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Delta recently launched a new Atlanta-Seoul flight in anticipation of the deal, the carrier said. Korean Air is adding a third daily Los Angeles-Seoul flight and a second daily San Francisco-Seoul flight.
Boeing has made two changes to the 787’s flight control software, after a Jetstar Airways 787-8 experienced an erratic-airspeed incident in December 2015.
Aftermarket competition in Southeast Asia is heating up as shown by announcements from Malaysian and Singaporean organizations during last week’s Paris Air Show.
Thailand is moving closer to recertifying its major international carriers, which is a key step toward resolving ICAO concerns about the country’s aviation oversight.
In a letter to employees, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said the development was “puzzling,” and that American was not “particularly excited” about the news.
New aids are designed to provide surface situational awareness to help controllers, airports and airlines eventually eliminate the so-called “conga lines” of aircraft waiting to depart busy airports.
ATR CEO Christian Scherer said in January that “the Great Wall is not insurmountable,” and Chinese orders have indeed helped ATR sales bounce back to a high level.
Financial analysts continue to see Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier making progress on its balance sheet—a key factor in the company’s ability to continue producing the C Series line of commercial aircraft.
Interested parties will get access to Alitalia’s data room and have until July 21 to submit non-binding proposals for the carrier’s future to its special administrators, Alitalia said in a statement.
According to the IATA, India’s domestic passenger market, measured in revenue passenger kilometers, grew 23.3% in 2016, fueled by more routes and frequencies—a trend the organization said should continue in 2017.
FAA authorizers in the U.S. Senate on June 22 unveiled their proposed bill to reauthorize the aviation agency, notably missing any move to privatize air traffic control (ATC), which dominates a counterpart bill in the U.S. House.
American Airlines said Qatar Airways wants to buy around a 10% stake in the U.S. carrier, opening a new chapter in a bitter trade dispute that has raged between U.S. and Gulf carriers for years.
Airbus will fit new fixed and deployable combined flight data and voice recorders as standard on long-range aircraft starting in 2019 in a bid to make it easier to find aircraft wreckage in the event of an accident over the sea.
