All Nippon Airways (ANA) is configuring the cabins of its Airbus A380s with four classes and some all-new features that include a changing room, bar counters in all cabins and couch options in economy.
Oneworld carrier Finnair’s double-digit growth strategy has resulted in a €1.6 million ($1.95 million) first-quarter net profit, reversing an €8 million prior-year loss.
Laminar flow is still possible at speeds of Mach 0.78, initial results of the flight test campaign of the Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator (BLADE) show.
United Technologies (UTC) executives cited a combination of strong demand and good fortune for a surge in aftermarket sales at units Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) last quarter, and are cautiously optimistic for more of the same near term.
Air Belgium said it would delay its first flight to Hong Kong to June 3 from April 30 because it has not yet received permission to fly through Russian airspace.
Hawaiian Airlines parent Hawaiian Holdings reported a $28.5 million net profit for the first quarter of 2018, down 15.2% from $33.6 million in the 2017 first quarter, reflecting the impact of expenses and “challenges” related to the delivery delay of the airline’s forthcoming Airbus A321neos.
JetBlue’s commercial tie-up with boutique scheduled charter operator JetSuiteX is both a long-term play for the mainline carrier and an indicator of how under-served communities could regain air-service network connectivity without relying directly on traditional airlines.
Production of Bombardier’s C Series airliner finally is picking up pace as the manufacturer overcomes interior completion delays that followed earlier issues with the availability of Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engines and problems with some suppliers.
Cabin equipment manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace is slowly pulling out of the production problems that have marred its relationships with airframers, according to the company’s first-half results for its 2017-2018 fiscal year.
New York-based JetBlue Airways reported $88 million in net income for the 2018 first quarter, reflecting a 6.1% year-over-year (YOY) rise in RASM despite a 1% drop in capacity because of a sequence of winter storms striking the U.S. northeast during the quarter.
There is already stress in the second and third tier of the commercial aerospace supply chain because of worker shortages and leading airframers would be wise to keep their production increases modest, the CEO of a top supplier warned.
Air Canada sees a need for an aircraft the size of Boeing’s proposed new midmarket aircraft (NMA) to provide extended-range services between smaller markets.
Lufthansa Group LCC subsidiary Eurowings will end its cooperation agreement with Austrian startup LaudaMotion by the end of May, LaudaMotion confirmed.
The commercial aftermarket is surging, but rising demand in capacity-limited areas, notably engine overhauls, is threatening to create a bottleneck that could leave the market struggling to manage its success.
Car designer Frank Stephenson, who has worked for BMW and Fiat, as well as Maserati and McLaren, has joined German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Lilium as head of product design.
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania), the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, submitted an amendment to proposed FAA reauthorization legislation that would require a “call to action” review of airline engine safety in the wake of the Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 engine failure.
KLM Cityhopper, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ regional subsidiary, plans to increase its Embraer jet fleet’s productivity, enabling it to reduce its number of standby aircraft from three to one by 2020.
Boeing HorizonX’s latest venture capital investment is in Morf3D, a California-based startup specializing in the engineering and manufacturing of 3D-printed metal parts.
Irish LCC Ryanair said it was exercising options on 25 Boeing 737 MAX 200 aircraft, bringing its total firm orders for the MAX to 135, the first of which are due to arrive in the first half of 2019.
Most of the major Asia-Pacific carriers are not affected by an emergency requirement for inspection of CFM56-7B engines on Boeing 737s, although some are subject to a less urgent inspection timeframe.
United Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX-family aircraft, a 737-9, and confirmed its plans to start service with the newest Boeing narrowbody in early June.
