($201.9 million) in new capital financed by its two main shareholders, the...

EasyJet founder to set up rival airline Fastjet

A new row has erupted between the easyJet board and the airline’s founder and largest shareholder after Stelios Haji-Ioannou revealed plans to...

People

Alaska Airlines named Daniel Chun its new regional manager of sales and community marketing for Hawaii. Chun, who is based in Honolulu, will...