ATW Daily News

Senate-passed FAA bill heads to Obama 1

The long battle over reauthorizing FAA—which has been operating for more than four years via a series of 23 temporary funding extensions—finally...

Air Berlin capacity utilization up to 75% in January

Air Berlin (AB) has increased its capacity utilization rate for January to 75%, up 2.6 percentage points, compared to 72% in the year-ago month...

Airports disappointed FAA bill doesn't raise PFC cap 1

US airports are happy that the newly passed FAA reauthorization legislation restores "stability" to agency operations—and, by extension, airport...

Spirit Airlines gets in DOT’s face over new fare display rules

News from Travel Technology Update: The debate over the US Transportation Department’s new raft of regulations governing how airlines sell...

Aeroflot passenger traffic up 25.6% in 2011

Aeroflot (SU) reported 14.2 million passengers carried, up 25.6% in 2011 over the year-ago period. International traffic increased 21.9% to 8.7...

US airline workforce up 2.6% in November

US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that US airlines employed 389,361 workers in November, up 2.6% from November 2010.

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UATP says total charge volume up 23% in 2011

Payment network UATP has achieved record transactions for calendar year 2011 and recorded a 23% year-over-year increase in total charge volume....

Airline News

RAK Airways has partnered with foreign exchange and remittance house Al Ghurair Exchange to offer customers...

Flight Training & Simulation

Air BP Lubricants was selected by Etihad Airways to provide online training to 125 of its maintenance and...

Wizz Air invests $100 million to expand Budapest operations 3

Hungarian-based Wizz Air (W6) announced it will invest HUF25 billion ($100 million) into expanding its Budapest operations after state-owned Malev...