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EasyJet flight crew ‘warning’ strike disrupts Berlin service

EasyJet flights from/to its Berlin Schoenefeld base were disrupted Saturday morning, owing to a wildcat “warning” strike by flight...

Cathay Pacific A330 makes emergency landing after engine failure

Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia revamp transtasman networks

Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia Airlines said Monday they will revamp their networks across the Tasman Sea linking Australia and New...

Investigators succeed in retrieving data from AF 447 flight recorders

French Air Accident Investigation Bureau on Monday said it succeeded in downloading all of the data from the flight data recorder of Air France...

Qantas CEO calls union demands ‘reckless and unrealistic’

For the second time in two months, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce lashed out at “ridiculous” union demands and warned that the airline’s international...

Boeing 777 production rate reaches seven per month

Boeing said it rolled out the first 777 to be produced since it raised the production rate for the type from five to seven per month.

Chinese airlines report nearly 58% increase in net profit for April

Chinese carriers posted aggregate net income of CNY3.18 billion ($489 million) in April, up 57.9% from a net profit of CNY2.01 billion in the...

Aer Lingus first-quarter loss deepens on cabin crew work action, braces for possible pilot strike

Aer Lingus reported a deepening of its first-quarter operating loss to €55.9 million ($78.9 million), reversed from negative EBIT of €37.9 million...

Airline Routes

US Airways will operate daily seasonal Dublin-Charlotte Boeing 757-200 ETOPS service beginning May 15. AirBaltic will launch daily...

IATA opposes South African fuel tax

IATA DG and CEO Giovanni Bisignani wrote to the South African Minister of Transport urging a rethink of the plan to bring airlines under a...

CEO: Air Astana, AeroSvit may form partnership

Air Astana President Peter Foster told ATW that Ukraine-based AeroSvit approached Air Astana about forming a possible partnership and will...

Shale gas discoveries easing pressure on oil supply, price

Recent development of shale gas promises in the longer term to bring down the price of oil as ground transport and industry swap to the...

Fokker inks deal with COMAC

Fokker Technologies confirmed Friday to ATW it signed an MOU with COMAC. The agreement was signed Thursday in Shanghai by COMAC President Jin...

FAA says EU ETS could prove 'counterproductive' to reducing emissions

FAA Assistant Administrator Policy, International Affairs and Environment Julie Oettinger, in what may be the agency's strongest statement...

Boeing: China could lead air traffic management transformation

Boeing VP-Air Traffic Management Neil Planzer said that China is well situated to lead a transformation in air traffic management, owing to its...

Chinese carriers urge government to retaliate for ETS

The China Air Transport Assn. has stepped up its campaign against next year's inclusion of non-EU airlines in the EU's controversial...

ARC ticket sales up less than 2% in April compared to last year

ARC reported that ticket sales volume through participating travel agencies climbed just 1.7% in April compared to the same month in 2010 to $7.34...

ATAG head says industry must achieve fuel efficiency goal to maintain credibility

Air Transport Action Group Executive Director Paul Steele said the airline industry’s failing to achieve its stated goal of a 1.5%...

Shenzhen Airlines sells 24% stake to local government

Shenzhen International Total Logistics Co., a subsidiary of government-controlled Shenzhen International Holdings, purchased a 24% stake in...

EADS reports first-quarter loss; Airbus considers further A320 production increase

Airbus parent EADS incurred a €12 million ($17.1 million) first-quarter net loss, reversed from a €103 million net profit in the year-ago period,...

Operations & Maintenance

MTU Maintenance Hannover was selected by Biman Bangladesh Airlines to carry out repair and overhaul services on its CFM56-7s under a five-year...

Airline Routes

Syrian Airlines will reduce its European operations during the summer schedule. Twice-weekly service from Damascus to Bucharest Otopeni,...

ANA, Eznis Airways ink cooperation agreement

All Nippon Airways announced Thursday it signed a cooperation agreement with Mongolia-based Eznis Airways in a broad range of areas, such as...

Qantas engineers call off strike

Report: Heathrow ‘totally unprepared’ to cope with severe winter weather

Spirit Airlines prices IPO at $14-$16 per share, expects to raise $276 million

Spirit Airlines said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that its IPO will comprise 20 million shares of common stock priced at $14-$16 each.

