IATA director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac called for urgent attention to the air transport industry’s growing infrastructure bottlenecks, which are increasingly affecting fast-growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
The carrier's CEO said Ryanair is “fully prepared to face down” attempted disruptions from labor groups looking to challenge the LCC’s “low cost, high pay/high productivity model,” even if that means enduring strikes.
Australia’s Qantas Airways wants its aircraft of choice to be able to fly anticipated nonstop services from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to London with full passenger loads, CEO Alan Joyce said at the Singapore Airshow Aviation Leadership Summit.
The HNA Group, struggling with debt, is forcing aviation subsidiaries to yield cash, but will not go as far as to imperil their generally healthy operations, industry sources familiar with the group said.
Japan Airlines is continuing to pursue a broader international network through partnerships with other airlines, including carriers inside and outside the Oneworld alliance.
Boeing is preparing to begin flight tests of the third and smallest member of the 737 MAX family, the 737-7, following the Feb. 5 rollout of the first aircraft at its Renton, Washington, plant.
Airbus debuts the newly certified A350-1000 at the Singapore Airshow this week as part of a three-week demonstration tour across the Asia-Pacific region and Middle East.
Boeing is looking to use its strong position in Singapore as a springboard to dramatically increase its presence in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia and Vietnam where the company sees expanding opportunities across its commercial, defense and services businesses.
Leaders of Spirit AeroSystems said Feb. 2 they plan to use growing cash flow, in part due to recent U.S. tax law changes, to accelerate capacity and research investments at the Wichita-based aerostructures provider.
The U.S.-based Mitre Corp. will be helping the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corp. (VATM) to develop an air traffic flow management (ATFM) master plan, under a contract.
Aeroflot has firmed up its order for 50 Irkut MC-21-300 narrowbody airliners. The aircraft will be procured through Avia Capital Services, a leasing arm of the Russian government-owned conglomerate Rostec Corp.
The Vahana single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft developed by A³, Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost, made its unmanned first flight at Pendleton, Oregon, on the morning of Jan. 31.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of LCC Allegiant Air, reported $194.9 million in net income for 2017, an 11.2% decrease from $219.6 million in 2016.
JetBlue Airways and Toyota are among investors plowing a total of $100 million into startup Joby Aviation to take its five-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi into pre-production and certification.
