- Azerbaijan A319 damaged in landing incident
- Airbus delivers A380s to Air France, Emirates
- ARC ticket sales rise in July but rate of improvement slows
- Aegean commits to FANS-B+ upgrade for A320s
- Airline Routes
- Qantas fiscal-year profit falls 5.7%, but conditions improving
- Bombardier awards contract to Ghafari to redevelop CSeries Aircraft Manufacturing Com
- IT News
- Korean Air slides to second quarter loss but touts 'record high' revenue
- First A330-200 freighter delivered to Etihad
- Chinese carriers post net income of $815 million in July
- Emirates to double services to Los Angeles and Houston
- Reports: LAN, TAM reach preliminary merger agreement
- Delta opens Facebook 'Ticket Window'
- Lithuania's flyLAL rebrands to Small Planet Airlines
- Lufthansa A380 undergoes engine shutdown during Tokyo-Frankfurt flight
- Aircraft & Maintenance
- Teaming up to reduce CO2
- Opposition growing to Germany's coming green tax
- Other news
- Qantas eyes Europe after UK runway back flip
- TAM, LAN intend to form 'number one' South American airline
- US military seen as needed friend in biofuel development
- Air New Zealand and Naverus hit 0.1 RNP
- EcoDemonstrator to accelerate green technologies
- IATA: Passenger numbers continue to rise but post-recession rebound may be slowing
- Southwest 'evaluating' 737-800; final decision by Dec. 1
- Virgin Blue revamps network, drops New Zealand route
- Boeing Training & Flight Services gains FAA approval for 787 pilot training courses
- Air Berlin pilots threaten to strike
- Airline Traffic
- Proposed LAN/TAM merger reverberates around the world
- Aires 737-700 crashes on landing; 1 fatality
- AirBaltic CEO: ‘We’re on target’ to post 2010 net profit
- Sabre Travel Network, Cisco to develop telepresence distribution platform
- Inside this issue
- Airline Routes
- China Southern posts $30.5 million first half profit
- US majors earn $1.45 billion in second quarter
- Sabre Travel Network, Cisco to develop telepresence distribution platform
- BAA, Unite avert strike
- Authorities investigate cause of Aires crash
- United, Continental set Sept. 17 for shareholder votes on merger
- Evergreen pilots reject tentative agreement
- Bankrupt JAL's traffic slumps during Japan's peak vacation season
- West Atlantic adds Q400 freighter
- JetBlue, Sun Country offer 'unlimited' travel passes
- Airline News
- SAS incurs $69 million second quarter loss, blames April airspace closures
- AirAsia second quarter profit up 43%; defers seven A320 deliveries to 2015
- El Al posts $14.8 million second quarter profit
- Aegean suffers €32.6 million first half loss
- DOT: US airline workforce drops 2.4% in June
- SWA winter schedule to include additional Ft. Meyer routes; Kansas City-SEA scrapped
- Report: Mexicana, pilots reach deal on concessions
- Airline Traffic
- CAAC tightens grip on approving new carriers; 10 awaiting approval
- Panel attributes JAL bankruptcy filing to 'mismanagement'
- NTSB says SWA 737 fuselage hole incident caused by 'fatigue cracking'
- ATA: US airline passenger revenue rises for 7th straight month
- Aires 737-700 crash fatality caused by 'blows in the crash,' not heart attack
- IAE wins lion's share of Air Lease engine order for A320s
- Emirates to add Hong Kong to A380 destinations
- Iceland to host aviation conference on future responses to volcanic eruptions
- Aircraft & Engines
- Airline Routes
- Tibet Air chooses A319s to launch fleet
- Airline Routes
- ANA to upgrade service, network from Haneda
- Air China to partner with Beijing municipal government on business jet venture
- Bernstein Research: Airbus A350 first delivery likely delayed to 2014
- MAS drops to $170 million second-quarter loss, blames rise in fuel costs
- JAL winter schedule features aircraft downsizing on international routes
- UPS reduces 2010 pilot furloughs by 70 but defends rationale for cuts
- Delta to begin recalling furloughed flight attendants in January
- Reports: El Al considers launching its own alliance
- Qantas grounds five Q400s over landing gear problems
- Turkish Airlines boosts six-month profit, revenue on strong traffic growth
- Philippine Airlines' quarterly income declines 11%
- Sama Airlines suspends operations, hopes for 'financial solution'
- ILFC repays $3.9 billion NY Fed loan
- Quito-based AeroGal takes delivery of first A320
