Pratt & Whitney AeroPower has signed a long-term comprehensive APS5000 APU maintenance support agreement with Scoot, a low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, for its new fleet of 20 Boeing 787s.
China Eastern Airlines and its subsidiaries, Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines, are implementing Boeing Airplane Health Management (AHM) to improve maintenance and engineering operations.
In the wake of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17—a Boeing 777-200ER that crashed over Ukraine July 17, killing all 298 on board—there has been industry-wide chatter about whether aircraft insurance companies will increase fees, especially when flying over war territories.
UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines has completed all requirements for a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) air operator’s certificate (AOC), one of the first UK airlines to do so.
German air navigation services provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung has confirmed plans to increase charges 30% from next year, pending approval by the European Commission, which is expected to rule in November.
Royal Brunei Airlines will reopen Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh route, which was cut in October 2011, to close up a gap in coverage between its Hong Kong and Bangkok destinations.
The Ukrainian industrial policy ministry reported that Sergey Merenkov has been appointed as the new president of Ukraine’s state-owned Antonov, effective Aug. 1.
At the 2014 half-year mark, global air freight markets registered a combined 4.1% increase in volume compared with the same period in 2013, according to IATA’s June air freight market analysis.
The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) of Malaysia has approved a Baltic Aviation Academy training center to provide Boeing 737-600/900 type rating training and base training.
Shanghai, China-based Spring Airlines has launched low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Spring Japan, becoming the first domestic carrier to establish an overseas LCC.
Aviation and aviation-related activities will derive nearly one-third of Dubai’s entire gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020, according to the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA).
The operational and environmental efficiency of UK airspace improved during the first half of the year, according UK air navigation services provider NATS.
American Airlines is retooling its Latin America schedule this winter, ending a São Paolo-Charlotte, North Carolina service, to focus on Miami, Florida, as the carrier’s gateway to the continent.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings posted second-quarter net income of $29.6 million, up 47.5% from the $20 million net profit reported in the year-ago quarter.
Boeing has selected UTC Aerospace Systems’ Aerostructures to extend its provision of complete nacelle systems for the 787 Dreamliner to include the 787-10 variant.
Vienna Airport (Flughafen Wien AG) will sell its entire 25.15% stake in Germany-based Flughafen Friedrichshafen GmbH, transferring equal shares to the city of Friedrichshafen and the Bodensee district.
