Allegiant Travel Co., parent of the airline, reported a fourth-quarter 2011 net profit of $10.8 million, down 12.7% over $12.4 million earned in the year-ago period.

AirAsia Japan, the joint venture between AirAsia and All Nippon Airways (ANA) has received its Air Operators’ Certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Iberia (IB) is facing a further five days of industrial action this month by ground staff, cabin crew and pilots to protest the possible impact on their jobs from plans to create low-cost carrier Iberia Express (French air transport unions call for strikes

Unions for pilots, cabin attendants and ground workers in France have called for strike action from Feb. 6  through Feb. 9 to protest a bill going before the French senate that would obligate each employee planning to strike to give 48 ...

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) announced its Atlas Air unit has entered into an $865 million term-loan facility with Apple Bank for Savings, guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States, to finance the company’s six ...

Ethiopian Airlines will launch 3X-weekly Addis Ababa-Dammam service Feb. 12.

Germanwings will launch weekly Cologne-Nador service March 30 instead of the ...

Japan Airlines? JAL Group reported consolidated net income of ¥146 billion ($1.92 billion) for the period April 1-Dec. 31, 2011, the first three quarters of the fiscal year ending March 31.

The US House of Representatives passed a four-year, $63.3 billion FAA reauthorization bill by a 248-169 vote Friday.

Hungarian state-owned Malev Hungarian Airlines (MA) announced it ceased all operations Feb. 3 at 6 a.m. local time because its cash flow situation became ?untenable? after its partners lost trust in the carrier and began demanding advance ...

Troubled Kingfisher Airlines (IT) received more bad news Friday when oneworld put the Indian carrier's entrance into the alliance, which had been planned for Feb. 10, "on hold."