Finnair will outsource its cabin crew on approximately 20 long- and short-haul routes over the next two years, leading to job cuts, after union talks failed to hit its €18 million ($24 million) cost-cutting target....More
Icelandair has downgraded its EBITDA forecast from $140-$145 million to $138-$143 million for the year following May’s industrial action by its pilots....More
Air Mauritius has posted a net profit of €7.3 million ($9.9 million) for the year ended March 31, reversing a loss of €3.6 million in the previous 12 months....More
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair is considering participating in an initial public offering (IPO) by Spanish national airport and air navigation services provider AENA....More
Virgin America incurred a first-quarter net loss of $22.4 million, narrowed from a net deficit of $46.4 million in the 2013 March quarter, on a 4% rise in revenue to $313.4 million....More
FedEx earned net income of $2.08 billion for its fiscal year ended May 31, up 34% over a net profit of $1.56 billion for the previous fiscal year, on a 3% rise in revenue to $45.57 billion....More
Chinese carriers have reported a collective net loss of CNY500 million ($81.2 million) in May, narrowed from a net loss of CNY641 million in the same period last year....More
Technology specialist SITA is creating a registry of beacons that could be used by mobile phone apps to help passengers navigate through airports....More
Virgin Atlantic has revealed plans for a wider roll out of Google Glass following its London Heathrow Airport trial, but its partner SITA remains unconvinced after a further road test with Copenhagen Airport....More
Following concerns raised by a group of airlines at the IATA AGM in Doha, air transport communications and IT specialist SITA has launched a governance review and named a new chairman....More
Airbus continues to study the feasibility of launching a re-engined version of the A330, but is in no hurry to make a decision.
Some lessors and airlines have made public their interest in seeing an A330neo launched, but Airbus is nearing certification of the A350 XWB widebody and is reluctant to potentially harm sales of that aircraft....More