Bombardier presents airline and supplier awards for outstanding performance in 2016
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has announced 12 winners of the 2016 Airline Reliability Performance Awards and a winner of a 2016 In-Service Supplier Top Achievement Recognition (STAR) Award. The Airline Reliability Performance Awards recognize operators of Bombardier CRJ Series regional jets and Q Series turboprops who achieve the highest rates of dispatch reliability. To be considered […]
Southwest Airlines says Hawaii flights are a ‘priority’
Southwest Airlines is getting closer to adding Hawaii flights, a vacation destination travelers have been begging the nation’s largest domestic airline to add for years. Southwest CEO Gary Kelly, in Phoenix on Wednesday for Southwest’s annual shareholders meeting, said flights to Hawaii are a high priority for the airline. In contrast, he said Canada flights […]
Boeing, Malindo Air Celebrate First 737 MAX Delivery
Boeing (NYSE: BA) today marked the first delivery of the new 737 MAX. The airplane, a 737 MAX 8, was handed over to Malindo Air at the Seattle Delivery Center. The Malaysia-based airline will be the first to put the 737 MAX into commercial service. "This airplane will change the face of the single-aisle market," […]
LATAM Airlines profit misses forecast as currencies raise costs
LATAM Airlines, Latin America’s largest airline, reported a slightly smaller profit than expected in the first quarter as local currency appreciation and inflation raised costs, the company reported on Monday. The airline, which was formed via a 2012 tie-up of Chile’s LAN and Brazil’s TAM, said net income was $66 million in the three months […]
Peru’s first low-cost airline starts flights; challenge to LATAM Air
Viva Air became the first low-cost airline to enter Peru’s domestic market, posing a challenge to Santiago-based LATAM Airlines, which has long dominated the market. Viva – a unit of Irelandia Aviation, which is led by Ryanair founder Declan Ryan – will operate 11 domestic routes with a fleet of two Airbus A320 aircraft. The […]
The development of China’s aviation industry
Chinese contributions to global aviation history include the inventions of the first flying object, the kite, and, years later, the rocket. Despite these technological achievements, China’s airline industry has fallen behind its international competitors. Air travel volumes are expected to peak within twenty years, so China is looking to increase its capacity by building its […]
Argentina approves airline Avianca’s entry into local market
Avianca has received a 15-year concession to operate in Argentina, according to a notice in the government’s official gazette on Thursday, after a probe of a possible conflict of interest involving the airline and President Mauricio Macri. In March an investigation was opened into whether Macri had favored the Colombia airline in a plan to […]
Emirates airline profits plunge 82.5% in past year
Emirates airline has blamed fierce competition, currency devaluations and US travel restrictions as it reported an 82.5 percent plunge in annual profits for the last fiscal year. The Dubai-based company said net profit at its airline business dropped to $340m in the year to March 31, down from $1.9bn in the previous 12 months – […]
Delta orders 30 additional A321s
Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.)-based Delta Air Lines has placed an incremental order for 30 firm A321ceo aircraft. This order follows three previous Delta orders for the Current Engine Option version of the largest Airbus A320 Family member. The airline took delivery of its first A321 in March of last year. Delta now has ordered a total […]
Airline Customer Satisfaction Is Actually Improving
As stressful as flying can be, customer satisfaction with airlines actually improved from April 2016 to March 2017, according to a J.D. Power survey released Wednesday. Overall satisfaction went up 30 points, on a 1,000 point scale, in 2017 from 2016, according to the report. The study added that customer satisfaction has been rising for […]
