- DOT approves Delta-US slot swap, retains divestiture conditions
- Transport ministers endorse ash relief proposals
- Europe's airports lose €250 million during volcanic ash airspace closures
- Boston Logan security chief: Body-scanners don't decrease efficiency at checkpoints
- US Dept. of Transportation pledges $410 million for O'Hare expansion
- Midway privatization attracting new interest
- Durban International gives way to King Shaka
- New EU security regulation calls for re-allowing liquids at checkpoints by April 2013
- Fraport-led consortium takes control of Russia's fourth-largest airport
- World airport passenger traffic
- Hamburg Airport
- Development and Construction
- Contracts
- Names in the News
- Lufthansa: Passenger pricing still weak
- Airlines warned to pay closer attention to US 'No-Fly' list
- Republic sinks to $36.5 million first-quarter loss
- NTSB concludes 'Miracle on Hudson' probe; each engine core ingested goose
- ST Aerospace reports 20% first-quarter profit increase
- L-3 wins body-scanning machine order from TSA
- MRO news
- Bmi seeks to take advantage of Lufthansa connection
- Beijing exempts Chinese carriers from international routes tax
- Atlas Air Worldwide's first-quarter profit rises 44.5%; faces FAA fine
- French navy: Submarine picked up signals from AF447 FDR, CVR
- RwandAir orders two 737-800s
- Copa first-quarter profit falls 49%
- Legal news
- Traffic reports
- Dutch Safety Board cites 'convergence of circumstances' in 2009 THY 737 crash
- European Parliament amends aviation security charges directive
- Air Canada reports C$85 million loss with yields 'under pressure' Aaron Karp
- Spirit's Baldanza defends cabin bag fee, meets with government officials
- Chine Southern, AF KLM cargo JV in works again; CEA involved
- LAN seeks to add Colombian startup to its airline portfolio
- House Transportation Chairman: United/Continental merger 'wrong'
- SkyWest first-quarter profit up 59.6%
- JetBlue, SAA ink interline accord
- Caribbean takes over Air Jamaica
- Spirit pilots reject NMB arbitration
- AerCap first-quarter profit up 15%
- Airline routes
- DOT tentatively awards Haneda rights to Delta, American, Hawaiian
- Gol profit falls 61% despite strong traffic growth
- Airline routes
- Ex-Im Bank financing arranged for SunExpress, Copa 737-800s
- Airlines preparing court challenge to new US labor rule
- Volcanic ash disrupts air traffic in Europe again
- Mayrhuber: Lufthansa plans series of biofuel test flights
- BA flight attendants plan additional strikes in May, June
- Airbus: A320 re-engine decision may not come until year end
- Bombardier confirms ANA order for five Q400s plus five options
- Leahy: EU authorities 'created chaos' with 'invisible ash' closures
- Technologist warns of potential pitfalls in the ‘new religion’ of ancillary revenue
- Inside this issue
- EasyJet narrows FY first-half loss, expects big volcano impact
- Challenges to new US labor rule contemplated
- Airbus considering upping A320 production to 38 per month
- Technologist warns of potential pitfalls in ‘new religion’ of ancillary revenue
- LOT converts four E-175 orders to E-195s
- WestJet, Cathay sign interline accord
- China Eastern inks agreement with Henan government
- Spirit to generate revenue via lavatory mirror ads
- Air Astana establishes pilot training center in Almaty
- IT/Distribution news
- Aircraft and maintenance news
- ICAO, EASA look to revise volcanic ash procedures to open more airspace
- Afriqiyah A330 crashes on approach to Tripoli, killing 103
- Emirates fiscal-year profit soars to $1.1 billion
- New UK government rejects third Heathrow runway
- FAA administrator calls for US-China cooperation
- Spirit Airlines pilots start 30-day cooling-off period
- Continental fined $100,000 for 'incomplete' disability complaints
- Kerry, Lieberman unveil proposed CO2 emissions legislation
- American to launch O'Hare-Beijing 777 flights May 25
- ATA forecasts modest growth in summer air travel
- DOT announces 'future of aviation' advisory panel
- Airline routes
- Aircraft and engine news
- UK CAA eliminates volcanic ash buffer zone
- Asiana swings to $84 million first-quarter profit
- Afriqiyah crash investigation focusing on faulty landing aids, sunlight
- Air China's takeover of Shenzhen Airlines taking shape
- TAM considers selling MRO unit
- UK drops charges against BA officials in price-fixing scheme
- FAA fines Continental for maintenance 'lapse' on 737
- Ticket sales continue rise in April
- Airline traffic
- Has the Regional Bubble Burst?
