The US Department of Transportation has tentatively granted antitrust immunity to the joint venture proposed by Delta Air Lines, Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic Airways. A show cause order the agency filed on 2 August begins a public…
Cargo handler Swissport has signed a 10-year deal to continue leasing its 104,000 sq ft facility at SEGRO’s Heathrow Cargo Centre. The Cargo Centre, which in total comprises 1.2m sq ft of space, offers direct access to the apron,…
Mexico’s Volaris is pressing on with an aggressive growth strategy that relies on converting bus passengers into air travelers with low base fares, fueling its expansion with high utilization rates to keep costs down. The ultra-LCC grew system capacity…
Yesterday, Finnair made the first flight of biofuels backed by its carbon reduction initiative «Push for change». The company said that on both August 5th and 7th, the Finnair flights departing San Francisco Airport bound for Helsinki, Finland, will…
American Airlines Group announced today that Priya Aiyar will join the airline as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, succeeding Paul Jones, who retired from American earlier this year. “We are thrilled to welcome Priya to American Airlines,” said…
Utah-based regional carrier SkyWest Airlines boosted its net income in the 2019 second-quarter, aided by its ongoing fleet transition initiatives and the divestiture of ExpressJet Airlines in January 2019. The company recorded 2Q net income of $88 million, up…
Delta employees who know sign language will soon be recognizable by a sign language indicator on their uniforms. You can expect to see uniformed employees sporting these new language bars this fall, making them the first airline to do…
Over the first six months of 2019, Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air carried almost eight million passengers, 4.8% higher than the year before. Growth was recorded in all network sectors apart from Central and South Atlantic, with particular success…
IAG boosted operating profit 6.7% to €960 million ($1.06 billion) in the second quarter ended 30 June, which the European airline group’s chief executive hails as «a good performance» achieved «despite fuel-cost headwinds». Unit fuel cost was up 12.4%,…
Brazilian carrier Gol continues to see the Max playing a key role in its fleet transformation plan, even as it plans for some of its 2019 orders to slip into 2020 as Max remain grounded around the world. In…
