US Rep. Sam Graves (R-Missouri), the ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is standing by his focus on the role played by inconsistent pilot training standards in the two recent deadly crashes of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
Plans to construct a new central airport in Poland took a step forward as IATA said it will establish a committee to consult with airlines that would use the new facility.
Hail shattered the windscreen and damaged the radome of a China Southern Airlines Airbus A380 May 26 as it approached the airspace of Beijing Capital International Airport, where it landed safely after the aircrew declared an emergency.
Flybe CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener will resign effective July 15, the UK regional carrier said in an announcement that comes three months after it was taken over by a Virgin Atlantic-led consortium.
A strike by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilots contributed to a second-quarter net loss of SEK933 million ($97.7 million), widened from a SEK349 million loss in the year-ago period, the carrier said May 28.
Air France-KLM LCC subsidiary Transavia France is poised for expansion after Air France pilots voted in favor of starting negotiations to increase the number of aircraft the airline can operate.
A decision on whether to rename Embraer’s E-Jets is still up in the air following the announcement that the company’s commercial aircraft business will be rebranded as Boeing Brazil-Commercial.
The US House Appropriations transportation subcommittee is seeking to send $17.7 billion to FAA in FY2020, $267 million more than the 2019 enacted level and $614 million above the Trump administration’s budget request.
Dutch national carrier KLM and Ireland-based regional airline CityJet are the two main shareholders behind a Belgian startup—Air Antwerp—being created to operate both scheduled services and provide capacity for others.
Growing demand for low-cost, long-haul travel and the rise in the use of personal devices onboard are shaping what airlines want in their cabin designs.
Since the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX 8s, many pilots are finding it hard to believe they were not told about software designed specifically for the aircraft.
Airline customers are concerned about aftermarket support as deliveries of new-generation aircraft and engines ramp up amid service-entry problems and delays.
Higher fuel taxes raise funds for projects that do not benefit the flying public such as construction at airports used by private aircraft owners and operators.
