Leading aircraft structures supplier Spirit AeroSystems believes new additive manufacturing techniques it is developing with partners Norsk Titanium and Boeing could help Spirit eventually save 70% in costs on the material it uses in some aircraft programs.
Hawaiian Airlines raised its first-quarter revenue forecast, although it also trimmed its full-year capacity outlook, citing delays in Airbus A321neo deliveries.
The recent pilot contract agreement with ultra-LCC Spirit Airlines set against a generally positive industry economic environment has the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) confident that a long-sought-after new deal for its pilots at Frontier Airlines, another ULCC, is within reach.
Spirit AeroSystems CEO Tom Gentile said he is watching what is happening at rival and supplier GKN Aerospace and remains in contact with the British company’s leadership.
An “unusual smell” in the cabin of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 led the flight crew to make an emergency landing at Albuquerque International Sunport March 11.
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Former Royal Dutch Shell executive Dick Benschop has been named as the next president and CEO of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport operator Royal Schiphol Group.
As part of a project launched by the EU's Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), Thales and ATR are working on a dual-frequency receiver that would enable aircraft to utilize both the GPS and the Galileo positioning satellite constellations.
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the government body that underwrites export orders for British products, has supported the sale of Bombardier C Series aircraft for the first time.
Airbus forecasts that air passenger traffic in India will grow by 8.1% per year over the next 20 years, almost double the expected global average of 4.4% annual passenger traffic growth.
A combination of temporary factors—the timing of the Lunar New Year, alongside strong air passenger growth a year earlier—caused the global air passenger market to show only 4.6% year-over-year (YOY) growth in January, its slowest rate since March 2014, according to IATA’s January Air Passenger Market Analysis.
While there was a lot of talk of progress at the World ATM Congress here, including regarding drone traffic management and space-based aircraft tracking, NATO cautioned that security and military concerns need to be considered by air navigation service providers (ANSPs).
US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) head David Pekoske offered a broad outline for a new TSA strategy emphasizing “better tools, better procedures and better training” to stop “adversaries [who] are continuously evolving their tactics.”
Global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat reported $1.4 billion in total group revenue for 2017, up 5.4% from 2016, largely on the strength of 36.7% growth in Inmarsat’s aviation sector, which includes its inflight connectivity (IFC) business. The aviation sector reported $195 million in total revenue for the year.
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co. (Gameco) is seeking to dramatically expand its workforce and hangar facilities to meet growing demand from its part-owner China Southern Airlines and other customers.
HNA Group, which is struggling to meet obligations to creditors, has secured local government investment in its subsidiary based at Urumqi in northwest China. The group is also negotiating for the city government of Beijing to increase its stake in Beijing-based Capital Airlines, according to an industry source close to HNA.
Despite rising challenges from other countries in Southeast Asia, Singapore’s MRO industry is still regarded as having valuable advantages and scope for growth.
Executives from leading aircraft engine OEMs stressed that the predicted maintenance demand for their products will continue to ensure a large role for independent MRO organizations.
