Former FAA administrator Jane F. Garvey is the recipient of the 2017 L. Welch Pogue Lifetime Achievement Award, it was announced Thursday by the International Aviation Club of Washington DC (IAC) and Aviation Week & Space Technology.
A pilot in an Air Canada Airbus A320 was apparently confused by the view through the windscreen on approach to San Francisco International Airport, leading to a near miss with aircraft lined up on a taxiway.
Dutch carrier KLM has announced that Warner Rootliep, who is currently KLM general manager Great Britain & Ireland, will be the next CEO of regional airline KLM Cityhopper.
FAA’s airport infrastructure grants for 2017 expanded July 12 with an additional $185.1 million for 40 US airports, including $54.6 million in discretionary funding for 13 airports, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) said.
Vietnam Airlines is on track to achieve its profitability goals this year, with strong gains in cargo and passenger traffic for the first half of the year.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expanding its federally mandated rollout of facial recognition biometric exit technology to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) division said July 11.
The single largest benefit to airlines and consumers that has occurred in the history of commercial air transportation began as a concept that crystallized into the US model known as Open Skies.
Moroccan carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has told passengers they can once again bring personal electronic devices (PEDs) larger than mobile phones into the cabin on US-bound flights.
HNA Group’s subsidiary Beijing Capital Airlines will begin 3X-weekly Hangzhou-Beijing-Lisbon (Portugal) services July 25, as part of its international expansion plans.
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian posted a first-half net loss of NOK411.9 million ($49.8 million), widened from a net loss of NOK54.7 million for the same period last year.
American Airlines is ending its codeshare relationships with Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways as a protest against what it alleges to be government subsidies of the major Gulf carriers.
Chinese narrowbody aircraft operator Donghai Airlines proposes to open the first scheduled services between China and Darwin in northern Australia, a tourism market.
Russia’s VIM Airlines carried 7,816 tonnes of cargo and 487 tonnes of post in the 2017 first half, tripled from the year-ago period, the airline said July 12.
US manufacturer Boeing is to add four full-flight simulators to its training center near London Gatwick Airport, turning it into the company’s largest training facility outside the US.
Dublin-based lessor AerCap Holdings signed lease agreements for 65 aircraft in the 2017 second quarter, more than doubling the 27 leases the company secured in 2Q 2016.
