A group of airlines may face multi-million-euro fines from the EU over an alleged cargo cartel, after attempts to reach a settlement in a long-running case failed.
A spokesman stressed that the core geared turbofan architecture is proven across 17 operators, and the company has added 15,000 engines to its backlog.
Hybrid Air Vehicles has made design changes to the Airlander 10, including the ability to recover the mooring line after release, following the heavy landing at the end of the hybrid airship’s second flight in August 2016.
The first Boeing 777-300ER will leave the fleet this year. But the arrival of more Airbus A380s and new -300ERs will ensure that the carrier still grows at 7–8% per year.
The operation will be purely domestic, as India’s bilateral air service agreements would preclude a foreign-owned airline from flying routes between India and third countries.
The rapid growth of the aircraft maintenance sector in the Asia-Pacific region is creating a significant risk of oversupply, some industry executives say.
Delta Air Lines is keeping systemwide capacity flat this year as it seeks to improve its operating margins, Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson told an investor conference this week.
SkyWest CEO Chip Childs has warned the U.S. Congress of a “growing pilot shortage,” that could become significantly more pronounced over the next three years, leading to the grounding of large numbers of aircraft in U.S. regional airlines’ fleets.
Boeing still has much to figure out, if it is going to pursue a new midsize airplane, according to the godfather of modern aircraft leasing, Air Lease Corp. Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy.
Renegotiation of scope clause restrictions is increasingly weighing on regional jet makers and associated sectors like appraisers, but predictions of change are few and far between, according to comments offered during the Istat Americas 2017 conference here.
In spite of the ongoing weakness of key oil economies, Qatar Airways does not expect to cut back on its planned capacity growth, according to Chief Executive Akbar Al-Baker.
Argentinian President Mauricio Macri has unveiled a plan to boost international and domestic routes, and improve infrastructure among the country’s airports.
Working on next-generation aircraft types is essential for MRO businesses, but also presents them with some challenges, according to an executive with Hong Kong-based maintenance giant Haeco.
The South Korean government is attempting to lure independent maintenance, repair and overhaul operators to establish facilities in this country, and is also launching an effort to set up a maintenance safety database amongst South Korean carriers.
UK company Aveillant is to supply radars to French air navigation services provider DSNA for use in a pilot program to counter small UAVs in a complex airport environment.
Unlike the Embraer E190-E2, which was rolled out in a major international event, the first E195-E2 rollout was a reward to Embraer employees for the development of an aircraft, powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW1900 engine.
MAThe protracted implementation of the European Commission’s (EC) Single European Sky project has been frustrating the air transport industry, IATA officials said March 7 at the World ATM (Air Traffic Management) Congress here.
