DWS Aviation

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to lower Israel’s aviation security ranking after an inspection revealed what the FAA termed “severe security shortcomings in Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority.”

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking steps to strengthen security vis-à-vis general aviation (GA) “to minimise further the vulnerability of GA aircraft flights being used to deliver illicit materials, transport dangerous individuals or employ aircraft as a weapon.”

Among airlines based in the United States, low-cost carriers have topped the rankings for “being on-time and for uniting bags with passengers.”

Hawaiian Airlines, based in Hawaii, the United States, and having its main hub at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, has ranked No. 1 in on-time arrivals among the United States-based airlines.

The number of reported incidents concerning aircraft safety on Australian aircraft has gone up considerably in the last five years, a new report has revealed.

BOC Aviation, the aircraft-leasing division of Bank of China, one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People’s Republic of China, has placed additional orders with Airbus Industrie for 20 aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.

GE Commercial Aviation Services based in the United States is planning to buy 5 jet aircraft made in China, in the first overseas orders for Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, the Chinese aircraft manufacturer.

With financial concerns about the Indian airline industry at an all-time high following the Jet Airways layoff fiasco, airline companies in India are now being asked by banks to pledge aircraft as collateral before getting loans approved. And that's not all, the companies may also be forced to pledge their future ticket sales and company shares too.

Boeing Company, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Chicago, Illinois, the United States, has described China as the “fastest-growing aviation market in the world.”

The government of the United Kingdom has agreed to include the aviation and shipping sectors in its ambitious climate change Bill, a law that aims to set targets to cut emissions of greenhouse-gases.

Two of China’s biggest airlines post losses Air China and China Eastern Airlines, two of the largest airlines in China, have reported heavy losses for the third quarter of 2008, which both carriers blamed on weakening demand and higher costs of fuel. Air China Limited, the state-owned carier of the People’s Republic ...

Emirates Airlines has begun its Los Angeles service, marking the first non-stop operation connecting Dubai to Los Angeles. The airline is flying its Boeing 777-200LR on the route, offering 266 seats in a three class configuration and providing up to 10 tonnes of cargo capacity.

The government of Austria has put off sale of a stake in Austrian Airlines, the flag-carrier airline of Austria, to December 31, 2008.

AirAsia, the low-cost airline based in Malaysia and also Asia’s biggest budget carrier, will start services to India from December 1, 2008.

From January 2009, the United States Department of Homeland Security will take over responsibility for checking airline passenger names against government watch-lists.

US Airways, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the United States, will launch two international flights from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States.

LTE International Airways, the budget airline based in Spain, has suspended operations owing to the carrier’s financial crunch.

A new airline called Enerjet will be launched in Canada in 2009 by a group of former executives of WestJet Airlines Limited.

The low-cost airline Jetstar Airways, a subsidiary of Australia’s flag carrier Qantas Airways, will start direct daily flights from Auckland in New Zealand to Sydney and Gold Coast in Australia from April 28, 2009.

The European Union (EU) has decided to press countries outside the alliance to include aviation in their existing or future schemes meant to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases.

The United States and Vietnam have agreed to lift restrictions on air-cargo routes between the two countries.

It sounds incredible, but airlines based in the United States discard aluminium cans every year that are sufficient to build 58 new Boeing 747 jets!

The ongoing strike by machinists of Boeing Company has forced Virgin Blue to put off the launch of its V Australia trans-Pacific service, which was planned for December 15, 2008.

Porter Airlines, the regional passenger carrier based at Toronto City Centre Airport, Canada, will start flying to Midway International Airport, Chicago, the United States, from November 12, 2008.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has praised the role played by Kenya Airways (KQ) in promoting e-ticketing (ET) by airlines in the East Africa region.

Japan Airlines (JAL) is revising its plan on cargo fleet, route and frequency for the second half of the financial year 2008, the year ending March 31, 2009.

The Conservative party in the United Kingdom has attracted widespread criticism for saying that, if elected to power, the party would scrap the proposed third runway at Heathrow Airport and instead build a high-speed train link.

Olympic Airlines, the flag-carrier airline of Greece, and Pantheon, a holding company set up to replace the loss-making Olympic, are on sale.

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has assured its customers that they need not worry about consuming dairy products made in China onboard the carrier’s flights since all items produced in China have been removed from the in-flight menu.

Qantas Airways, Australia’s largest airline, has named its new Airbus A380 Superjumbo, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, after Nancy Bird-Walton, Australia’s first woman commercial pilot.