ATR and Caribbean regional carrier Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) have signed a 10-year global maintenance agreement for the airline's four new ATR 42-600s and four new ATR 72-600s.
Spain’s Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) has signed an extension of its existing agreement with Pratt & Whitney for design, manufacturing and maintenance work for the PurePower engine family.
The Boeing 787-9, 20-feet longer than the baseline 787-8, flew for the first time Tuesday to launch the flight test program of the second Dreamliner variant.
Following first flight of the CSeries airliner, Bombardier will review its test plans to see if it can still achieve certification and entry into service (EIS) in 12 months as scheduled.
Air France-KLM and Germany’s Intro Group have ended exclusive talks over the sale of Irish regional airline CityJet, although the disposal process is ongoing.
The Airbus A320 family Final Assembly Line in Tianjin, China (FALC) has delivered its 143th aircraft since its first delivery in June 2009 to Sichuan Airlines.
The Russian government has submitted a bill to its lower legislative house, State Duma, that would allow foreigners to stay in the country without a visa for 72 hours if they transfer by air carrier.
As Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines—one of the largest remaining Fokker 70/100 operators worldwide—works on replacement solutions for the aging aircraft, German media outlets are reporting the Lufthansa board is nearing a decision on a long-haul aircraft order. The announcement, which will reportedly be for a mix of 50 Boeing 777Xs and Airbus A350s, is expected Thursday.
The European Parliament has called for a cap on the use of traditional or so-called “first generation” biofuels (produced from food and energy crops) and a speedy switchover to new advanced biofuels sourced from seaweed or certain types of waste,
Footnotes: * International only. 1. January - June. 2. January - May. 3. Includes Regional operations. 4. Combined American Eagle, Executive Airlines and American Connection. 5. Combined traffic for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. 6. YTD 02013 from 4/26/13
Bombardier's first CSeries airliner landed around 12:20 p.m. Montreal local time after capping a successful first flight with a slow flyby over Mirabel Airport runway.
Ryanair has committed to engage in talks with long-haul carriers as part of a deal that will see it grow its London Stansted base from 13.2 million to over 20 million passengers annually over the next 10 years.
European Commission VP-Transport Siim Kallas has again come down hard on Europe’s political fraternity for its role in delaying implementation of the Single European Sky (SES).
Lufthansa chairman and CEO Christoph Franz is planning to leave by May 2014 to take up a new position as chairman of Swiss healthcare firm Roche, where he is a board member.
