Despite all the technological advances in the recent decades one thing has remained unchanged–it still takes six hours to fly from the East Coast to the West Coast, three hours to fly to Miami, and half a day to…
Stocks of aviation companies took off on Monday as investors reacted to strong growth in air traffic for January. Jet Airways, SpiceJet and InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo) rose up to 5 percent on the back of this development. Domestic air…
A Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam had to make an unexpected landing in Austria because an unnamed elderly passenger had been farting excessively while on flight. Two other passengers sitting next to him had asked if he…
The Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) has announced it has gained final approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce to designate Miami International Airport"™s entire 3,230-acre land parcel as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) magnet site. The magnet site designation…
Air Canada president and chief executive officer Calin Rovinescu has announced the appointment of Jon Turner as vice-president, Maintenance. Turner began his career at Air Canada in 1980 and held a wide-range of critical operational positions with the company….
Southwest Airlines announced five new non-stop routes Thursday as the carrier extended its booking schedule through Oct. 1. Several of the new routes will put Southwest into highly competitive markets. Its new Atlanta-Nashville service, for example, will go up…
In January 2018, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 8.7 million passengers. This shows an increase of 10.1 per cent compared to the previous year"™s month. The available seat kilometers were up 8 per cent over the…
Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that it will pay employees $1.1 billion in profit sharing for 2017, the fourth consecutive year for which the carrier will pay profit sharing of more than $1 billion. While the Valentine"™s Day payout…
The four biggest U.S. airlines and their regional partners control about 80% of air travel in the U.S. But is there room in the skies for new competition? Over the past several years, airline mergers have left about 1,000…
Global airline share prices rose by 2.9% in January, with increases in Europe and Asia offsetting a modest decline in North America, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) January 2018 Airlines Financial Monitor. In the report yesterday,…
