A simplistic drag-reduction tape that could boost fuel efficiency by as much as 8% in cruise for the Boeing 737 family is now available to European-registered aircraft.
Ryanair is preparing formal complaints with Germany’s cartel authority and the European Commission about the wet-lease deal between Lufthansa and Air Berlin.
The AirAsia Group has kept its fleet growth relatively flat over the past year, with its Thai affiliate the only one to expand aircraft numbers significantly.
Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS) has launched an internal research and development effort to create a cyberintrusion detection system to be included in the cockpits of military and civil aircraft.
Despite posting slight reductions in overall revenues and profits for 2016, Boeing is projecting bullish prospects for 2017 on the back of increased commercial aircraft deliveries and better profit margins.
Several carriers have filed applications for slots being made available in Mexico City and New York City as a condition of Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico forming a joint-venture partnership.
The European Commission (EC) has approved UK security firm Smith Group’s plan to acquire Safran subsidiary Morpho Detection, subject to Morpho selling its explosives trace-detection business.
KUALA LUMPUR—Indonesian approval for funding for transport aircraft is a step toward a planned purchase of A400M Atlases, but will not result in an immediate order.
U.S. legacy carriers and organized labor are appealing to the Trump administration to block Emirates Airline’s newly announced fifth-freedom route between Athens, Greece, and Newark Liberty International Airport.
Taxiway lights inadvertently turned off by an air traffic controller were a key factor in a December 2015 excursion of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 at the Nashville International Airport.
UK low-cost carrier (LCC) EasyJet returned what it described as “a solid first quarter” in its financial year, but warned the trading outlook would remain difficult.
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.
