Qantas Group, which includes Qantas Airlines, the Australian flag carrier and its low-cost subsidiary Jetstar, has posted better-than-expected results for the first financial half of 2017 with a A$852m pre-tax profit. This was better than the expected A$800-A$850m provided in October’s guidance, but down 7.5% on the A$921m posted for the same period 2016. Figures
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released its preliminary review for aviation statistics for 2016 in the domain of Commercial Air Transport (CAT) planes, covering worldwide operations and those which involve the 32 EASA Member States. In summary, there was one fatal incident involving any EASA State Member in 2016 where, in January, a
Despite immediate fluctuations, shares in the French plane manufacturer Airbus remained barely down on Tuesday after the announcement of a 63% drop in profits at €916 million for 2016, compared to €2.2 billion in 2015. The principal reason for the dramatic drop in profitability rests at the door of the A400M military jet, which took
With a turnout of 73.8%, 58.1% of Air France pilots have voted to accept the creation of a low-cost Air France KLM subsidiary according to the SNLP union. However, the union also confirmed that while the vote clarified the pilots’ position, it was not a unilateral acceptance of the carrier’s proposals for Boost, the newly
In response to an open letter written to major Canadian airlines on January 5, 2017, in which the Canadian Minister for Transport requested confirmation by February 15 that appropriate protocols regarding flight crews were in place, the top-eight Canadian airlines have all confirmed this to be the case. The letter written by Marc Garneau, P.C.,
Boeing workers at the North Charleston 787 assembly plant have voted against representation by the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM). The vote was open to approximately 3,000 Boeing employees and was held under the auspices of the National Labor Relations Board. It is understood that 74% of the 2,828 who voted were
The subsidiary of General Electric, GE Aviation, has invested in the region of US$4.3bn over the past five years in its U.S. operations. Known as a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft, the company has been buoyed by record production of new-generation
As part of a 1.2 billion euro (US$1.27 billion) loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2015, a number of Serbian state-owned companies, including Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport have had to be sold off. As a consequence, bids are now being invited for a 25-year concession for the capital’s international airport, the largest
Representing Europe’s air navigation service providers (ANSPs), the Civil Air Navigation Services Operation (CANSO) has confirmed its agreement to work alongside Airlines for Europe (A4E) to improve Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) network in the future. Initially, the two organizations will aim to obtain a common understanding of the technical, operational, regulatory and legal issues
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, together with members of congress, will be looking to President Trump to revoke the permit issued to Norwegian Air International (NAI), a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS), to fly to the United States. They believe that President Trump will side with the
