African low-cost carrier (LCC) Fastjet will swap out some of its all-Airbus A319 fleet for wet-leased Embraer E190s, introduce connecting flights, and is considering a headquarters move from the UK to South Africa.
Buenos Aires-based Aerolíneas Argentinas has taken delivery of an Airbus A330-200 aircraft, provided on long-term lease by Stamford, Connecticut-based lessor Aircastle.
The European Commission has proposed a single European Union (EU) type-approval certificate for aviation security screening equipment, which will replace the current system of national approvals and cut costs.
The South African government has agreed to grant a “going concern guarantee” to struggling flag carrier South African Airways (SAA), but has insisted on major reforms at the carrier, including looking for a strategic equity partner.
China will need 6,810 new commercial aircraft, valued at $1.025 trillion through 2035, Boeing forecast in its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO).
Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings Europe will open a base in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in May 2017, the airline’s third base in addition to Austria’s Vienna and Salzburg.
Thai Airways International, which took delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB Aug. 30, will delay launching the first scheduled service to Melbourne Airport because of additional inspections and requirements from Australian authorities.
sustainable alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel over five years from Gevo, a commitment that allows the renewable chemicals and fuels producer to seek investment to build a commercial-scale refinery.
Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines and the union representing the airline’s flight simulator engineers have reached a tentative agreement on a new joint collective bargaining agreement, both parties announced Sept. 9.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines and its flight attendants have reached a new tentative agreement on a successor contract, the airline announced Sept. 9.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines recorded net income of SEK805 million ($94 million) for the third quarter of its financial year ended July 31, marginally up on the SEK800 million earned for the year-ago period.
London Heathrow Airport CEO John Holland-Kaye has said he will accelerate the airport’s growth and deliver it at a lower cost in the post-Brexit aftermath.
The president of Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division, Eric Schulz, has met All Nippon Airlines (ANA) executives in Japan in the wake of several incidents involving the Trent 1000 engines installed on the Japanese carrier’s Boeing 787s.
The uncontained left engine failure on an Aug. 27 Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando was likely initiated by a fan blade that broke off because of metal fatigue, according to a Sept. 12 investigative update by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Latvian carrier airBaltic still plans to launch the Bombardier CS300 into commercial service this year, but it will receive fewer CS300s than planned in 2016.
Thales is partnering with satellite-operator SES to launch a new high-speed, Ka-band-based commercial aircraft connectivity service in the Americas next year.
European safety regulator EASA has joined FAA in voicing caution over Galaxy Note 7 smartphone use inflight because of Lithium battery-related fire fears.
Shanghai-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Spring Airlines reported a 2016 first-half net profit of CNY740.15 million ($100.5 million), up 19.5% over a net income of CNY641.69 million in the year-ago period.
