Ryanair said it has signed a formal union recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) that makes it the sole representative body for Ryanair-employed pilots in the UK, where 25% of its pilots and fleet are based.
China’s state aero-engine company has built the first test turbofan for its CJ-1000, which is being developed to power the Comac C919 narrowbody aircraft.
Returning to positive unit revenue growth has been a challenge for most of the U.S. airline industry for the last couple of years, but not for Hawaiian Airlines, which reported 6.4% year-over-year (YOY) growth in revenue per available seat-mile (RASM) in 2017.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will finalize an agreement Jan. 30 between the U.S. and Qatar in which state-owned Qatar Airways will commit to be more financially transparent and to declare it has no plans to operate fifth-freedom flights to the U.S.
With a growing interest in electric propulsion through its acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences, investment in Zunum Aero and its own research efforts, Boeing is taking a next step and investing in advanced battery startup Cuberg through its HorizonX Ventures unit.
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European airports have stepped up the pressure on authorities to swiftly adopt traffic management rules designed to ensure the safe use of drones in and around airports.
China’s three biggest airlines have urged the government to restrict or stop the growth of subsidized intercontinental air services from the country’s secondary cities.
In a project aimed at receiving an increased amount of accurate information on estimated departure times, Europe’s air traffic management organization Eurocontrol recently conducted a shadow-mode exercise at Alicante-Elche Airport, Spain.
Boeing’s price-dumping case against Bombardier over the sale of C Series aircraft a U.S. airline has been overturned by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), ending the threat of tariffs of almost 300% on C Series imports into the U.S.
Mexico City-based LCC Interjet will make San Francisco the 10th U.S. airport in its network when it adds flights from both Cancun and Guadalajara March 14.
Following a massive injection of new aircraft in the four years following its December 2013 emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and merger with US Airways, American Airlines is slowing the pace of its fleet renewal and dialing back spending on aircraft.
India’s Saras regional turboprop has returned to flight at the National Aerospace Laboratories in Bengaluru, almost 14 years after its first flight and two years after the program was shelved.
Passenger traffic through French airports grew 3.7% year-over-year (YOY) in December, and 6.1% YOY for full-year 2017 to 164 million passengers, reported DGAC, the country’s aviation agency.
Norwegian state-owned airport operator Avinor is out front of an ambitious effort to ensure electric aircraft operate all of the country’s domestic flights by 2040.
