Continental Airlines has launched the first daily scheduled passenger service between Texas and Africa, with a new nonstop flight between Houston and Lagos in Nigeria. Flying times are approximately 1...
Hawaiian Airlines will launch a daily nonstop service between New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Honolulu from June 4, 2012. Hawaiian will operate its New York-Honolulu route us...
The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents Alaska Airlines’ 626 aircraft technicians and related employees, has ratified a new five-year contract that includes annual pay ra...
American Airlines pilots' union has rejected the airline's latest offer this week and intends to resume negotiations between Thanksgiving and Christmas. American said in a statement, "We look forward ...
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) is suing The Export Import Bank of America (Ex-Im) in a bid to block the $3.4bn loan guarantees for the Air India Boeing 787 order. The ATA maintain that...
Alaska Airlines has again successfully completed the International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and has been renewed on the IOSA Registry. The airline has been on the regi...
Pinnacle Airlines has reported a 2.4% fall in its passenger traffic in October compared to the same month in 2010, on a capacity decrease of 3.1%. Load factor for October 2011 was 77.7%, up 0.6 points...
American Airlines is urging its pilots to vote through a comprehensive contract proposal to bring an end to the protracted pay negotiations. The airline stated on its website that “We've shared countl...
Boeing is collaborating with the University of Nottingham in the UK with a three-year $1 million investment into the research and development of composites recycling activities. Sir Roger Bone, presid...
As reported in Airline Economics Nov/Dec issue which is at every stand at the Dubai air show, US lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has signed an agreement with Airbus for 30 A320neos. This latest o...
Spirit Airlines and Airbus signed today at the Dubai Airshow a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 75 single-aisle aircraft, comprising 45 A320neo aircraft (new engine option) and 30 A320s. The engi...
A new survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers says greater transparency is needed in airline sustainability reporting. Although 70% of airlines reveal total CO2 emissions and 77% detail social acti...
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