Southwest supports the City’s efforts to manage Love Field in accordance with its obligations under airline leases and the Wright Amendment Reform Act. Southwest disagrees with guidance provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding the use of Love Field gates by non-tenant airlines like Delta. That guidance not only violates Southwest’s legal and contractual […]
HARTFORD, Conn., June 15, 2015 — United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today announced that it will pursue the separation of the Sikorsky Aircraft business from United Technologies, subject to final Board approval. This announcement follows a review of strategic alternatives for Sikorsky announced earlier this year. A decision on whether Sikorsky will be spun off […]
The CMA has decided that there is no material change in circumstances or special reason for it not to require Ryanair to reduce its shareholding in Aer Lingus to 5%. Plane This follows the Competition and Markets Authorityβs (CMA) provisional decision in April 2015. The CMA has also today published the final order requiring Ryanair […]
FORT WORTH, Texas β American Airlines and Qantas Airways plan to significantly expand their joint business by adding new service between the U.S. and Australia. New routes between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Sydney Airport (SYD), operated by American Airlines, and between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and SYD, operated by Qantas, will provide […]
CHICAGO and BEIJING, – United Airlines and Air China, members of Star Alliance, today announced plans to expand their code-sharing cooperation, covering an additional 22 routes in the China and U.S. markets. With this expansion, United and Air China will codeshare together on more than 110 routes, offering customers the most comprehensive route network between […]
Subang: Christoph Mueller, Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Airline System Berhad (MAS) and CEO-designate of the new airline, Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB), assures customers that MAS operations continue as normal with the appointment of the Administrator. Mueller states, βI assure you our operations are very much business as usual. All MAS flights, schedules, and reservations […]
ATLANTA, May 29, 2015 — Delta Air Lines’ (NYSE: DAL) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report details accomplishments initiated last year to improve sustainability, highlighting the airline’s environmental commitment, community involvement, supply chain management, employee relations, operational reliability and financial performance. Delta Air Lines and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to nearly 370 destinations on six […]
HOUSTON, — United Airlines, in partnership with Houston Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston Airport System, will break ground today on the airline’s new Terminal C North concourse at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. United Airlines is building an all-new Terminal C North concourse at its Houston hub that will feature floor-to-ceiling windows offering soaring tarmac […]
TUCSON, Ariz., – Boeing (NYSE: BA), elected and community leaders joined together today to celebrate the permanent display of one of the original 787-8 Dreamliner flight test airplanes at the Pima Air & Space Museum. “Boeing has a strong presence in Arizona and is proud to share this important achievement in aviation history with the […]
WASHINGTON β U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a significant NextGen milestone with the completion of En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM), a highly advanced computer system used by air traffic controllers to safely manage high-altitude traffic. βLooking at the future of air travel, we know that there will be more planes in our skies […]