Air Transport World

When Air Belgium’s initial plans stalled, the fledgling airline made a pivot to ACMI services.

A call to step up sustainable aviation fuel production, a Scandinavian collective eco-effort, and new electric aircraft and engine initiatives feature in this month’s ATW sustainability report.

Flyadeal CEO Con Korfiatis spoke to ATW at the World Aviation Festival in London.

The biggest shock this year was that of Thomas Cook, whose collapse prompted the largest peacetime repatriation exercise in UK history.

Cobham is Australia’s largest provider of contract aviation services, including passenger flights and air freight operations

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian cemented his company’s reputation as both industry transformer and a ruthless pursuer by taking a 20% stake in LATAM Airlines.

Viva Aerobus, the fast-growing Mexican ultra-LCC, wants its passengers to feel like they are taking a bus trip in the air.

Johan Lundgren, CEO of easyJet, talks about the current business climate and his plans to formally launch the airline’s new direct hotels partnerships later this year.

Unlike in the US—where airlines have merged—Europe has seen carriers go out of business.

CSA Czech Airlines has ordered four Airbus A220-300s and upgraded a previous order for three A320neos to A321XLRs.

Weaker demand and program delays have created a perfect storm for Boeing’s widebody business, which continues to see downward pressure on 777 and 787 production rates and a slower-than-planned ramp-up of the 777X.

Hawaiian Airlines reported a net profit of $80.1 million for the third quarter, down 14% from $93.5 million for the same period last year, despite the extra competitive capacity that has come into some of its core markets and put pressure on yields.

Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion is expected to widen its losses this year and further postpone profitability as a result of growing its network faster than originally planned.

Air Astana’s LCC FlyArystan will launch its first international route with daily service between Kazakhstan’s capital and Moscow in December.

Air New Zealand plans to launch nonstop flights to New York and end its long-running Los Angeles-London service in October 2020.

FAA is on target to transition to an international format and a more streamlined system for distributing notices to airmen (NOTAMs) by summer 2020, according to a senior agency official.

GE Aviation has delivered the first flight-compliant GE9X engine to Boeing, marking the restart of preparations for 777-9 flight tests.

New aircraft and engine technologies are making ultra-long-haul flights feasible with widebodies like the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787.

In the most visible personnel move yet during the 737 MAX crisis, Boeing named longtime executive Stan Deal to take over its Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) unit, removing Kevin McAllister and turning the reins of the company’s largest business over to a seasoned leader with significant supply-chain and customer-support experience.

FAA administrator Stephen Dickson said mistakes made during the development of the Boeing 737 MAX highlight the need for a “more integrated approach to human factors” during the aircraft design process.

Oneworld carrier Finnair posted a 2019 third-quarter net profit of €57.6 million ($64.3 million), down 18% from €70.2 million in the year-ago period, primarily driven by higher fuel costs and adverse exchange rates.

UK LCC easyJet is looking to further streamline aircraft turnaround performance by using inertia sensors to detect the exact timings of boarding and disembarkation.

Air Tahiti Nui (ATN) has completed the transition of its widebody fleet from Airbus A340s to Boeing 787-9s, and the carrier anticipates significant operational benefits from the switch.

Korean Air is adding more capacity to certain markets in its upcoming winter schedule season, as falling demand on its Japanese routes prompts it to expand elsewhere.

Electric aircraft developer Ampaire is studying the feasibility of modifying the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter to hybrid-electric propulsion under a NASA contract.