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Southwest Airlines’ Co-Founder Herb Kelleher Passes Away at 87

January 3, 2019 Akhil Dewan

Southwest Airlines’ co-founder, Chairman emeritus, and former CEO Herb Kelleher has passed away at the age of 87. “Herb was a pioneer, a maverick, and an innovator. His vision revolutionized commercial aviation and democratized the

News

Argentinian Flybondi’s CEO Moves Up…or Steps Down?

December 24, 2018 Pablo Diaz

In the very same week that it started operating regionally, Flybondi caught Argentina’s commercial aviation market off with shocking news: Julian Cook, founder and frontman, left his position as CEO on December 20, and will

Airlines

Germany to Ban Iran’s Mahan Air in January

December 23, 2018 Andy Nelson

The government of Germany is to impose a ban on Iran’s second largest airline, according to a report in the Bild newspaper. Mahan Air, which currently operates six times per week to destinations in Munich

News

SkyWest Airlines Sells Off ExpressJet to Joint Venture

December 21, 2018 Daniel Morley

U.S. regional airline SkyWest Airlines has announced the sale of subsidiary ExpressJet Airlines to a joint venture that includes United Airlines. The deal is worth $70 million in cash as well as the joint venture

Opinions

Opinion: One Way to Explain Why WOW Is Slowly Failing

December 16, 2018 Parker Davis

The last few years, and even the last decade, has seen huge success from low-cost carriers across the world. Airlines including Spirit and Frontier in the U.S. to IndiGo in India continue to corner largely

Aircraft Orders and Deliveries

Emirates Takes Delivery of Its Last Current Generation Boeing 777

December 15, 2018 Andy Nelson

Emirates Airline has taken delivery of the last of its orders for current generation Boeing 777 aircraft, specifically the Boeing 777-300ER. The Middle Eastern carrier operates the world’s largest fleet of triple-sevens, with over 139

Routes

Spirit Adds Indianapolis Flights to Route Network

December 12, 2018 Daniel Morley

Spirit has announced they would begin service to Indianapolis this Spring. The announcement will see Spirit operate three routes from the Circle City. The airline will operate daily year-round flights to Orlando and Las Vegas,

News

Study Shows Airlines Failing to Meet Emissions Targets

December 9, 2018 Parker Davis

According to a new study from the Atmosfair Airline Index, despite improvements in technology among many now-top-selling aircraft—including Boeing’s 737 MAX and 787 and Airbus’s A320neo —airlines will not be able to make “significant” changes

Airports

Trial Delays Extend Delta and Southwest’s Ongoing Battle Over Love Field Gate Space

December 3, 2018 Parker Davis

For decades, Southwest Airlines’s biggest hurdle when it came to growth and profitability sat in the Wright Amendment, a 1980 addition to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 that prevented airlines from flying certain routes

News

WOW air Returns Leased Aircraft Amid Financial Woes, Leaves Icelandair Deal in Jeoprady

November 28, 2018 Daniel Morley

Icelandic ultra-low-cost carrier WOW air has returned four aircraft to lessors with two Airbus A330s and two Airbus A320 family aircraft departing Reykjavik earlier yesterday for storage, beginning the process of returning to their lessors. The

News

Virgin Atlantic Confirms Interest In ‘A Possible Offer For Flybe,’ Share Price Rises by 53 Percent

November 25, 2018 John Flett

Following last week’s news that U.K.-based Flybe is up for sale, Reuters this week reported that Virgin Atlantic is interested in the regional carrier, which has suffered from falling demand, a weaker pound and high fuel

News

Azul and Copa Airlines Announce Codeshare Agreement

November 22, 2018 Peter Biondi

Azul Brazilian Airlines and Copa Airlines announced a codeshare agreement that will connect two large networks in Latin America. Now Copa customers can use Azul’s network in Brazil with 101 domestic destinations, 52 not served

