ATR has several upgrades in the works for its turboprops, the 40-seat-class ATR 42 and the 70-seat-class ATR-72, but is prioritizing market acceptance over technological readiness.
The Boeing 787-10, the third and largest 787 variant, has gained FAA certification, clearing the way for first delivery to Singapore Airlines during the first half of this year.
Air France-KLM is planning to order new aircraft to update portions of the fleets of regional airline HOP!, Netherlands-based KLM and LCC Transavia, according to CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac.
Former FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has been appointed a senior advisor with Macquarie Capital, the investment arm of Sydney-based banking and financial services company Macquarie Group, the firm announced.
The anticipated rise in interest rates combined with strong underlying demand for aircraft will lead to higher lease rates, Air Lease Corp. CEO John Plueger forecasts.
Buoyed by better-than-expected flight-test performance, Embraer says it is just weeks away from finalizing certification of the E190-E2, the first of the company’s second-generation, reengined single-aisle airliners to reach this stage.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners will remain working at airport security lanes in the event of a U.S. government shutdown, emphasized TSA Administrator David Pekoske.
The FAA’s contingency plan for a government shutdown once again would cause its Oklahoma City aircraft registration office to shutter and put a halt to all but the most critical functions of its Aviation Safety (AVS) branch, a Transportation Department (DOT) document shows.
Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it has called on the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to change its rules so pilots can fly commercially with certain medical conditions, including HIV.
Airbus will start building nacelles for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW1100G-powered A320neo in 2020, in an in-sourcing move aimed at improving the component’s performance and cutting production costs, said Didier Evrard, executive vice president of programs at Airbus Commercial Aircraft.
American Airlines is taking its Northeast U.S. shuttle product and adapting it to the New York LaGuardia (LGA)-Chicago O’Hare (ORD) route starting April 4—a move the carrier’s executives said could be a precursor to more shuttle offerings.
ULCC Spirit Airlines has projected better-than-expected unit revenue performance in the 2017 fourth quarter, lending credence to the notion that the U.S. airline revenue/pricing environment is improving.
Korean Air plans to phase out more of its older passenger and cargo aircraft this year as it upgrades its fleet with several widebody and narrowbody deliveries.
The FAA is establishing a working group to review all repair station guidance and recommend ways to better align it with the agency’s rules governing maintenance organizations. The effort, set up under the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC), gives industry the opportunity to weigh in on the myriad advisory circulars, policy statements, and other guidance that the FAA leans on to enforce its Part 145 regulations. The rules apply to the 4,800 FAA-certified repair stations, including 800 located outside the U.S.
PARIS—Ryanair said all 15 of its UK pilot bases had voted in secret ballot to accept pay increases of up to 20%, including London Stansted Airport, which had previously rejected the offer of improved pay, with the increases to be paid in its January payroll.
