Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) says it will change Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on Boeing 787s following the discovery of fatigue cracks in blades in the intermediate pressure turbine (IPT).
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has downgraded its UK growth plan to just 6% in 2017-18, down from 15% in 2016-17, because of uncertainty triggered by the UK’s vote to leave the European Union (Brexit).
Malaysia-based AirAsia aims to set up a Chinese subsidiary with a local partner, Kathleen Tan, newly appointed president for North Asia, said—just six weeks after the group said it was not pursing airline joint ventures.
Investigators delving into the highly unusual failure of the left CFM56-7B engine on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 on Aug. 27 are hoping for some quick answers as to why the engine’s inlet cowl detached in midair, causing it to be shut down as well as significantly damaging the airframe.
Eight US airlines have been granted permission by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to begin scheduled flights between the US and Havana, Cuba, this autumn.
Air China reported a 2016 first-half net profit of CNY3.46 billion ($520 million), down 12.4% compared to net income of CNY3.95 billion in the year-ago period, according to the carrier’s statement released by Shanghai Stock Exchange.
With the US still stalling on awarding final approval for a foreign air permit to low-cost carrier Norwegian Air International (NAI), the CEOs of several top hotel chains and travel organizations have written directly to President Barack Obama urging immediate action.
Taipei-based China Airlines, which expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB by the end of September, will launch its first nonstop service to Europe on Jan. 9, 2017, the China Airlines’ Vienna office confirmed to ATW.
European airlines are being encouraged to sign up for new systems of resolving passenger disputes that avoid the current final sanction of taking the matter to law.
New York-based JetBlue Airways began the first commercial airline passenger service from the US to Cuba in 55 years, with an Aug. 31 flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Santa Clara, Cuba.
A United Airlines Boeing 767-300, en route from Houston, Texas to London Heathrow, was diverted to Ireland’s Shannon Airport early on Aug. 31 after hitting turbulence, injuring passengers and crew.
Miami-headquartered lessor Aerolease Aviation has finalized an order for 10 Mitsubishi MRJs and 10 options, firming a letter of intent signed at the 2016 Singapore Airshow.
Vienna International Airport flight operations have returned to normal following a glitch in data transmissions problems that caused cancellations and delays on Sunday, Aug. 28.
US-based avionics and IT provider Rockwell Collins has been granted a global license by Brazil’s national telecommunications agency Anatel to sell satellite connectivity services in Brazil.
Romanian flag carrier Tarom said it recorded a first-half net loss of RON28.6 million ($7 million), “while the budget of revenue and expenditure provided, for the same period, a loss of RON3.4 million.”
