The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has called on FAA and NTSB to assist in providing information on an automated pitch-control system suspected of possibly contributing to the October fatal crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8.
Expenses for U.S. carriers outpaced revenues in the third quarter, driving industry-wide profitability to its lowest levels since 2014, according to Airlines for America’s (A4A) latest year-to-date (YTD) operational and financial results, released Nov. 14.
China Southern Airline will not renew its SkyTeam membership on Jan. 1, 2019, the carrier said Nov. 15, effectively announcing its decision to leave the airline alliance.
Emirates Airline warned of a difficult second half for fiscal 2018/2019 after the carrier’s profit dropped 86% year-over-year (YOY) in the first six months.
Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) is testing new low-weight wing designs for future versions of the Superjet 100 regional jet (SSJ100).
Transport Canada’s (TC’s) unwillingness to make rules without industry buy-in is keeping some of the country’s key safety issues from being addressed, the country’s top safety investigation official said.
Chinese freight company SF Express plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B biplanes, based on a 70-year-old Soviet design, in an air delivery operation set to be running by 2023.
A Nov. 14 NTSB investigative hearing into the April inflight engine failure of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 honed in on the design and testing of the CFM56-7B engine fan blades and the containment capability of the engine inlet and fan cowl.
Russia´s Yakutia Airlines is looking to update its regional fleet with Ilyushin IL-114-300 turboprops as the company plans for retirement of its aging Antonov An-24RVs.
Chinese and Russian engine companies have agreed to jointly develop a turbofan for the CRAIC CR929, even though Aero Engine Corp. of China (AECC) displayed its own CR929 engine concept— the AEF3500—at Airshow China here Nov. 6–11.
FAA has installed taxiway-landing alert systems at four airports and has 31 more airports lined up for the safety enhancement within the next two years, the agency’s top runway safety official said.
With a rise in global airline passenger traffic fueling a demand for new pilots, flight-simulator and training supplier CAE expects continued market growth, the company said Nov. 13 as it released its second quarter earnings results.
European and international partners are moving toward the launch of an experimental hypersonic glider in 2020 as part of a long-term research program aimed at enabling development of a high-speed civil transport able to fly from Europe to Asia and Australia in 2-3 hr.
UK-based regional carrier Flybe is looking for a buyer as part of a strategic review and is already in talks with “a number of strategic operators” about a potential sale as it seeks to address the difficult conditions airlines are facing, the airline said Nov. 14.
IATA DG and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said European aviation is “beset with burdensome regulations,” and argued that a “spirit of change” is needed to improve the competitiveness of European airlines.
Honeywell has completed initial testing of a software-based runway collision avoidance system that uses automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) position reports to alert pilots to potential conflicts on the airport surface, the company said Nov. 13.
Embraer confirmed Spanish regional carrier Binter Canarias as the customer behind an undisclosed LOI for three E195-E2s originally announced at the Farnborough Air Show in July.
Philippines LCC Cebu Pacific posted a PHP518.4 million ($9.6 million) loss for the 2018 third quarter, reversed from a PHP42.1 million profit a year ago.
