AirlinesAirAsia Says Shareholders Looking At OptionsAirAsia said its major shareholders are evaluating "all strategic options" after a media report that its co-founder was sounding out investors to take the company private. In a stock exchange statement, Air Asia said no decision had yet been reached on the shareholder's stakes in the airline. The board has also not received any offers to take the company private, it added.
LinkCourt Rules Air Canada Must Keep Montreal Maintenance FacilityQuebec's Court of Appeal has ruled against Air Canada, upholding a lower court's 2013 decision that the carrier must keep heavy maintenance operations in Montreal. Air Canada appealed the case first brought by the province of Quebec to court in 2012. The province argued that Air Canada breached its legal obligations to keep heavy maintenance operations in the country after the carrier closed a facility in Montreal.
LinkAlaska Air Group reports Oct. traffic surgeAlaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reported a 12% increase in passenger traffic for October. Over the past 12 months, Alaska Air Group has boosted service with 10 new nonstop routes.
LinkAlaska Airlines to offer 2 new routes from Calif. airportAlaska Airlines plans to debut service from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., to two new destinations in March. Alaska will offer service from JWA to Santa Rosa, Calif., and Reno, Nev., on Bombardier Q400 aircraft operated by Horizon Air.
LinkAn-12 reported to have crashed at JubaUnconfirmed reports are indicating that an aircraft has crashed on departure from South Sudan’s Juba airport. The aircraft type is unclear although one South Sudanese media outlet has identified it as an Antonov An-12 transport.
LinkLinkChina Southern nearly quadruples 9-month net incomeChina Southern Airlines reported a net income of CNY4.66 billion ($734 million) for the first nine months of 2015, up nearly fourfold from CNY1.26 billion in the year-ago period. Operating revenue for the nine-month period rose 4.3% to CNY 85.33 billion while operating expenses decreased 0.9% to CNY80.67 billion.
LinkDynamic 767 fire linked to disconnected fuel line assembly: NTSBA coupling assembly had become disconnected from the fuel line of a Dynamic International Airways Boeing 767-200ER that caught fire on 29 October at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International airport. In an investigation update, the National Transportation Safety Board says the main fuel line’s coupling assembly was located in the strut that connects the left engine to the wing, both of which had been engulfed in flames.
LinkEmirates Academy orders $40 million of trainersEmirates Flight Training Academy is to acquire 27 aircraft from Cirrus and Embraer in a deal valued at nearly $40 million. The order for 22 SR22 piston-singles and five Phenom 100E entry-level business jets, plus five options, will help to position the Emirates Airline subsidiary as a leading provider of commercial pilot training in the Middle East, it says. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017.
LinkFinnair finalizes Flybe Nordic saleFinnair has finalized a deal to sell 60% of Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra), formerly known as Flybe Nordic, to Finnish investors StaffPoint Holding and Kilco Oy for €1 ($1.09). In January, Finnair signed a memorandum of understanding to sell the 60% stake to human resources specialist StaffPoint and G.W. Sohlberg (GWS). But, in a Nov. 4 stock exchange disclosure, Finnair said Kilco Oy had stepped in to replace GWS.
LinkCranky Flier reviews Hawaiian's travel experience When Hawaiian invited me to its Global Media Day, my initial plan was to do a quick strike. I’d fly in on Sunday, do the media day on Monday, and then fly back on Tuesday morning. But then I decided that was stupid. Instead, I bought my wife a ticket and we went to Kaua’i for a couple days in advance. This, besides being a nice quick break, also allowed me to compare Hawaiian’s long haul and short haul products.
LinkLufthansa Signs Google Flights DealLufthansa is pushing ahead with a plan to get more people to book via its website, signing a deal with Google Flights for users in the United States. The Google partnership allows customers to make a Lufthansa booking directly within Google Flights on desktop and mobile devices, without the need for the customer to change website.
LinkUK delays flights from Sharm el-Sheikh, citing Metrojet probeThe UK government has taken the “precautionary step” of delaying flights that had been scheduled to fly from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to the UK the evening of Nov. 4. It cited new “information” from the investigation into the Metrojet Airbus A321 that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula Oct. 31. In addition, the Irish Aviation Authority said Nov. 4 it was directing “Irish airline operators not to operate to/from Sharm el‐Sheikh Airport, Egypt or in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula airspace until further notice.”
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