All Airlines articles – Page 23
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AnalysisHow will Farnborough compare for air show order announcements?
This week’s Farnborough air show follows one of the busiest events for aircraft order announcements at the Paris equivalent last year.
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NewsLessor ACIA Aero to begin Large Cargo Door conversion on first ATR 72-600
Irish regional aircraft lessor ACIA Aero Leasing is to begin the first ATR 72-600 Large Cargo Door conversion and US maintenance firm Empire Aerospace will begin work on the first aircraft next month.
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Airline BusinessHow are airlines being affected by the global IT outage?
The global IT outage on 19 July thrust the airline sector into the spotlight as carriers worldwide grappled with associated challenges
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 13-19 July 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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NewsUS airlines get thousands of flights airborne as cancellations exceed 1,000 following IT outage
US airlines are working to get their operations back into gear after a global computer outage forced some carriers to halt all departures overnight.
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Airline BusinessBack to ‘normal’ at Finnair as pent-up demand dissipates
Finnair is the latest carrier to acknowledge that something more akin to the pre-pandemic ‘normal’ is now setting in for European operators
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NewsAmerican and United resuming flights after global IT outage
American Airlines and United Airlines are resuming flights having been forced to temporarily halt operations as part of the wide-ranging global impact of an IT outage today.
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AnalysisAirbus’s range-busting A321XLR secures European certification
Poised for certification and due to enter revenue service before year-end, the 4,700nm-capable A321XLR and its crucial range-boosting rear fuel tank have tested Airbus’s engineering mettle.
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NewsMajor US carriers ground all departing aircraft as global IT outage hits air travel
A global technology outage appears to have caused several major US airlines to ground departing aircraft, in addition to creating problems at airports and airlines worldwide that threatens to snarl air traffic.
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NewsANA adds three European destinations, as Qantas returns to Paris
All Nippon Airways has announced services to three European capitals, as Qantas Airways returns to Paris after a long absence.
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NewsAlaska to add premium seats across 737 fleet
Seeking a greater slice of the lucrative premium market, Alaska Airlines plans to add more than 1,000 first and premium-economy seats across about 220 aircraft in its fleet.
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Airline BusinessUnited plans to stay ‘ahead of the curve’ by lowering fourth-quarter capacity: Kirby
With much of the US airline industry scrambling to respond to a market flooded with excess passenger capacity, United Airlines’ chief executive Scott Kirby stopped just short of saying “I told you so”.
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Airline BusinessIcelandair continues transatlantic pivot amid seismic uncertainty
As much as Icelandair Group has dismissed suggestions that seismic activity in the country should affect people’s willingness to travel to it, the impact of that situation was clear to see in the business’s latest earnings.
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NewsAllegiant president Anderson to succeed Gallagher as CEO in September
Longtime Allegiant Travel Group chief executive Maurice Gallagher will step down on 1 September and be succeeded as CEO by company president Gregory Anderson.
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In depthAfter its latest low, is Boeing ready to turn the corner?
Despite the uprecented scrutiny of its production processes, leadership uncertainty and a recent guilty plea to fraud charges, there are signs that Boeing could be on the mend.
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AnalysisHow close calls overshadowed airlines’ safety figures in first half of 2024
The first six months of this year saw strong airline safety performance, with 11 fatalities – but a series of close calls could have seen that number spike towards a total akin to during the 1980s.
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NewsAlaska avoids US airline industry’s second-quarter stumbles
With much of the US airline industry seeking but not finding profitability, Alaska Air Group reports a second-quarter profit of $220 million as the carrier’s premium offerings set it apart from struggling discounters.
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NewsUnited’s second-quarter profits soar as competitors struggle
The major US carrier’s profits increased 23% to $1.32 billion during the second quarter, driven by diverse revenue sources and what it expects to be the “best unit revenue performance” among its major airline peers.
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NewsUS lobby groups urge government to increase funding for aviation infrastructure
Almost thirty aviation lobby groups and unions have called on the US government to increase its investment in air traffic control (ATC) infrastructure in order to maintain safety across the country’s national airspace system (NAS).
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Airline BusinessSpirit Airlines cuts second quarter revenue expectations
Spirit Airlines has lowered its second-quarter revenue expectation to $1.28 billion from its previous estimate of $1.32-1.34 billion, as non-ticket revenue slipped below anticipated levels.