Aviation Daily

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Belgium’s deputy prime minister is launching legal action against Ryanair for unfair commercial practices as the fallout from the LCC’s cancellation of thousands of flights.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
SkyTeam members Air France, Delta Air Lines and China Eastern Airlines have completed a series of share transactions aimed at strengthening their strategic partnership.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
WestJet is in growth mode for its fleet and operational scope.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
A specialist in unmanned aircraft and autonomous systems, Aurora Flight Sciences has one of the most diverse and innovative portfolios of research programs in aerospace.
Air Transport

View the Leisure and Discounted Business Fares: Week Of September 25 chart in PDF format.

Embraer and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. are conceding that the E175-E2 and MRJ90, respectively, will be unable to operate in the U.S. market at service entry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, says his amendment will be "even more explicit in prohibiting federal appropriations."
Air Transport

Mark Dunkerley, president and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, says U.S. airlines and passengers will be best served if the Trump administration leaves existing open skies agreements in place.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand is introducing new sustainability initiatives, including increasing its use of airport gate power and reusing a wide range of inflight products.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Hong Kong Express has replaced CEO Andrew Cowen in the wake of a series of high-profile cancellations that drew scrutiny from regulators.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s Air Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA) announced it would lead the investigation into the failure of one of four engines powering an Air France Airbus A380-800 on Sept. 30.
Air Transport

By Kerry Reals
The fledgling sustainable aviation fuel industry is starting to look more promising, as more airlines sign offtake agreements and a small but growing number of airports begin to supply biofuels.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
Airbus forecasts the global market demand for new civil aircraft from 2017-36 will be $5.3 trillion, compared to $3.2 trillion for global services.
Air Transport

Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd., (MAEL), the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) division of Monarch Airlines, which ceased trading early Oct. 2, will continue operating as a standalone entity.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced a major restructuring and reduction in workforce Oct. 2, in a move executives and financial analysts hope will lead it back to sustainable profitability.
Air Transport

AFI KLM E&M has expanded its capabilities to encompass maintenance services for the CFM LEAP engine powering the Airbus A320neo and the Boeing 737 MAX.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Few regulatory issues frustrate the aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) world—and the aircraft product manufacturing business in general, for that matter—more than duplicative rules.
Air Transport

American Airlines and China Southern are applying for beyond-gateway codesharing on flights between the U.S. and China.
Air Transport

Airport Profile Long Beach Airport chart in PDF format

By Henry Canaday
HAECO recently announced it would do the first C check on a Finnair Airbus A350 in the fourth quarter of 2017. Jari Huhtinen, head of technical operations at Finnair, says he has a contract in place with HAECO to have C checks done on seven 7 A350s between October 2017 and October 2018.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it is “almost inconceivable and certainly societally unacceptable” that what happened to Flight MH370 remains a mystery.
Air Transport

Delta Air Lines said Hurricane Irma, which struck the Southeast U.S. in September, could affect its results by $120 million, knocking 1% off the carrier’s third-quarter margin guidance.
Air Transport

Lithuanian leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines has obtained a Cambodian air operator’s certificate (AOC) to help counter European market seasonality.
Air Transport

As Southwest Airlines introduces the Boeing 737 MAX and retires its older aircraft, it is gearing up for another change—using multiple suppliers to provide internet connectivity and television channels to customers.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ryanair said traffic grew 10% to 11.8 million customers in September, despite the public relations disaster it is facing after canceling thousands of flights because it mishandled the allocation of pilots’ leave.
Air Transport