Air Berlin posts large first-quarter loss

Air Berlin reported a loss of €120.6 million ($159.8 million) for the first quarter ended March 31, significantly widened from a deficit of €93.6...

American, Qantas to form JBA

[Corrected] American Airlines and Qantas said they are seeking approval for a joint business agreement "on their services between Australia/New...

British Airways, cabin crew reach agreement

British Airways and its cabin crew, represented by the Unite union, reached an agreement Thursday aimed at ending their long-running industrial...

Singapore Airlines' fiscal-year profit leaps to $885 million

Singapore Airlines earned a S$1.09 billion ($885.3 million) net profit for its fiscal year ended March 31, a more than fivefold increase over net...

SkyWest CFO Bradford Rich promoted to president

SkyWest Inc., the Utah-based parent of regionals SkyWest Airlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines and ExpressJet, on Wednesday named longtime CFO...

LAN reports order for five 767s

Chile-based LAN Airlines confirmed to ATW it reached a deal with Boeing for the purchase of five 767s, plus options for four more, in a deal...

Air China/Cathay Pacific launch Air China Cargo JV

Air China and Cathay Pacific Airways formally launched their joint venture cargo operation on Wednesday, consolidating the two carriers'...

GOL reports $20 million first-quarter profit

GOL reported a first-quarter net profit of BRL31.9 million ($19.8 million), up 33.5% over net income of BRL23.9 million in the year-ago period,...

Alitalia narrows first-quarter loss to nearly $128 million

Alitalia reported a first-quarter net loss of €89 million ($127.7 million), a 32.6% improvement over the €132 million deficit it incurred in the...

FAA proposes revised rule on airline training programs

US FAA on Wednesday proposed new regulations to overhaul airline training programs for aircraft crewmembers and flight dispatchers, revising a...

Airline Routes

American Airlines launched seasonal daily Boeing 767-300 Chicago O'Hare-Helsinki service, which it will operate until Oct. 29....

Air Lease Corp. inks deals with Asian carriers for 29 aircraft

Air Lease Corp. signed long-term lease agreements for 29 aircraft with Asian airlines. China Eastern Airlines will lease 10 new Airbus...

BTS: No extended tarmac delays in March

US Dept. of Transportation said the nation’s largest carriers reported no flights in March with tarmac delays of more than 3 hr., down...

AviancaTaca raises $279 million from IPO

AviancaTaca, the parent of Avianca and TACA, announced it raised $279 million from its IPO and noted it became the first airline to allocate...

Xiamen Airlines to order six 787s for 2014-15 delivery

China Southern Airlines said in a filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange that subsidiary Xiamen Airlines will order six Boeing 787s to...

EasyJet's fiscal first-half deficit widens to $187 million

EasyJet nearly doubled its net loss for the six months ended March 31 to £114 million ($186.6 million) from a £59 million deficit in the year-ago...

Emirates Group's fiscal year profit soars 43% to $1.6 billion

Despite challenging conditions and rising fuel prices, the Emirates Group posted a record net profit of AED5.9 billion ($1.6 billion) for its...

SAS Group narrows first-quarter loss to $60 million

SAS Group reported a first-quarter net loss of SEK373 million ($59.6 million), narrowed from a SEK712 million net deficit in the year-ago period.

DOT tentatively grants Delta/Virgin Australia ATI, reversing previous decision

Reversing its previous stance, the US Dept. of Transportation on Tuesday tentatively approved antitrust immunity for Delta Air Lines and Virgin...

IT & Distribution

Vistair deployed its online flight manuals management system for Thomas Cook Group members Thomas Cook Scandinavia and Condor Berlin....

Merpati MA60 crashes in Indonesia; all 27 aboard killed

A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Xian MA60 crashed Saturday near Kaimana Airport in Indonesia, killing all 21 passengers and six crew aboard....

Qantas engineers plan to strike Friday

Qantas aircraft engineers are planning work stoppages starting on Friday after walking out of negotiations over their list of 28 demands, which...

Star gives Air India July 31 deadline to meet entry requirements

Star Alliance CEO Jaan Albrecht told ATW that Air India has until July 31 to fulfill the requirements to join the airline grouping or the...