A CityJet flight from London City to Florence was forced to return to the airport shortly after takeoff on Thursday when a piece of the wing became detached.
Russian authorities reportedly may delay the Bombardier-Rostekhnologii (Rostec) joint venture (JV) to set up a Q400 NextGen final assembly line (FAL) in Russia.
Airbus and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have completed a 10-hour flight from Amsterdam to Aruba with an A330-200 using sustainable jet fuel, the longest biofuel flight to date by an Airbus aircraft.
Boeing Flight Services and low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot have signed a five-year pilot training agreement to support the Singapore-based airline’s fleet transition to 787s.
FAA has dismissed requests for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) access to data from two of its voluntary safety reporting systems, one for technical services employees and one for air traffic controllers.
Republic Airways Holdings (RAH) is shrinking as a consequence of its pilots rejecting a new labor contract in April, according to chairman, president and CEO Bryan Bedford.
Australian flag carrier Qantas is seeking voluntary redundancy from its pilots, in a first move to cut $1.8 billion in costs and reduce staffing levels by 5,000 over the next three years.
Rolls-Royce has dispatched its first production line Trent XWB engine to Toulouse, ahead of the Airbus A350-900’s entry into service with Qatar Airways later this year.
Brazilian low-cost carrier GOL posted a first-quarter net loss of BRL96.1 million ($43.4 million), widened from a net loss of BRL75.3 million in the year-ago quarter.
Jazz Air parent Chorus Aviation reported first-quarter net income of C$5.6 million ($5.1 million), down 39.1% from C$9.2 million net profit in the year-ago March quarter.
Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO Paulo Cesar Silva talked about the status of the E-Jet E2 program with ATW senior editor Aaron Karp at the Regional Airline Association convention in St. Louis, Missouri.
ICAO has forged a consensus among its member states and the international air transport industry sector to make the tracking of airline flights a near-term priority.
ATR is poised to reveal customers for 81 undisclosed aircraft over the coming weeks after sealing firm orders for 107 aircraft during the first four months of 2014.
