Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) tankers to be delivered to Singapore in 2018 have been improved from the initial design standard for operation by smaller crews.
Boeing’s price-dumping case against Bombardier is based on “conjecture,” Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. told trade commissioners Dec. 18 in Washington.
Canada’s West Wind Aviation expects to resume flying its ATR 42s early this week after completing a review of a Dec. 13 accident that substantially damaged one of its twin turboprop regional aircraft.
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Fast-climbing penny-stock company Airborne Wireless Network said Dec. 18 it has signed a “support agreement” with industry giant GE Aviation for its Hybrid Radio and Free-Optics Communications System.
Delta Air Lines moved to restore operations Dec. 18 after a complete power outage at its base hub, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), forced the airline to cancel about 1,300 flights Dec. 17–18.
Dublin-based Ryanair pilots have suspended a planned 24-hr. strike after the LCC’s management took the unexpected step of agreeing to recognize their union as a representative of Ireland-based pilots.
Boeing is beyond the point of no return in its price-dumping trade dispute against Bombardier, company representatives told reporters Dec. 15, and the results are expected to be finalized by Washington officials the week of Dec. 18.
Minnesota-based leisure carrier-turned ULCC Sun Country Airlines will be sold to New York investment firm Apollo Global Management during the first quarter of 2018, pending regulatory approvals and other customary conditions, the two companies said Dec. 14.
Skyteam member China Southern Airlines, already showing some signs of drifting toward Oneworld, is increasing cooperation with British Airways, an anchor member of that alliance.
agreed to recognize pilot unions in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, bowing to pressure and changing its long-standing policy of negotiating directly with internal employee committees.
Growing passenger traffic and capacity at its home airport here are encouraging Russia’s largest carrier, Aeroflot, to adjust its fleet expansion plans.
IATA certified Travelport as a New Distribution Capability (NDC) Level 3 aggregator Dec. 13, linking the UK-based global distribution system (GDS) provider with the airline association’s NDC initiative, to create a data transmission industry standard for communications between airlines and travel agents.
