Russia’s Technodinamika, a part of state-owned Rostec, plans to open an aviation service center branch in Africa to provide local operators with parts and components for Russian- and Soviet-built aircraft.
JetBlue Airways will purchase from Philadelphia-based biofuel provider SG Preston over 33 million gallons of blended jet fuel per year for at least 10 years, the New York-based airline said Sept. 19.
United Airlines’ expansion into secondary cities in China is a key part of its network strategy, and the airline is betting on expansion in those markets, an executive for the carrier said at the Boyd International Aviation Forecast Summit in Olympic Valley, California.
Pratt & Whitney is taking twice as long to build geared turbofan (GTF) engine fan blades as would be ideal, which is the primary cause of GTF delivery delays, the CEO of Pratt’s parent company said.
Spirit Airlines has taken delivery of its first US-produced Airbus A321, making the Florida-based ultra low-cost carrier the third airline to receive an aircraft produced at Airbus’ Mobile, Alabama manufacturing facility.
Dallas Love Field could prove to be a profitable market for Alaska Airlines if it keeps the gates Virgin America acquired at the facility after the Seattle-based carrier merges with San Francisco-based Virgin America.
Political compromises made to achieve consensus on a global carbon-offsetting scheme for international aviation will leave a “gaping hole” in the Paris Agreement to limit the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions on climate change, a coalition of environmental groups say.
Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines is unlikely to be profitable this year because of the geopolitical climate in Turkey that resulted in a downturn in tourism, but the LCC expects to rebound in 2017, CEO Mehmet Nane told ATW.
UK-based ground- and cargo-handling specialist Menzies Aviation is proposing to acquire US airline services and independent fueling service provider ASIG from parent BBA Aviation for £153 million ($202 million).
Seating and cabin interior manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace said it is overcoming the problems that have led to aircraft being delivered late, but more remains to be done.
Chicago-based United Airlines and Deutsche Post DHL Group subsidiary DHL announced a collaborative effort Sept. 15 to increase widebody passenger service from Newark, New Jersey, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, while also boosting cargo shipments and storage capacity of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical payloads.
Airline lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) and IATA are again calling on European authorities to take action against what they call unjustified air traffic control (ATC) strikes and to ensure service continuity for air traffic management services.
Turkmenistan Airlines has settled its debt to Russia’s air traffic management, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, said in a statement.
The first batch of low-carbon jet fuel derived from waste industrial gases from steel mills has been produced for use by UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic, with flight trials scheduled to start in 2017.
The US Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) “risk-based” security strategy is narrowly applied to screening passengers in airports rather than across all aspects of transportation security and is not factored into the agency’s annual budgeting process, government investigators have concluded.
In preparation for a possible strike action, Hawaiian Airlines pilots opened a strike operations center near Honolulu International Airport Sept. 14, according to the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the union representing the airline’s nearly 650 pilots.
Global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat has signed an agreement with Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company (MCN) and Aviation Data Communication Corp. (ADCC) to offer aviation safety services to air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and operators.
