Air France is preparing to roll out a fresh wave of restructuring measures, including further voluntary redundancies, to combat continued weakness in its cargo, short- and medium-haul flying.
A surge in orders for commercial E-Jets is fueling a rebound in Embraer's backlog after a painful downturn, but the top executive at the Brazilian aircraft builder says there are no plans to raise production levels anytime soon.
Harbin Hafei Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, has begun delivering elevators for the A350 XWB program.
Flybe has completed the entire revamp of Flybe’s senior management following the Sept. 13 departure of UK managing director Andrew Strong, outsourcing solutions managing director Mike Rutter and director of corporate strategy Mark Chown.
Chengdu Airlines and the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) have signed a cooperation framework agreement for the 150-seat trunk liner C919 aircraft.
US airlines (passenger and cargo) collectively employed 484,877 full-time workers in July, slipping 1.8% from July 2012, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Bombardier's first CSeries airliner took off for up to a 2.5 hour first flight from Montreal-Mirabel airport just before 10:00 a.m. local time Monday, Sept. 16.
Solena Fuels hopes to enter negotiations with Qantas after completing a joint study showing the feasibility of building a waste-to-biofuel facility in Sydney.
SITA has been awarded a seven-year contract by Harris Corp. to provide the equipment for deploying an FAA-approved aircraft ground station network in the US that will enable air to ground digital data communications.
Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group has reached a new agreement with United Airlines that extends the term for 20 Bombardier CRJ700s to 2019 and adds 30 United-owned Embraer E-175s over the next two years.
Air France-KLM leisure carrier Transavia France has struck a seasonal lease deal with Canada’s Air Transat, covering the use of up to nine Boeing 737-800s by 2019.
