Aviation Daily

By Graham Warwick
Developers have unveiled their Hologarde integrated counter-drone system, which is being tested at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport beginning this month.
Air Transport

Former FAA Administrator Jane Garvey will receive the L. Welch Pogue Lifetime Achievement Award at an honorary dinner Sept. 7 in Washington, D.C. Aviation Week began awarding the L. Welch Pogue Award in 1994 to recognize distinguished achievements in commercial aviation.

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To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) July 18-19—AAAE Airport Credentialing and Access Control Conference, Portland, Oregan, https://www.aaae.org/aaae/AAAEDocs/Meetings/2017/07/170711/regonline.pdf

By Adrian Schofield
Startup South Korean regional carrier Air Pohang has unveiled its first aircraft, and plans to add two more by the end of this year.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific expects its growing fleet of Airbus A350s, coupled with the retirement of older aircraft, will boost fuel efficiency and emissions reduction.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France pilots have approved a proposal to create Boost, a new long-haul airline.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
The U.S. has tentatively granted LCC Norwegian UK a foreign air carrier permit, saying it sees no persuasive basis to deny the application.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall plans to leave the airline around the end of the year to take up the same role at UK television company ITV.
Air Transport

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A preliminary Canadian incident summary said Air Canada Flight 759 overflew four aircraft on the taxiway parallel to San Francisco's Runway 28R on July 7.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The structure will “enable EasyJet to continue to operate flights both across Europe and domestically within European countries after the UK has left the EU,” the company said.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
LJ’s AOC is valuable because the CAAC has not accepted an application for a mainline passenger airline for more than a year.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
If the temperature gets high enough, an aircraft cannot take off at maximum weight. If this happens, the operator must reduce payload, fuel or both.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The industry-government Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team (UAST) has formed its first three working groups.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
New Zealand’s major pilots union has failed to overturn a court ruling in a long-running pay dispute with Air New Zealand.
Air Transport

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A pilot in an Air Canada A320 that apparently lined up on a taxiway rather than a runway when landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 7 was apparently confused by the view through the windscreen.
Air Transport

Delta Air Lines is banking on its joint ventures with Korean Air and China Eastern to beef up its Pacific network, executives of the Atlanta-based company told analysts during a second-quarter earnings call.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
FRANKFURT—Delta Air Lines on July 13 took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, the first of the model to be delivered to a North American customer.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Moroccan carrier Royal Air Maroc has told passengers they can once again bring personal electronic devices bigger than mobile phones into the cabin on U.S.-bound flights.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s Greased Lightning concept for a hybrid-electric VTOL UAS has been licensed to a Virginia-based startup, Advanced Aircraft Co.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Vietnam Airlines is on track to achieve its profitability goals this year, with strong gains in cargo and passenger traffic for the first half of the year. The carrier reported a pretax profit of 830 billion dong ($36.5 million) for the six months through June, which it said represented 51% of its full-year target. Revenue for the period was estimated at 43 trillion dong, a year-over-year increase of 18%.
Air Transport