Sydney Airport aims to further accelerate its inbound traffic from Asian countries, and it believes long-haul LCCs will be a major catalyst of this growth.
A status matrix published by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee shows that only 16% of the 660 safety recommendations issued for air crashes and incidents in the past decade have been closed.
So far in August, the FAA has awarded $330 million in AIP grants to 136 airports. Of the total, $183 million are discretionary funds awarded to 45 airports based on high-priority project needs.
EasyJet said it would meet its main pilots’ union in France to talk about its members’ underlying concerns later this month, after the SNPL union warned the LCC risked safety by scheduling too many flights
Russian Helicopters emphasizes that the helicopter meets the most severe requirements for flight safety, including the ability take off with one engine out at the maximum takeoff weight.
Air New Zealand has identified two companies that could eventually provide biofuel for its fleet, although the carrier stresses that any large-scale use of the alternative fuel is still a long way off.
Ryanair has doubled its connecting flights at Milan Orio al Serio International Airport (Bergamo) from 25 to 50 routes, marking the latest step in a wider expansion in Ryanair-to-Ryanair connections.
Newly revealed satellite images of potential aircraft debris have boosted Australian researchers’ confidence about where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014.
The U.S. is the top-ranked country for aerospace manufacturing, and Georgia is the top state, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers 2017 Aerospace Manufacturing Attractiveness Rankings index.
Cathay Pacific has plunged further into the red for the first half of 2017, and is pinning its hopes on its transformation plan to help it counter surging competition.
Cargo carrier Atlas Air forcefully rejected unions’ objections to the U.S. Transportation Department’s approving a foreign air carrier permit for Norwegian UK.
The problem comes as the Dallas-based airline works to resolve a handful of issues with the new Amadeus reservation system to which it transitioned in May.
After many years of losses and in a fast-deteriorating financial situation, Air Berlin has filed for self-managed bankruptcy before a local court in Berlin.
Asked to compare the operability of the A350 and the similarly sized Boeing 777-300ER, China Airlines Chairman Nuan-Hsuan Ho had no complaints about either.
