Delta Air Lines will offer more lie-flat business-class seating in 2018 as customer service on U.S. domestic long-haul flights continues to become more competitive.
A U.S. legislative proposal to tax certain foreign airlines—one which seems to target the major Gulf carriers—is a dangerous move, the head of the Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) warned Nov. 21.
Boeing has appointed former 777X chief project engineer Terry Beezhold to an unspecified senior leadership role on its embryonic small twin-aisle program.
Alaska Airlines’ decision to drop its daily Los Angeles-Havana flight has prompted the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to start a frequency allocation proceeding for flights to Cuba’s capital from the U.S.
Bombardier’s recent announcement that it will add 1,000 jobs in Montreal is welcome news for the area, said Aero Montreal, a Canadian-based aerospace think tank.
Latin American carriers will require deliveries of 1,050 new 60- to 150-seat aircraft in the next 20 years, Patrick Baudis, Bombardier vice president and head of marketing, said.
Qantas plans to operate its first biofuel trial flight between the U.S. and Australia next year, and the carrier is also supporting the development of biofuel production in Australia.
Worrying trends on a global level toward the imposition of environmental taxation and consumer protection could drive up costs and derail airline economics, said Brian Hedberg, director of the U.S. Transportation Department’s Office for International Aviation.
U.S.-based investors are plunging $150 million into Ukraine’s Kharkov State Aircraft Manufacturing Co. (KSAMC) in a bid to restart production of the Antonov An-74 commercial airlifter.
Indian LCC IndiGo, which so far has relied on Airbus A320s, is to introduce its first ATR 72-600 turboprop Dec. 21, when it will take off from Hyderabad, India.
Japan’s defense ministry and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are working on bonding technology that would largely eliminate fasteners from aircraft structures and thereby greatly cut weight.
Although Hawaiian Airlines CEO Mark Dunkerley is leaving the carrier in March, there is unlikely to be any change in strategy or direction when airline veteran Peter Ingram takes over.
Magellan Aerospace, a Canadian manufacturer of aerospace parts and systems, on Nov. 15 declared a groundbreaking on its new manufacturing and assembly facility near the Bangalore International Airport.
LONDON—British aerospace supplier GKN has been forced to begin a hunt for a new chief executive after CEO designate Kevin Cummings was ousted by the company’s board.
Cathay Pacific is the latest airline to unveil an extensive onboard Wi-Fi deployment plan, as it looks to introduce the service across its widebody fleet.