- Continental, Aegean launch codesharing
- Aircraft & Maintenance
- Airline Finance
- Mexican consortium attempting Mexicana rescue
- Airline Routes
- Henan Airlines Embraer 190 crashes on landing at Yichun City
- China Southern to enhance its position in Hainan
- Aer Lingus swings to profitability in second quarter
- Bombardier: 60% of Q400 inspections completed, less than 4% require repairs
- Agni Air turboprop crashes in Nepal in heavy rain, killing 14
- Horizon to eliminate branded flying in 2011
- FAA safety upgrade gives Nigerian airlines right to direct US flig
- Airline Traffic
- 787 flight test program reaches 500 flights
- Qantas plans major domestic capacity increase
- Pratt completes first geared turbofan engine, prepares to start tests shortly
- Airline Routes
- Bisignani: Australia’s aviation infrastructure needs upgrade
- Rex posts fiscal year profit increase despite revenue drop
- American mechanics overwhelmingly reject tentative labor contract
- IATA: Strong demand continues as recovery slows
- Henan Airlines suspends flying, fires GM after crash
- Passenger plane crashes in DR Congo; 20 killed
- Kenya Airways considers canceling 787s, claims first delivery delayed 3 months
- Air New Zealand posts $57 million fiscal year profit
- FAA proposes highest civil penalty in agency history against American
- Air China's first-half 2010 net profit up 60%
- Air Berlin CEO: Rebound from April airspace closures 'slower than expected'
- American 737NG uses RNP approach designed by GE Aviation's Naverus
- SAS to retire MD-90s
- Airline Routes
- People
- Boeing confirms further 3-month first 787 delivery delay
- ANA calls 787 delay 'regrettable'; Boeing 'awaits a substitute' Trent 1000
- Iberia swings to second-quarter profit
- Justice Dept. signs off on UA-CO merger after carriers agree to divest slots at Newar
- Virgin Blue rebounds to $19 million fiscal-year profit
- CAAC starts safety inspections in crash aftermath
- Aer Arann petitions Irish court for protection from creditors
- Assn. of Flight Attendants sues Delta ahead of unionization vote
- Pilots
- Troubled Mexicana suspends operations
- IATA: World's airlines earned $3.9 billion second-quarter profit
- China Eastern first-half profit up 79%
- EgyptAir orders two Q400s for new venture; takes delivery of first A330-300
- Boeing makes 747-8 program management change
- House Transportation Chairman: UA/CO merger 'counter to the promise of deregulation'
- CSA to end service to Brno, Munich, Cologne/Bonn, Heathrow and Manchester
- United and Continental expect big profit jump from merger
- DOT fines AirTran for disability assistance rules violations
- Airline Routes
- Inside this issue
- 'Ancillary revenues' that don't make passengers recoil
- World Airport Report
- Editorial: Too Much Capacity or Not Enough?
- Is the Recovery Real?
- 'Ancillary revenues' that don't make passengers recoil
- JAL files aggressive restructuring plan; 16,000 workers, 103 aircraft to be cut by Ma
- Airbus commences A350 production in Germany
- Boeing CFO says 737 re-engining unlikely
- Hainan Airlines triples first-half profit
- Ryanair to close Belfast City base
- Aircell installs Gogo on 1,000th aircraft
- Air New Zealand to add more than 9,500 domestic seats per week
- MRO News
- Delta's Comair announces major downsizing
- Bombardier fiscal second-quarter profit drops 27%
- Germany confirms new environmental tax on passengers
- China Express Air grounded by CAAC after landing incident
- Air China changes Dreamliner order to 15 787-900s
- Southwest management meets with pilots regarding possible 737-800 order
- Air Berlin: Successful cockpit crew negotiations end strike threat
- Lufthansa and Germanwings say 'extensive cooperation' to benefit passengers
- OnAir launches Internet services on EgyptAir's first A330
- Unite considers new strike action
- Airline Routes
- Airline Routes
- Boeing: North American aircraft demand valued at $700 billion through 2029
- 787 flight test fleet to expand
- US lessor Willis signs MOU for six SSJ100s
- EC adds Meridian Airways to safety blacklist, restricts Airlift International
- German airlines blast new eco-tax
- Malev receives $25.5 million emergency government loan
- Delta to refurbish 747-400 interiors
- CityJet appoints new CEO
- Kingfisher seeks to raise more than $350 million
