Alaska Airlines will keep the Airbus A320 fleet it got through its acquisition of Virgin America for at least 10 more years, an executive with the carrier told Aviation Daily.
Qantas Airways has revealed more about how it will use its second wave of Boeing 787-9 deliveries, hinting at the possibility of launching new routes to North America.
Allegiant Air is in the process of retiring its 43 remaining MD-80s and should see the last ones exiting the fleet in 18 months, an airline executive told Aviation Daily.
American Airlines is responding to transatlantic LCCs with an unbundled “basic economy” product, an executive for the carrier told Aviation Daily in an interview here.
A trick that mutes a blaring horn when the autopilots on Boeing models are manually disconnected could potentially cause an entry-into-service delay for the KC-46 Pegasus tanker, a derivative of the 767-2C freighter.
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International Air Transport Association and other aviation groups with European members have called for EU states to deploy more resources to reduce border delays, amid “chaos” that has been created since new rules on passenger checks took effect.
Houston Intercontinental and Houston Hobby airports are closed because of severe flooding due to Hurricane Harvey, with a major effect on United and Southwest airlines operations.
Taiwan-based aerospace manufacturer Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) sees its considerable engineering force as a way to sidestep competition with manufacturers in developing countries.
UTC Aerospace Systems is preparing to open a new nacelle assembly facility in Foley, Alabama, in the coming weeks, which will significantly expand its existing operations there.
The abundance of caution on a Condor flight in July highlights the seriousness with which the airline industry views the potential for smoke or fumes as a precursor to inflight fires.
Greybull Capital, the owner of Monarch Airlines, is the latest company to emerge as interested in Alitalia, highlighting the possibility that the Italian carrier’s operations could be sold off separately.
The U.S. Congress will have little time to work out any legislation for the FAA, especially including whether to privatize air traffic control (ATC) services, when it reconvenes in September in Washington.
