Following an internal delay that also is under review, the National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating the Dec. 29 taxiway landing of a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop at Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport in Washington state.
The public prosecutor’s office in Paris has launched an investigation into the Sept. 30 uncontained engine failure on an Air France A380, a judicial source told Aviation Daily.
Primera Air plans to launch a route from London Stansted Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport in August, as it taps into the growing demand for low-cost transatlantic flights.
Strong demand for manufacturing exports stoked the airfreight sector to its best performance in seven years, as global cargo traffic grew 9% year-over-year (YOY) in 2017, according to the IATA December “Air Freight Market Analysis,” released Jan. 31.
ANA Holdings, the parent company of All Nippon Airways, Peach Aviation and Vanilla Air, expects profits at its two LCC affiliates to grow at their fastest until 2022, as the carriers continue to expand.
Investors in helicopter and airplane maker Textron registered their disappointment with the company’s 2017 performance Jan. 31, trimming share prices by 2.5% in regular trading.
Boeing remains in “active” and “productive” discussions with Embraer and the Brazilian government over a potential alignment of the two aircraft manufacturers, the chief executive of the Chicago-based aerospace giant said Jan. 31.
What will the effect of the recent U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) rejection of Boeing’s case against Bombardier be on the airframers’ business prospects? Not much, according to initial reactions by Wall Street analysts.
The International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations and European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment have signed a memorandum of understanding for strengthened cooperation on air traffic management equipment standards.
French low-cost long-haul carrier French Blue has changed its name to French Bee to avoid legal problems after U.S. airline JetBlue Airways objected to its name.
The aircraft’s evacuation limit, based on the new Airbus Cabin-Flex (ACF) layout, stands at 250 passengers, but it is currently only available for up to 240 passengers.
Nearly three years of contentious negotiations between ULCC Spirit Airlines and its pilots may be nearing an end, as the carrier’s flight-deck crews prepare to vote on a tentative agreement for a new, five-year contract.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus as prime contractor to develop the next iteration of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
A Qantas Boeing 787-9 has completed a transpacific flight using a biofuel blend, landing in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 30 after a 15-hr. flight from Los Angeles.
EasyJet is adding substantial capacity to European leisure destinations from its new Berlin Tegel Airport base, but is taking a cautious approach toward expanding German domestic flying.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has confirmed the U.S. and Qatar have reached “understandings … on civil aviation” aimed at addressing the concerns of U.S. major airlines about alleged subsidies to Gulf carriers.
France’s BEA may send a team to Greenland in search of engine parts to help shed light on what caused a Sept. 30 inflight powerplant failure on an Air France Airbus A380.
The NTSB says the FAA and industry should determine if improved ultrasonic inspection of engine parts during manufacturing would have found the defect that caused an uncontained engine failure on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300.
Air France-KLM says it is examining potential low-cost/long-haul among business models as it responds to a fast-changing air transport environment, playing down French media reports that it was presenting more concrete plans for a low-cost long-haul carrier to its works council.