- Polar Air Cargo to plead guilty to cargo price fixing
- Airline News
- Air Transat, pilots reach tentative accord
- Airline Traffic
- Airbus orders more than double 2009 pace
- United to transition to Continental operating certificate as part of merger
- Singapore Airlines names SilkAir Chairman Goh new CEO
- Investigators cite cockpit smoke in UPS 747-400F crash in Dubai
- Notice to Readers: No Daily News on Sept. 7
- Continental to recall furloughed pilots
- Flight test 787s conduct remote tests in wide-ranging conditions
- ALPA: ExpressJet pilots express ‘optimism’ on SkyWest sale
- American to move Asia/Pacific office to JAL headquarters
- LHT Philippines aims to attract more LCC business with new offerings
- Delhi's Terminal 3 opens for international business
- Schiphol Group triples first-half profit
- World airport passenger traffic climbed nearly 7% in July
- Riga International, airBaltic reach settlement over legal dispute
- Fast-growing Munich set to expand
- Shannon at center of Irish airport charges debate
- Other news
- NextGen ATC part of Obama's proposed infrastructure investment
- CAAC: Investigation reveals more than 200 pilots falsified resumes
- BA CEO Walsh says combined BA-IB eyes 12 potential takeover targets
- IATA: Cargo traffic surge likely to slow going forward
- Crashed UPS 747 FDR recovered
- Air France: 'No concrete plans' to set up new LCC
- SAS sells remaining shares in Skyways
- Airline Traffic
- DOT set to deny Delta, Virgin Blue Group immunity for transpacific alliance
- Virgin Atlantic, pilots reach agreement to avert strike action
- Ryanair CEO says airline contemplating order for ‘up to 300 aircraft’
- Developing markets buoy Boeing's confidence
- German airlines boost ticket prices in response to new German ‘eco-tax’
- US Airways pilots protest lack of resolution five years after America West merger
- Boeing commences production of 1,000th 767
- Airline Traffic
- Transaero Airlines takes delivery of its seventh 777
- Jazz reaches tentative labor contract with crew schedulers
- American Airlines to relocate to SFO Terminal 3
- Malev completes restructuring of subsidiary tour operator
- Operations & Maintenance
- Airline Routes
- ANA to form LCC with Hong Kong-based investment firm
- Hawaiian, Delta launch inter-island codesharing
- Finnair settles disputes with Finncomm, agrees to invest in Finncomm Commuter
- China Southern promotes premium economy class on international routes
- SAS settles cargo price-fixing lawsuits
- Virgin America posts $15.5 million second-quarter loss
- Merger planned for two financially troubled Cyprus airlines
- Air India to shut down ‘inefficient’ Frankfurt hub
- Continental reaches tentative labor contract with maintenance technicians
- Airline Routes
- FAA's proposed flight duty time rule 'directly imposes' responsibility on airlines
- ACCC rejects Virgin Blue-Air New Zealand alliance
- China Airlines expected to join SkyTeam
- Air China agrees to buy 4 777-300ERs
- Boeing: Australia/New Zealand aircraft demand valued at $120 billion through 2029
- Branson: Virgin Blue transtasman flights may cease following ACCC ruling
- Conviasa ATR-42 crashes in Venezuela; 14 reported killed
- BA reaches agreement with Heathrow ground staff
- JAL agrees to sell logistics subsidiary
- Hong Kong Airlines postpones European expansion
- BTS: Long tarmac delays at US airports down significantly in July
- Sun Country wins court, creditor approval of bankruptcy emergence plan
- Grounded Viva Macau officially shuts down
- Boeing begins 787 airframe fatigue testing
- Airline Routes
- New technology standards group signs MOU to work with OpenTravel Alliance
- Inside this issue
- ATR joins Venezuelan crash investigation; death toll reaches 17
- Airbus to test fly A350 CFRP panel on A340
- Boeing: First 747-8I's forward fuselage completed
- Allegiant Travel raises capacity on 57 MD-80s
- Crew schedulers ratify labor agreement with Jazz
- Aircraft & Maintenance
- New technology standards group signs MOU to work with OpenTravel Alliance
- China Airlines officially commits to join SkyTeam
- Aer Lingus shelves low-cost model
- Continental, United agree to minimum post-merger air service levels at Cleveland
- Germany implements 'ecological' tax on air travelers
- EC study says aggressive policies needed to make transportation greener