AirlinesAegean Q1 Loss Widens, Sales RiseAegean Airlines widened its loss in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period a year earlier as sales grew 7.0 percent. Aegean, Greece's largest carrier, reported a net loss of EUR€21.5 million in the first three months of the year versus a loss of EUR€8.3 million in the same period last year.
LinkAlaska Airlines exec discusses Virgin mergerScott Habberstad, director of sales and community marketing at Alaska Airlines, discussed the carrier's merger with Virgin America. "Virgin is different. It's an experience," he said, noting that Alaska passengers will likely see a "little fresher brand coming from us."
LinkAlitalia stresses importance of airberlin partnershipItalian flag carrier Alitalia is tapping its relationship with Etihad equity partner airberlin to strengthen its historically weak northern network. “The competition has taken too much business in northern Italy and Germany,” Etihad Aviation Group president and CEO James Hogan said, speaking at a media briefing in Rome.
LinkAurigny orders a second Dornier 228Aurigny Air Services, a regional airline based on the Channel Islands, has placed a firm order with Swiss technology company RUAG for a second Dornier 228. The Channel Islands are located between the UK and France. Guernsey-based Aurigny took delivery of the first 19-seat Dornier 328 it had on order in December 2015 and the aircraft entered commercial service in late January.
LinkFrench Vessel To Join EgyptAir MS804 SearchFrench marine wreckage specialists ALSEAMAR will join the hunt for the data recorders from EgyptAir flight MS804, the head of Egypt's air accident investigations A week after the Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, including 30 Egyptians and 15 from France, investigators have no clear picture of its final moments.
LinkJet Airways reports major profit turnaround in FY2015-16India’s Jet Airways Group posted a net profit of $185 million for the 2015-16 financial year, reversed from a net loss of $342 million for the year-ago period. The Mumbai-based carrier said it had achieved the return to profitability a year earlier than scheduled in a turnaround plan that began two years ago. It cited a combination of factors, including enhanced fleet utilization and optimization of its network—which enabled better integration between domestic and international operations—for the results.
LinkThree Pieces Of Possible MH370 Debris To Be ExaminedThree new pieces of debris thought to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been found washed up on Indian Ocean beaches and will be examined in Australia, the transport minister. Two of the pieces were found in Mauritius while the third was found in Mozambique.
LinkSAS pulls CRJs for undercarriage checksSAS Scandinavian Airlines has had to cancel around 180 flights over the past five days after it grounded the fleet of 10 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets operated by wholly owned subsidiary Cimber for precautionary undercarriage checks. The CRJ900s are flown by Danish regional Cimber on behalf of SAS on thinner European routes.
LinkChina’s HNA Group to buy TAP Portugal sharesChina’s HNA Group will buy an initial 7% stake in Atlantic Gateway, a private consortium that owns 50% of TAP Portugal. This could raise a stake that could reach up to 20% of the Portugal flag carrier, TAP spokesperson Isabel Palma confirmed to ATW in Lisbon. Meanwhile, the Portuguese government increased its stake in TAP Portugal to 50% last week, the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported.
LinkUnited offers seasonal service to more European destinationsUnited Airlines is offering seasonal service to more European cities. United launched flights from Washington, D.C., to Barcelona, Spain, and Lisbon, Portugal. The carrier also started seasonal service between Newark, N.J., and Athens, Greece.
LinkWOW Air to take five A320-family aircraft from Air Lease Corp.Icelandic budget carrier WOW Air is to add three Airbus A321-200s, one A321-200neo and one A320-200neo to its fleet, sourced from Air Lease Corp. (ALC). WOW Air is taking the aircraft on long-term lease. One of the A321-200s was delivered earlier this month and the remaining two will arrive in Q3 and Q4 2016.
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