Taiwan’s EVA Air will begin Boeing 787-9 operations to Europe from May 9 on its 4X-weekly Taipei Taoyuan-Bangkok-Vienna route, as well its 3X-weekly Taipei-Vienna nonstop service.
Airbus’ Skywise data sharing and analysis platform could double to 100 airline customers this year, top Airbus executives reportedly told an investor conference March 20.
Belavia Belarusian Airlines will resume flights between Minsk and Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport beginning April 22 with twice-daily Embraer E195 service.
AirAsia X is working with Airbus on details of a potential order for longer-range versions of the A321neo, with discussions covering issues such as configuration, quantity, timing and variant.
UK-based long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic will open its first service to South America in 2020, with flights between London Heathrow and São Paulo, Brazil.
Nav Canada began space-based tracking of aircraft flying in the eastern part of its Edmonton flight information region (FIR) March 25, marking the first operational use of the Aireon surveillance system carried by new Iridium Next satellites.
ATW speaks with Martin Gauss, the CEO of Airline Market Leader award winner airBaltic, about the Latvian carrier's second consecutive ATW Market Leader award and his plans for future growth.
FAA does not want to be the first regulator to lift its Boeing 737 MAX operations ban and is working with other agencies to find consensus on joint approval of the model’s return to service, but the agency is prepared to act alone if the authorities cannot agree, sources with knowledge of the agency’s thinking tell ATW.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has restricted Nordwind Airlines air operator’s certificate (AOC) from March 25, canceling ETOPS permits.
Ethiopian Airlines group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has reaffirmed his belief in Boeing in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash that claimed the lives of all 157 people onboard.
Alitalia unions went on strike March 25 as part of a wider walkout of Italian air transport sector workers, and as the long-running process aimed at saving the bankrupt carrier looked to be advancing with news that a new industrial plan should be presented by April 21.
China’s Hainan Airlines will begin a Shenzhen-Rome direct service beginning May 30. The twice-weekly flight will be operated on a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and is the third Rome route for the carrier, after Chongqing and Xian.
LCC Norwegian is delaying the potential sale of six Boeing 737-800 aircraft and preparing to wet-lease capacity to make up the shortfall created by the grounding of the 737 MAX.
Jet Airways founder and chairman Naresh Goyal has stepped down from his leadership position, clearing the way for the Indian carrier’s major creditors to execute the next stage of a bailout.
Boeing is scheduling a meeting in Renton, Washington, on March 27 to update airlines and aviation regulators on its actions to address concerns about the 737 MAX.
The White House in its FY2020 budget request indicated plans to reform the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, opening up a schism between the Trump administration and rural airport operators who depend on the pre-deregulation-era program to make sure carriers continue flying to their communities.
Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air has restarted talks with Icelandair Group after long-running negotiations with private equity fund Indigo Partners to take a stake in the rapidly expanding LCC collapsed.
