ST Aerospace subsidiary ST Aerospace Engines will inject an additional $2.8 million into the capital of its half-owned company, Total Engines Asset Management (TEAM).
Alrosa Air Co. and the Air Maintenance Estonia (AME) engineering team have completed the first part of a Boeing 737 delivery, after which the 737 performed its first commercial flight.
FAA, sticking to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) plan laid out to cope with a prolonged partial government closure, has called in more than 800 Office of Aviation Safety employees responsible for both field inspections and certification of “critical” products.
Etihad Airways has announced plans to start daily Boeing 777-200LR flights between Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) from June 1, 2014, giving LAX’s new international terminal another high-profile global connection.
The British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) has warned the European Commission will try and force through revised flight time limitations (FTL) that were rejected by the European Parliament’s (EP) Transport Committee last week.
Industry reaction to news that the 38th ICAO Assembly last week reached agreement to develop a global market based mechanism (MBM) to tackle emissions from aviation was generally positive.
Virgin Atlantic will continue to lobby for the London-Moscow route, Virgin Atlantic director-airline planning Edmond Rose told the Wings of Russia International Aviation Forum Oct. 8, adding the airline’s top management is still confident in that destination.
News from Travel Technology Update: Some US top travel management have rejected the idea that the Department of Transportation (DOT) should regulate the distribution of airlines’ ancillary products and services.
Japan Airlines (JAL) has placed its first ever order with Airbus, signing a purchase agreement for 31 A350 XWBs with options for a further 25 aircraft.
The European Union (EU) feels “vindicated” by last week’s ICAO Assembly agreement to develop a global market-based measures (MBM) system for aviation emissions by 2016, according to a senior EU official.
Etihad Airways has continued to report record growth rates in the third quarter, as passenger services revenue broke through the $1-billion barrier for the first time.
Opposition parties and trade unions have criticized India’s minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh for saying the government could consider privatizing Air India.
Southwest Airlines has no official stance on the American Airlines-US Airways merger, but the low-cost carrier (LCC) wants to have a stronger presence at Washington National Airport (DCA) and is opposed to a merged American-US Airways controlling two-thirds of DCA’s slots.
Airbus booked 170 orders in September, exceeding the company’s 2013 sales target and bringing its total net orders for 2013 to 1,062, creating a backlog of almost 5,300 aircraft—nearly eight years of production, according to an Airbus statement.
