Republic Airways yesterday declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, after several quarters of falling revenues and being forced to ground aircraft due to a pilot shortage. The company, which has feeder contracts with American, Delta, and United, will continue flying its full…
Big news this morning as Bombardier announces its fourth quarter and year end 2015 results. The PR lists all these items, but we believe the first two to be the most critical: Air Canada signs for up to 75 CS300…
Safety reports from IATA for 2015 indicate that the level of safety in the industry remains high and accident rates remain below the average of the previous five years. There were six fatal crashes in 2015, two with jets and…
IATA DG Tony Tyler spoke in front of an audience of airline chiefs and regulators in Singapore, saying that airline industry profitability remained fragile despite $36bn in industry profits forecast for 2016. See more on this speech here. So what…
Speaking in a meeting with the officials from Ministry of Roads and Urban Development in Tehran, Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders said the first delivery of 20 ATRs to Iran will start in November and will last through 2018. Iran…
Footage has emerged of the moment three planes were involved in a near miss at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport. The event involved two Qantas 737s (flights QF449 and QF819) which were both forced to abort landings to avoid a collision with…