US regional airlines are increasingly concerned about a potential pilot shortage that could curtail their growth or even force carriers to decrease capacity.
EasyJet last week flew back a tonne of volcanic ash from Iceland as part of its contribution to an experiment planned in conjunction Airbus and Nicarnica, a spin-off company of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, to test Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and Detector (AVOID) volcanic ash detection technology this summer.
Air New Zealand said production of its first of 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft is three weeks ahead of schedule at Boeing’s Everett factory near Seattle, Wash.
Preliminary results of a pilot fatigue study conducted by Washington State University (WSU) show there is a “small difference” between the fatigue level of pilots conducting multi-segment operations and those flying a longer single segment.
GE Aviation is investigating the use of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) blades and nozzles for future engines, building on the CMC shroud that will debut on CFM International’s new LEAP engines.
African low-cost carrier Fastjet has secured a Boeing 737-300 on wet lease from Johannesburg-based Starcargo Airlines, pending clearance to deploy its own Airbus A319s in South Africa.
SkyWest Inc., the Utah-based parent of regionals SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet, reported a first-quarter net income of $3.2 million, reversed from a net loss of $0.7 million in the same period last year.
Embraer president and CEO-commercial aviation Paulo Cesar Souza e Silva said the “second generation” E-Jet, while not an all-new aircraft, will be “much, much more than a re-engine.”
Hochtief AirPort—which owns stakes in Athens, Budapest, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Sydney and Tirana airports—will be sold to Canadian pension fund manager PSP Investments.
Airbus reported it received 83 new bookings for April, the largest order from Turkish Airlines for 53 A321neos and four A320neos, along with 25 current engine A321s.
