Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair reached new levels of profitability for the year ending March 31, turning in net profits of €569 million ($732 million), up 13% on the previous year's figure of €503 million....More
Major restructuring or contractions in the short-haul operations of several major European carriers will present low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair with considerable short-term opportunities, the airline’s deputy CEO said Monday....More
A Piedmont Airlines Bombardier Dash 8-100 turboprop landed early Saturday at Newark International Airport without its landing gear deployed, causing sparks on the runway....More
Russia’s Ministry of Transport said Uzbekistan authorities have complied with its requirement to convert money received by Russian airlines for tickets sold in Uzbekistan through Jan. 1 before the April 15 deadline....More
The 10 largest US scheduled passenger airlines reported a net loss of $145 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, an improvement over the net loss of $602 million in the 2011 fourth quarter....More
Governments must put more political will into sorting out air traffic management mega-projects and also addressing the political issue of finding a global agreement for emission market-based-measures (MBMs), the head of IATA said Monday....More
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable jet fuels with a long-term goal of supplying Air Canada....More
US regional airlines are increasingly concerned about a potential pilot shortage that could curtail their growth or even force carriers to decrease capacity....More
Preliminary results of a pilot fatigue study conducted by Washington State University (WSU) show there is a “small difference” between the fatigue level of pilots conducting multi-segment operations and those flying a longer single segment....More
Embraer president and CEO-commercial aviation Paulo Cesar Souza e Silva said the “second generation” E-Jet, while not an all-new aircraft, will be “much, much more than a re-engine.”...More
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