Flight attendants at Mesa Airlines will vote on whether to strike, the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America union said on Feb. 3.
The Irish Aviation Authority has successfully completed operational trials showing that one air traffic controller can simultaneously handle traffic at two low-capacity airports, using remote tower technologies.
The European Commission wants to amend the EU Emissions Trading System to continue to exclude flights to and from non-European countries, following the ICAO’s international agreement to limit the growing effect of airline emissions in 2016.
Plans to restore a commercial helicopter service between the UK mainland and the Isles of Scilly have moved a step closer, following the approval of plans to build a new heliport to support the service.
Tigerair Australia has decided to pull out of the Bali, Indonesia, market in response to the latest twist in a regulatory wrangle with the Indonesian government.
U.S. regional giant SkyWest Inc. is this year taking major steps in its long-term efforts to phase out unprofitable 50-seat regional jet operations and increase its ratio of newer and larger dual-class aircraft.
The UK government has begun a series of public consultations that could pave the way for a radical redesign of UK airspace and allow further air traffic growth.
The three U.S. network carriers wasted no time after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s confirmation before asking him to review the open skies policy and the subsidies they allege Gulf carriers illegally get from their national governments.
UPS reported a 2016 net profit of $3.4 billion, down 29.2% from net income of $4.8 billion in 2015, on a 4.4% year-over-year rise in revenue to $60.9 billion.
Gael Meheust, the former executive vice president of sales and marketing for Safran Aircraft Engines, has been named as the new president and CEO of CFM.
United Airlines and Avianca Holdings are engaged in negotiations to “deepen the companies’ commercial and strategic relations,” United said in a statement.
Scandinavian Airlines is setting up new operating bases in Spain and the UK to combat intense price pressure among European airlines, the carrier said Feb. 1.
ATR is testing the market with a short takeoff and landing (STOL) version of the ATR 42-600 turboprop that could reach small airfields in mountains, fjords and islands.
China Eastern Airlines will add four Boeing 777-300ERs and seven Airbus A330-300s to its fleet this year, concentrating all additional widebody aircraft at its home operation in Shanghai.
HNA Group is negotiating orders for possibly 470 narrowbody aircraft, split between Airbus and Boeing, an industry source familiar with the talks said.
Spirit AeroSystems leaders said Feb. 1 they know progress must be made on negotiating a master contract with primary customer Boeing, but that they have finished a significant amount of work in justifying their cost structure as part of the deal making.
