Alitalia’s special administrators are set to choose the successful bidder with whom they want to begin exclusive negotiations about the bankrupt airline’s future within days, Italy’s economic development minister said.
High-profile camera maker GoPro announced Jan. 8 it is getting out of the consumer unmanned air vehicle (UAV) business as part of major restructuring and layoff plan.
LATAM Airlines Group plans to revive domestic capacity growth in its Spanish-speaking country affiliates in 2018, projecting a 6–8% rise in available seat-kilometer (ASK) growth for the sector.
In a further step toward making the takeover of Zodiac Aerospace a reality, Safran has appointed Hélène Moreau-Leroy director of the Zodiac integration project, the Paris-based company announced Jan. 8.
New L3 Technologies CEO Chris Kubasik is wasting little time trying to grow the New York-based aerospace and defense company’s international work, announcing Jan. 4 that L3 is setting up advisory boards staffed with local industry experts in Australia, Canada and the UK.
A team of Toulouse-based researchers has progressed significantly in the area of morphing wings, bringing the long-sought dream of copying birds for better aerodynamics closer to reality.
Three more carriers are banning so-called “smart bags” from being checked into luggage holds unless a bag’s integrated lithium battery can be removed and carried separately.
A winter storm moving up the U.S. and Canadian east coasts is the driving force behind more than 4,600 U.S. flight cancellations—and counting—since Jan. 3.
The IATA expects air cargo volumes to continue to grow in 2018, albeit at a slower pace of 4.5% than in 2017, when companies needing to restock inventories to meet unexpectedly strong demand led to growth of 9.3%.
Ryanair has named Porto International Airport in northern Portugal its third connection hub, allowing passengers to transfer directly to connecting Ryanair flights.
Ocean Infinity could within days resume searching for the Boeing 777-200 that disappeared almost four years ago while operating as Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Taiwan’s China Airlines will put its code on three flights per week operated by Air France between Taipei and Paris—part of a strategy to improve profitability through increased cooperation with its Skyteam partners.