- Holding Pattern
- Iberia narrows first-quarter loss to €52 million
- Tiger Airways rebounds to S$28 million fiscal-year profit
- A380 program weighs down EADS first-quarter profit
- Chinese airlines earn more than $300 million in April
- Air India now likely to join Star in 2011
- Afriqiyah Airways pilots may have mistaken road for runway
- Air Astana plans to expand service from Almaty hub
- SITA to handle passenger processing in Beijing
- Airline traffic
- Aircraft news
- Citing environment, new UK government rejects third Heathrow runway
- Climate change may impact aviation safety, ICAO warns
- Study says aviation's share of transport-related CO2 rising in EU
- European airspace closures reinforce value of aviation
- Eco-Aviation Conference to look at engine technology
- US energy-related CO2 emissions fall again
- ATA files lawsuit against National Mediation Board over voting rule
- Volcanic ash causes more closures in Europe; UK CAA adopts new zone
- Boeing to increase 737NG production rate to 34 in 2012
- Air New Zealand blasts ACCC price-fixing charges
- Obama to nominate deputy FBI director to top TSA post
- Haneda international operations to start Oct. 31
- Safi Airways unveils plans to acquire A320s
- Pamir An-24B crashes in Afghanistan, killing 43
- Aircraft and engine news
- Airline news
- UK High Court blocks BA flight attendants' strike
- MA600 gains CAAC airworthiness certificate
- Ryanair says ENAC did not notify it of 'unlawful' fines
- Turkish Airlines expresses interest in LOT, JAT buys
- Alaska launches Gogo Internet service on 737-800s
- Airline routes
- IFE news
- IATA slams European governments, regulators over airspace closures
- US court rules for Delta in dispute with Mesa
- Air France KLM sinks to €1.56 billion fiscal-year loss
- MAS swings to $96.5 million first-quarter profit
- Lufthansa receives first A380
- Former Airbus North America CEO becomes new ILFC head
- United, Continental establish merger steering committee
- American: Labor cost disadvantage to UA and CO around $600 million
- SkyTeam preparing to welcome Vietnam, Tarom in June
- FAA proposes civil penalty against FedEx
- SESAR Joint Undertaking, ELFAA sign agreement
- Allegiant to raise $250 million from senior unsecured notes
- Airline routes
- American Eagle President and CEO Bowler retiring
- LuxairGroup experiences 'daunting regressions' in 2009
- ARC offers point-of-sale data analyzer
- Frontier flight attendants join AFA-CWA
- Ryanair building new maintenance hangar, training center at Frankfurt Hahn
- Aircraft and engine news
- UK court overturns injunction, allows BA flight attendants to strike
- Enders: Strong interest in A380 from airlines but program costly
- CAAC pushing China's big three to buy C919s
- UPS to begin pilot furloughs this weekend
- US airline April passenger revenue up 12.5%
- Finnair leases two E-170s to Kenya Airways
- US airlines praise Senate's financial reform legislation
- Deer Air renamed Capital Airlines
- Alaska, Horizon tout CO2 reduction
- Airline routes
- MRO news
- Speed, landing point focus of Air India Express crash investigation
- British Airways fiscal year loss widens to £475 million
- China Eastern to sign binding SkyTeam agreement in June
- Singapore Airlines’ fiscal-year profit falls 80%
- Eurocontrol, EASA move to ease airspace restrictions
- BA flies through first day of strike on reduced schedule
- New Florida airport opens for business
- Chinese carriers expected to operate more cross-straits flights
- JetBlue pilot removed from flight after threatening ‘spectacular’ suicide
- Air India defends operation following accident
- Air New Zealand sets RNP first
- Austrian returns to Mumbai
- Airports & Routes
- Aircraft, Engines & Components
- Airline Finance Data
- SITA launches Global Command Center
- ATR to decide on larger turboprop in 2011; GE, Pratt present proposals
