The potential merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines has already been a long process. JetBlue took months to convince Spirit shareholders to choose their merger over a deal Spirit had already struck with fellow ultra-low-cost carrier, Frontier. After doing so, the Department of Justice announced they would sue to block…
British low-cost carrier easyJet has completed a fleetwide retrofit with Descent Profile Optimisation (DPO) and Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) software on all its aircraft. This state-of-the-art technology significantly reduces carbon emissions and fuel costs, resulting in a permanent fuel saving of up to 1% or 88,600 metric tonnes of CO2…
The provider of enroute air traffic control services in the United Kingdom has been given approval by the U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to raise prices over the period from 2023 to 2027. In an announcement on Thursday, the UK’s regulatory body ‘set out its Final Decision on new price…
Malaysia’s MYAirline saga has no end in sight. The Transport Ministry is investigating the decision to grant the company an Air Service License (ASL) in 2022. But the chaos is far from over. Goh Hwan Hwa, the co-founder of the airline, was arrested and accused of money laundering. According to…
On Tuesday evening, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Mike Whitaker as the next Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Whitaker is a former deputy administrator at the FAA, where he served from 2013 to 2016. He is also an attorney and a private pilot, previously holding various airline…
A Horizon Air flight operating from Snohomish County Airport/Paine Field near Seattle, Wash. to San Francisco diverted to Portland on Sunday evening after an authorized person in the cockpit attempted to shut down both of the airplane's engines while in flight. Horizon Air flight 2059 departed Paine Field around 5:30…
CEO of Qatar Airways and Governing Board Chairman of the oneworld Alliance, Akbar Al Baker, is stepping down as CEO of Qatar Airways after leading the airline for 27 years since 1997, according to Reuters. Al Baker is one of the longest-serving airline CEOs in the industry and he led…
Icelandair, Iceland's national airline, based at Keflavík International Airport near the capital Reykjavík, has announced exceptional financial results for the third quarter of 2023, reporting a record revenue of USD $560 million. This impressive performance contributed to a substantial 46% increase in profit, totaling $26.6 million, marking a significant milestone…
The Israeli-Hamas war has caused significant air traffic disruptions in the area. Since the start of the conflict, the big three United States airlines have ceased service to Israel. There is no expected resumption of service as the war continues. This poses a challenge for the many U.S. citizens that…
