African LCC fastjet needs to restructure by February 2020, if it is to continue as a going concern, with the disposal of fastjet Zimbabwe forming part of its survival plan.
In a long-expected move, Lufthansa Group has made senior executive changes reflecting the difficulties it has had with union relations and the turnaround of its Eurowings LCC subsidiary.
Austrian aviation authority Austro Control has put Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion under increased supervision after discovering maintenance irregularities.
The Chinese-Russian commercial aircraft consortium (CRAIC) will establish the CR929 engineering center in Moscow, following protracted negotiations between the Russian and Chinese partners in the widebody airliner program.
Singapore-based LCC Jetstar Asia will continue to operate its fleet of A320ceos rather than take in new aircraft as it looks to tap transfer passengers from parent Qantas Group while extending its network beyond Southeast Asia.
Year-to-date cancellations of large commercial aircraft orders are totaling 441 units through November, according to financial analysts, a worrying but not catastrophic increase over the 303 in 2018.
Carriers flying in Europe have yet to adopt the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the continent’s satellite-based augmentation system for the GPS signal, according to Eurocontrol’s director of European civil-military aviation (DECMA).
Despite a MYR3.1 billion ($741.8 million) in revenue, an increase of 18% year-on-year (YOY), AirAsia Group Berhad still ended the 2019 third quarter with a MYR67 million net loss, reversing the MYR804 million profit in Q3 2018.
The European Union (EU) failed to prove it fixed illegal subsidies of Airbus A380 and A350 XWB production, the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced Dec. 2, dispelling the assertion that the A380’s eventual wind-down settles that part of the long-running large aircraft dispute with the US and Boeing.
Munich-based MTU Aero Engines is projecting high-single-digit increases in its key commercial engine production and MRO segments in 2020, continuing current-year trends that point to steady new-production and aftermarket services demand.
South African Airways (SAA) “cannot continue in its current form” and will need a “radical restructuring,” the country’s minister of public enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, said Dec. 2.
Low-cost, long-haul carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle said it has been given three takeoff and three landing slots at London’s Heathrow Airport for the summer 2020 season, but did not say what routes the slots could be used for.
With the merger with Vanilla Air complete, Japanese LCC Peach Aviation is now looking to hire more pilots as it works to expand its capacity and network.
Russia´s Aeroflot Group reported a third-quarter net income of RUB29 billion ($450 million), more than doubled from RUB12.9 billion in the same period last year.
Hong Kong’s Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) is giving Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) until Dec. 7 to find either a new investor or avenue to inject cash into airline operations, or risk having its license revoked or suspended.
Eurowings continues consolidation efforts, with no further expansion plans until the Lufthansa LCC subsidiary’s expected return to profitability in 2021.
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to make further cuts in capacity next year as it continues to grapple with a demand slowdown prompted by Hong Kong’s civil unrest.
Tens of thousands of drone enthusiasts in the UK risk a £1,000 ($1,264) fine if they fail to register by Nov. 30, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has warned.
Thales is proceeding with development of its Pureflyt flight management system (FMS) that is designed to make the most of connectivity and simplify the crew's job during a flightpath change.
FAA will take over issuing airworthiness and export certificates for the hundreds of undelivered Boeing 737 MAXs once the agency permits the aircraft’s return to service.
The fatal crash of a flydubai Boeing 737-800 at Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in 2016 occurred because of incorrect aircraft configuration and crew piloting, according to the final report by Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC).
Italy’s Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport will shut down operations for nearly 40 days beginning Feb. 3, 2020, for runway renovation works. Aircraft operations are scheduled to resume March 13.
