Routes Head of Content Wes Charnock speaks with Dallas Fort Worth CEO Sean Donohue, after his company was recognized with the 2019 ATW Airport of the Year award in New York.
FAA retained oversight of the Boeing MAX’s new maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) early on in the aircraft's certification process, but later delegated it to Boeing once the agency was confident the company had the expertise to manage it, FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell told a Senate hearing March 27.
Aviation Week Network senior transport editor Sean Broderick speaks with Air New Zealand Chief Pilot Captain David Morgan about the airline’s double 2019 ATW Awards win, after being recognized for both Eco-Airline of the Year and Passenger Experience Achievement.
Key changes to the Boeing 737 MAX’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) will incorporate more redundancy into the aircraft’s much-scrutinized flight-control law and give pilots ultimate elevator authority by limiting the degree of nose-down stabilizer command the automated system can trigger.
Aviation Week Network Group Editor-in-Chief Joe Anselmo speaks with Airbus A220 program head of engineering Rob Dewar, after his company was recognized with the 2019 ATW Aviation Technology Achievement award for the Airbus A220 program.
Aviation Week Network senior transport editor Sean Broderick speaks with Spirit Airlines CCO Matt Klein after his company was recognized with the 2019 ATW Value Airline of the Year award in New York.
Pilots of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 reported an emergency and returned to Orlando International Airport soon after takeoff March 26, the airline and FAA confirmed.
Aviation Daily Editor Mark Nensel speaks with Bill Franke of Indigo Partners, after he was recognized with the 2019 ATW Leadership Excellence award in New York.
ATW Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker speaks with Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr, after his company was presented with the 2019 Airline of the Year award in New York.
Industry CEOs and leaders, including the heads of Lufthansa Group and Indigo Partners, spoke about the importance of people, sustainability and connecting the world as they were celebrated at the 45th ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards in New York.
AirAsia X Group is considering launching routes to Europe and the US west coast over the next two years, using its initial deliveries of Airbus A330neos.
Latvian hub and spoke carrier airBaltic is aiming to triple its passenger numbers and revenue by 2025, if it goes ahead with plans to exercise 30 Airbus A220 options.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has temporarily halted ticket sales for routes normally serviced by the Boeing 737 MAX to ensure the LCC can “meet customer expectations” in its latest update since the aircraft type’s grounding by aviation authorities around the world.
Despite a record-breaking year in terms of passenger numbers, Montenegro Airlines foresees another challenging year, president Nikola Vukićević said March 27.
A spike in flight cancellations linked to several unrelated issues will drive Southwest Airlines’ year-over-year first-quarter non-fuel unit costs up 10%, or 4% higher than its previous guidance, and will cost the carrier about $150 million in lost revenue, the airline said March 27.
Cathay Pacific is poised to enter Asia’s LCC market after announcing a deal to purchase 100% of Hong Kong Express (HKE) and operate it as a subsidiary.
Identification of in-service issues with the Boeing 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) flight control law follows a common pattern for newly certified products, and does not signal errors made during the system’s design and risk analysis, FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell told a Senate panel March 27.
China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. (CAS) has signed a general terms agreement (GTA) with Airbus for 290 A320 family aircraft and 10 A350s, in one of the Toulouse-based manufacturer’s biggest narrowbodies deals.
Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air has won approval from its bondholders to convert debt to equity following the recent collapse of talks with two potential investors.
Boeing is confident that sales of its Boeing 777X family, which it views as solid, will move at a steady pace, underscoring airlines’ shifting widebody ordering patterns.
