Strong demand from airlines and investors has increased Dublin-based SMBC Aviation Capital’s interim pre-tax profit to $200 million, marking 19% growth on the $168 million interim figure that it posted in 2018.
Star Alliance carrier TAP Air Portugal has detailed plans to serve series of new routes from Portugal to Brazil, Canada and North America in 2020, operated by its new Airbus A321LRs.
SF Airlines, the air freight arm of China’s largest courier company, plans to raise CNY5.8 billion ($825 million) with a corporate bond sale for the acquisition of new aircraft and logistics technology.
International Airlines Group (IAG) carrier British Airways (BA) has confirmed it will receive its first Boeing 787-10 in January 2020, which will initially operate to Atlanta, Georgia in the US.
In 2020 Icelandair will rationalize its network, which has been disrupted by the grounding of its Boeing 737 MAXs, and evaluate replacements for looming gaps in its fleet.
The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee has requested the inspector general of the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to launch an audit into FAA’s oversight of domestic aeronautical repair stations.
The US Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has alerted the White House and Congress of “hazardous conditions” at an air traffic control (ATC) facility in Florida brought to light more than a year ago by a whistleblower.
British Airways (BA) passengers faced widespread delays throughout the airline’s network Nov. 21 as a technical problem led to cancellations and frustrated travelers.
German leisure carrier TUI fly decided Nov. 21 it will introduce long-haul routes, a move that could significantly change the country’s leisure airline market.
Indian LCC SpiceJet plans to explore a wide range of measures to increase cooperation with Bahraini flag carrier Gulf Air as it seeks ways of increasing its presence in the Gulf.
The aviation industry is “too defensive” in the discussion on environment and sustainability, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said at the IATA Wings of Change event in Berlin.
Air Wisconsin pilots approved a new three-year contract on Nov. 21, ending a decade-long management dispute that the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) called “one of the longest-running conflicts” in the union’s history.
The UK government will provide 50% of the cost of a 30-month, £18 million ($23.3 million) demonstrator project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Norman Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-range flights such as inter-island routes.
The Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP), responsible for managing air traffic from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, has started using space-based surveillance data from Aireon to track aircraft.
Looking to further tap into the Greater Bay Area (GBA) growth, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and Shenzhen Bao’an Airport have announced ambitious expansion plans to increase the airports’ handling capacity and enhance their international standings.
A bill that would impose strict oversight requirements at foreign repair stations was approved by the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, despite strong opposition from Republicans and a host of key aviation stakeholders.
As the air transport industry increases its focus on sustainability, Boeing is stepping up its ecoDemonstrator technology testbed program with flight tests of a specially modified 777-200ER.
Aircraft tracking system provider Blue Sky Network on Nov. 20 announced FAA certification of its autonomous distress tracking (ADT) device on Boeing 737 airliners.
Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr said every airline needs a partner in today’s tough environment and the bankrupt Italian flag carrier Alitalia—which is looking for rescue partners—would be very much challenged on its own to make it.
A startup airline is looking to disrupt the low-cost domestic air travel market in the US through an innovative business model that would rely on advertising revenue to offset rock-bottom airfares.
The FAA is leaving the door open for mandatory simulator sessions as a condition for pilots to return to flying the Boeing 737 MAX, the agency’s top official acknowledged.
Aircalin, a carrier based in Noumea, in the French territory of New Caledonia, has stopped operating one of its two Airbus A330neos after reporting repeated odor issues in the cabin.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has appointed Jacob Schram as its new CEO, filling the gap left when co-founder and long-standing CEO Bjorn Kjos left the low-cost airline in July.
