Mitsubishi Aircraft will build at least one more MRJ flight-test aircraft for verification of design changes that have caused an additional, two-year delay to the regional jet program.
AirAsia X has been granted the final approvals it needs to begin operating to the U.S., likely opening the way for the carrier to launch Hawaii flights. The airline stressed that the clearances from U.S. regulators allow it to “operate to any destination” there. AirAsia X said it is “currently considering flights to several U.S. states, including Hawaii, as part of its route expansion plans.”
FRANKFURT – Etihad Aviation Group is undergoing a strategy review and will soon be under new management, after it announced the departure of CEO James Hogan and finance chief James Rigney in the second half of the year.
Investigators have turned to new tool to better understand why a Wideroe Bombardier Q100 nearly plunged into the sea on a December 2010 approach to Svolvaer Airport in Norway.
FedEx Corp. has named longtime company executive David Cunningham president and CEO of FedEx Express, the cargo delivery company’s airline arm and largest operating unit.
The much-delayed opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport is expected to be postponed once again, after the discovery of new technical glitches with the control systems in the terminal doors, which present a fire safety risk.
Emirates will add a second transatlantic service from Europe to the U.S. in March, introducing daily flights from Athens, Greece, to Newark Liberty International Airport.
2016 was below expectations for regional aircraft manufacturer ATR, as it received fewer orders for its ATR 42/72 turboprops and delivered fewer of them than predicted one year ago.
Thai Airways has launched a range of anticorruption measures, after the airline was among those named in extensive investigations into illegal payments by Rolls-Royce.
New certification requirements have forced Mitsubishi Aircraft to revise the design of the MRJ, the company said as it confirmed that the target for first delivery of the regional jet has slipped two years to mid-2020.
Cathay Pacific Airways in April will begin installing an Avionica cockpit connectivity suite in its fleet of Boeing 777s as part of an updated “e-enablement” of four aircraft types (the 777, Boeing 747, Airbus A320 and A330) in its mainline and Cathay Dragon regional fleets by mid-2019.
IATA’s quarterly survey of airline chief financial officers and cargo heads, released Jan. 19, reveals a slight uptick in optimism for profits in 2017.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers petitioned the National Labor Relations Board Jan. 20 to hold an election to unionize more than 2,850 production employees at Boeing’s North Charleston, South Carolina, plant.
The MRJ is no closer to scheduled first delivery than it was at the beginning of the decade. As the years have passed, successive delays have added an equal number of years to the development program.
Although All Nippon Airways does not plan to introduce any new international routes this summer, it will be adding frequency or boosting premium offerings in some key markets.
Chinese authorities are still considering adding a fourth runway to Beijing Capital International Airport, even as construction of a new airport promises to ease the city’s capacity shortage.
Japan Airlines is reshuffling some of its flights this summer to offer its first service to New York from Tokyo Haneda Airport, and will also boost capacity in the New York and Honolulu markets.