News

Airline Industry Group in India Requests Financial Assistance for Major Carriers

November 21, 2018 Joe Pesek

The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), an airline industry group that speaks on behalf of several major carriers, has penned a formal letter to the nation’s aviation ministry requesting assistance in obtaining unsecured loans to

News

Brexit Draft Document Continues Uncertainty for Future of U.K-E.U. Aviation

November 18, 2018 John Flett

The next phase in the ongoing Brexit situation took place this week with the release of the draft withdrawal agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom. The 585-page document outlines the process of

News

SAS Introduces New Vegan Menu

November 13, 2018 Will Lee

Airlines are often criticized for overall food quality and services. Last month, a vegan passenger took a Thomas Cook flight from Manchester, United Kingdom to New York in which she paid for a vegetarian meal for

News

Turkish Airlines Announces Record Nine Month Profit, Begins Operations from New Istanbul Airport

November 11, 2018 John Flett

Turkish Airlines reported this week that in the first nine months of 2018 they have achieved a net profit of $755 million, a 300 percent increase versus the same period of 2017. The airline has made

News

All Nippon Airways 1H Profit Plunges 38 Percent

November 8, 2018 Will Lee

All Nippon Airways (ANA), the largest airline in Japan, has announced that its profit for the first half of the fiscal year has plunged 37.7 percent. According to ANA, the net profit for the first six

News

Struggling South African Airways ‘Should be Shut Down’

November 3, 2018 Andy Nelson

Just over a week after the nation’s troubled flag-carrier received yet another government bailout, South Africa’s new finance minister, Tito Mboweni, has suggested that the best course of action is to simply shut the airline down

News

Three Chinese Airlines Report Decline in Profits

November 1, 2018 Will Lee

Following a rise in fuel prices and weak yuan, three major Chinese airlines: Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines saw a sizable drop in profits from July to September. The third quarter

Planes

Delta Highlights Newest Jet During Event Celebrating Northwest Merger Anniversary

October 31, 2018 Peter Biondi

Delta shared a sneak peek of the new Airbus A220-100 to the media Monday during an event in Atlanta to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Delta merger with Northwest. Hundreds of Delta employees lined

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airlines

Southwest Airlines’ Co-Founder Herb Kelleher Passes Away at 87

Argentinian Flybondi’s CEO Moves Up…or Steps Down?

Germany to Ban Iran’s Mahan Air in January

SkyWest Airlines Sells Off ExpressJet to Joint Venture

Opinion: One Way to Explain Why WOW Is Slowly Failing

Emirates Takes Delivery of Its Last Current Generation Boeing 777

Spirit Adds Indianapolis Flights to Route Network

Study Shows Airlines Failing to Meet Emissions Targets

Trial Delays Extend Delta and Southwest’s Ongoing Battle Over Love Field Gate Space

WOW air Returns Leased Aircraft Amid Financial Woes, Leaves Icelandair Deal in Jeoprady

Virgin Atlantic Confirms Interest In ‘A Possible Offer For Flybe,’ Share Price Rises by 53 Percent

Azul and Copa Airlines Announce Codeshare Agreement

Airline Industry Group in India Requests Financial Assistance for Major Carriers

Brexit Draft Document Continues Uncertainty for Future of U.K-E.U. Aviation

SAS Introduces New Vegan Menu

Turkish Airlines Announces Record Nine Month Profit, Begins Operations from New Istanbul Airport

All Nippon Airways 1H Profit Plunges 38 Percent

Struggling South African Airways ‘Should be Shut Down’

Three Chinese Airlines Report Decline in Profits

Delta Highlights Newest Jet During Event Celebrating Northwest Merger Anniversary

The Airbus A321XLR’s Potential

FAA Prohibits U.S. Carriers from Persian Gulf Airspace, Other Airlines Reroute Aircraft

Virgin Atlantic’s First Painted Airbus A350-1000XWB Unveiled

Lufthansa Cuts 2019 Forecasts, Blaming Local Low-Cost Carriers

Korean Air Expands 787 Dreamliner Fleet with Paris Air Show Order