- UA London-LA flight diverts to Montreal after 'severe' turbulence encounter
- BAA formally drops runway projects at Heathrow, Stansted
- Swire, Cathay, divesting HACTL stakes
- Aircraft, Engines & Components
- Airports & Routes
- IT & Distribution
- Operations & Maintenance
- BA maintains operations as strike grinds on
- In the future, fare search engines will know who you are
- Bombardier: CSeries can hold its own against re-engined A320/737
- NTSB chairman says regionals 'can't wait' on new safety regulations
- Continental to launch service to New Zealand using 787s in 2011
- Volcanic ash-related airspace closures cost estimated $5 billion in GDP
- Ryanair to open sixth base in Spain
- China Southern plans regional airline for Xinjiang
- BA to boost flying during next Unite strike
- Air New Zealand adds capacity in winter schedule
- PowerJet completes SaM146 certification testing
- Aircraft, Engines & Components
- Operations & Maintenance
- Boeing, Honeywell UOP, UTC to work with China on biofuels
- South African adds to A320 order book
- IATA: April international RPKs fell 2.4% owing to airspace closures
- Eagle preparing for delivery of first new aircraft in five years
- KLM tests a la carte meal service in economy class
- Cathay makes management changes
- Airports & Routes
- Aircraft, Engines & Components
- Airline lawsuit against European ETS moves forward
- FAA releases final ADS-B Out rule setting performance standards
- Aegean slips to first-quarter loss
- NTSB issues urgent safety recommendations on CF6-45/-50 engines
- Cost of ADS-B rule compliance turns on NPV estimates
- Hainan launches Shanghai-Brussels flights as China-Europe market strengthens
- American reaches tentative labor deal with fleet service workers
- Notice to Readers: No Daily News on June 1
- NTSB investigating near-midair in Alaska
- DOT fines AirTran, Delta over price disclosures
- Air China A319 conducts RNP validation flight at Tibetan airport
- Aircraft & Engines
- Small Eruption, Massive Fallout
- Editorial: Synchronicity
- Merger of Equals
- AirAsia first-quarter profit up 8%
- Virgin Blue ratchets down earnings expectations
- Beijing's domestic fuel price cut provides boost to China's airlines
- MIT green concept aircraft designs could reduce fuel use 70%
- SAS sets date for reverse stock split
- Honeywell to study effects of volcanic ash ingestion on its engines
- Air New Zealand to equip new 777-300s with mobile capability
- Airline Routes
- Aircraft & Engines
- 'Point-to-point' Vueling breaks with tradition to launch Barcelona connections
- Virgin Blue announces major restructuring
- Kuwait's Wataniya expands beyond Middle East to Vienna
- NMB denies UPS Airlines mechanics' release request
- Brazil's Gol Airlines joins IATA
- LuxairGroup orders 737-800
- Aircraft Systems
- Airline Traffic
- DOT proposes broad new passenger protection regulations
- IATA: Europe 'weakest performer' in air transport rebound
- Bombardier income slips to $153 million, commercial orders rise
- Gallois: Airbus has 'eaten most of the buffer' on A350
- FAA awards Boeing $1.7 billion NextGen R&D contract
- UPS continues Asian expansion with PosLaju alliance
- Iberia CEO says decision to launch short-haul affiliate 'irreversible'
- Airline Traffic
- TAM to conduct first Latin American biofuel flight this year
- Ryanair swings to €305.5 million fiscal-year profit
- SAS to divest most of Estonian Air stake
- United operates 'green' 777 transatlantic demonstration flights
- Sichuan Airlines expected to take control of Dongbei Air
- EasyJet to trial 'weather radar for ash'
- TWU backs away from deal with AA on fleet service worker contract
- Brussels Airlines incurs €39.8 million 2009 loss
- US Airways pilot union wins legal victory over former AWA pilots
- Airline Routes
- Operations & Maintenance
- New UK government shifts airports policy, scraps London runways