Airbus SE is poised to name the head of the plane making unit and effective No. 2, Guillaume Faury, as its next chief executive, two people familiar with the matter said Monday. Faury is set to replace Tom Enders,…
Florida-based ultra-LCC Spirit Airlines has announced plans to launch a new crew base at Orlando International Airport (MCO). The base—slated to open Dec. 1—will eventually house 500 flight attendants and 300 pilots, according to the company. That comes on…
Delta will be first U.S. operator to benefit from new-generation aircraft’s unbeatable efficiency Delta Air Lines’ first A220-100 took off on its first flight from Mirabel airport, Québec, at 02:02 p.m. local time. The aircraft was crewed by…
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) ASUR a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today announced that total passenger traffic for September 2018 increased 15.4% when compared to…
Latam Cargo has continued to expand its pharma services, adding a passive option to its London Heathrow flights. The airline said that Heathrow was already included in its active pharma product but that from October customers using the airport…
Azul S.A., “Azul,” (b3:AZUL4) AZUL, +0.69% the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities served and flight departures, announces today its preliminary traffic results for September 2018. Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 16.0% compared to September 2017 on…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on European transport leaders to eliminate the barriers which limit the contribution of the aviation industry to Europe’s competitiveness. “Two centuries ago, the Congress of Vienna agreed the borders of a…
The ongoing shortage of commercial pilots is an area of “critical urgency” whose effects reach far beyond the airline industry, a Republic Airline Inc. executive said Thursday. “This is a real challenge that’s affecting economies across the country,” said…
Brazilian airline Latam, part of the Chilean-Brazilian Latam Airlines Group – the largest airline in Latin America with subsidiaries in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru – has launched in-flight WiFi on board nine A319 aircraft in domestic routes….
The US Congress on Oct. 3 passed a bill to reauthorize the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) through 2021, marking the first reauthorization in the agency’s 17-year-history. The bill—which was passed as part of a legislative package that also included…
