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Millenials are shaking up the travel industry.
Air Transport

JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes has given a spirited defense of the role smaller carriers play in the international airline market, while condemning what he called anticompetitive behavior by the three large U.S. legacy carriers.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Industry boosters are sensing new life in their push to re-establish the U.S. Export-Import Bank, after the White House on Sept. 15 announced nominations for three more board members.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has announced that long-serving Chief Financial Officer Rob McDonald will leave the carrier at the end of this year.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The CAAC has relaxed its famously tough physical requirements for entry into pilot training, potentially improving the availability of personnel who are always in short supply in China.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Aerostructure and wiring supplier Latecoere is looking for an acquisition that would grow the company to the size required to bid on a future Boeing or Airbus program, CEO Yannick Assouad said here.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
British Airways has partnered with renewable fuels company Velocys, after GreenSky—an earlier waste-to-fuel initiative with Washington-based Solena Fuels—fell through.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Major airlines serving Auckland International Airport are adding refueling stops to long-haul flights from the airport, due to a fuel supply disruption that could continue for several days.
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Boeing has broken ground on its first production facility located in the UK.
Air Transport

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By Jens Flottau
Air Berlin will delay making a final decision about which bids to accept for all or part of the bankrupt company until Sept. 25, four days later than previously planned.
Air Transport

Pilots of an EasyJet Airbus A320-200 climbing out from Edinburgh, Scotland, on a flight to Hamburg, Germany, in 2016 declared an emergency after an acrid electrical smell permeated the cockpit and entered the cabin.
Air Transport

Air Canada’s pilots have agreed to make amendments to their collective bargaining agreement, allowing the company to expand its leisure carrier Rouge, among other things.
Air Transport

The general superintendence of Brazilian regulatory agency has recommended that CADE’s administrative tribunal approve the proposed American Airlines-LATAM Airlines Group joint venture without conditions.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
The first facility in Europe designed to recycle aeronautical-grade titanium has been inaugurated in a bid to reduce the region’s dependence on imports and to make the process more environmentally friendly
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell International could downsize the end markets it serves from roughly eight to five when it unveils the results of its portfolio review in October, according to Chief Financial Officer Tom Szlosek.
Air Transport

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By Adrian Schofield
The Lion Air Group’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) subsidiary plans to expand its base on the Indonesian island of Batam.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Former Formula One racing driver Niki Lauda is joining forces with German leisure airline Condor to buy parts of Air Berlin.
Air Transport

Ryanair said a European court ruling about where staff members can bring legal proceedings will not add to its labor costs.
Air Transport

Southwest Airlines’ facilities-maintenance technicians reached an agreement-in-principle with airline management, the carrier said on Sept. 13.
Air Transport

Amid conflicting characterizations of the vote count for Rep. Bill Shuster’s (R-Pa.) air traffic control (ATC) proposal, Congress is debating how to extend the FAA’s authorization, which expires Sept. 30.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Boeing has confirmed it will step up production of the 787 to 14 per month in 2019.
Air Transport