The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released U.S. airlines’ December fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.471 billion gallons of fuel, 5.3% more fuel than in November 2022 (1.398 billion gallons) and 5.2% less than in pre-pandemic December 2019. The cost per gallon of fuel in
Qatar Airways and Airbus have reached an amicable and mutually agreeable settlement in relation to their legal dispute over A350 surface degradation and the grounding of A350 aircraft, avoiding a UK court trial. A repair project is now underway to get these aircraft safely back in the air. The details of the settlement are confidential,
Having taken over from Warren East in January this year, Rolls-Royce’s new CEO, Tufan Erginbilgic has warned all staff at the FTSE-100 firm that it must change the way it operates if it is to have a future. In a global announcement Erginbilgic stated that: “Every investment we make, we destroy value. We under-perform every
ITA Airways, one of the youngest European airlines, is the new Italian national carrier. ITA Airways serves an extensive domestic and international network via its two hubs Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate. Now, the airline joins the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG). “Germany is a strategic market for ITA Airways and we are
European planemaker Airbus has announced that it is stepping up its quest for new talent and in the next year will be taking on approximately 13,000 new employees across the globe. Roughly 7,000 of these employees will be for newly created posts and will be responsible for supporting the industrial ramp-up as well as the
IBA, a leading aviation market intelligence and consultancy company, has published its monthly Aviation Industry Barometer for December 2022, showing that global passenger capacity reached 82% of pre-pandemic levels. Data from IBA’s Insight platform reveals that the Asia Pacific region continues to lag behind global capacity, whereas most regions are now within 90-100% of pre-pandemic
Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union Local 550 (TWU 550) have reached a tentative agreement for the airline’s dispatch employees. “This agreement rewards our dispatch employees for their many contributions while also supporting the needs of our business,” said Adam Carlisle, Vice President Labor Relations at Southwest Airlines. “I appreciate the partnership and dedication
United Airlines has opened its newly refurbished and expanded Houston inflight training centre. At a cost of US$32 million (£26 million) the now 56,000 ft² facility more than doubles the existing training premises and will enable the carrier to remain on track to hire 15,000 new staff, including 4,000 flight attendants, in 2023. The new
At the annual Airline Economics conference in Dublin, Angus Kelly, the CEO of Dublin, Ireland-based AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft lessor, warned that delivery problems currently being faced by aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus resulting in over-promising and under-delivering were likely to continue for many years. Beyond this, Kelly also made it clear
Aviation software specialist Rusada has announced the opening of a new office in Toronto, Canada to support customers and business development in the region. The new location will provide easy access to customers in Canada and the Northeast of the U.S., with Montreal, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. all only a short flight away.
