The first draft of a performance-based packaging standard for lithium-ion batteries will not be ready by November and will likely slip into early 2017, an Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) committee member said Aug. 24.
FAA is stuck in “a vicious cycle” of deploying new air traffic control (ATC) technology so slowly that it becomes outdated by the time the technology is actually in use, NATCA president Paul Rinaldi said Aug. 24.
Canadian scheduled air freight carrier Cargojet reported a C$3.8 million ($2.9 million) net profit for the 2016 second quarter, reversing the company’s C$6.1 million net loss in 2Q 2015.
The national carriers of Balkan countries Serbia and Montenegro have signed a codeshare agreement that substantially broadens options for Montenegro Airline passengers.
Qantas reported a net profit of 1 billion Australian dollars ($760 million) for the fiscal year through June 30, a record for the carrier and an increase of more than 80% from the previous year.
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch said it was launching an enquiry into the incident, which happened at about 11 a.m. local time at the vehicle’s home base, RAF Cardington, north of London.
Hawaiian Airlines pilots’ labor representatives said they will open a strike-operations center in September in Honolulu―the latest escalation of the pilots’ rhetoric in their stalled contract negotiations.
Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace’s JetWave hardware was awarded a final type approval Aug. 22 by UK-based satellite communications services provider Inmarsat.
An environmental group is warning that the international aviation community’s draft plan to meet its goal of carbon-neutral growth might not slow emissions as much as expected.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has taken delivery of eight of the nine Boeing 737-800s that it plans to take in 2016 as part of its fleet-renewal program.
According to Liu Zhiren, general manager of the Hunan Airport Management Group, the new carrier will be named Zhongnan Airlines and will begin with registered capital of 1 billion yuan ($151 million).
The European Commission (EC) has completed its investigation into Etihad Airways’ equity stake in Air Serbia, concluding it complies with EU regulations, ATW has learned.
Russia’s second-biggest airline group, S7 Airlines, reported its traffic increased 29.5% year-on-year (YOY) in July, while Aeroflot Group’s July traffic was up 5.4% YOY.
Germany-based leisure carrier Condor has been hit by shrinking demand, especially on flights to holiday destinations, related to recent terrorist attacks in Europe.
Boeing and All Nippon Airways (ANA) celebrated the delivery of the airline’s 50th 787 Dreamliner during a ceremony Aug. 17 at Boeing’s Everett Delivery Center in Washington state.
All 300 people onboard the Emirates Boeing 777 escaped with their lives when the aircraft crash-landed at Dubai Airport and burst into flames. Sadly a firefighter was killed tackling the blaze, but the scale of the tragedy could have been so much larger.
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines are very different airlines. One is a global full-service airline with a fleet of varied aircraft types and multiple product offerings for passengers, while the other is the world’s original low-cost carrier with an all-Boeing 737 fleet, no business class and a mostly domestic operation.
