Pacific Royale Airways gets AOC and readies for launch
May 31, 2012Pacific Royale Airways, which describes itself as Indonesia’s first privately-owned full service airline, has obtained its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Directorate Airworthiness...
JetBlue cleared to build extension to JFK T5
May 31, 2012JetBlue Airways has received approval from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Board of Commissioners to pursue its expansion plans at JFK Terminal 5 where it intends to construct...
easyJet renews UK line maintenance deal with SR Technics
May 31, 2012SR Technics has secured a contract renewal with easyJet for continued line maintenance support in the UK, the deal running through 2012 and 2013 at Belfast International, Bristol, London...
Ryanair to fly Cork–East Midlands route
May 31, 2012Ryanair has announced a new three-times weekly Cork to East Midlands route from 1 September, taking the airline’s network from Cork to 19.
Crashed SSJ100 FDR found
May 31, 2012The flight data recorder (FDR) of the SSJ100 aircraft which crashed in Indonesia on 9 May has been found approximately a kilometre from the site of the aircraft’s collision with...
AirAsia Japan announces first flight date
May 30, 2012AirAsia Japan, which will be based at Narita International Airport, is set to launch operations on domestic routes with daily flights to Fukuoka, Okinawa and Sapporo starting on 1 August...
Abacus is first GDS to partner with Scoot
May 30, 2012Abacus International has signed a multi-year agreement with Scoot, Singapore Airlines’ new long-haul, low-fare airline subsidiary, which will see all Abacus-connected travel agents...
SkyWest, Inc. sells stake in TRIP
May 30, 2012SkyWest, Inc. reports that it entered into an agreement on 23 May to sell its 26% ownership (20% common and 6% preferred) in TRIP Linhas Aereas for a price of $42 million.
Germanwings signs distribution deal with Sabre
May 30, 2012Sabre Travel Network and Germanwings have announced a new long-term airline distribution agreement, which provides Sabre travel agencies and corporations around the world with access...
JetBlue and Hawaiian partnership moves to full codeshare
May 30, 2012JetBlue Airways and Hawaiian Airlines have announced a deepening of their partnership by signing new agreements, including a codeshare, to offer additional benefits and convenience to...
Virgin America announces San Francisco–Washington National service
May 30, 2012Virgin America is to launch a daily nonstop roundtrip service from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) starting on 14 August.
Flybe and KLM unite to increase UK routes to Amsterdam and beyond
May 30, 2012KLM and Flybe have implemented a codeshare agreement on two routes out of Amsterdam, to Southampton and Inverness.
JetBlue to launch Washington National–San Juan service
May 30, 2012JetBlue Airways will begin a new nonstop “capital-to-capital” service from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 23 August 2012, following...
New CFO at Embraer
May 29, 2012José Antonio Filippo has been appointed the new chief financial officer of Embraer with effect from 4 June 2012.
Azul and TRIP agree to merge
May 28, 2012Azul chairman David Neeleman has signed an investment agreement with TRIP’s chairman Renan Chieppe and CEO Jose Mario Caprioli which will result in the merger of the two airlin...
Frontier begins nonstop Denver–Bellingham service
May 24, 2012Frontier Airlines has launched new nonstop service between its Denver hub and Bellingham, WA, marking its 67th nonstop destination from the hub.
Danube Wings to fly from Cambridge to Dole-Jura
May 22, 2012Cambridge Airport has announced the launch of Danube Wings’ first UK scheduled services from France and the first ever flights from the UK to the Franche-Comté region, starting...
Southwest to sublease AirTran 717s to Delta
May 22, 2012Southwest Airlines, together with its subsidiary AirTran Airways, has reached a tentative agreement with Delta Air Lines and Boeing Capital Corporation, to sublease all 88 of its Boeing...
Comply365 to provide training for Mesa Airlines
May 22, 2012Comply365 has signed a multi-year contract with Mesa Airlines to provide the airline with a training solution to keep all employees up-to-date with the training they need to fly and to do...
Embraer and AEA announce business partnership
May 24, 2012Embraer and the Association of European Airlines (AEA), which represents Europe’s leading network carriers, have announced the signing of an AEA Strategic Partnership agreement...
