Aviation Daily

By Bradley Perrett
Air Astana has resumed flying between the Kazakh capital, Astana, and Kiev, Ukraine, three years after suspending the service in the wake of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Intelsat bondholders have stopped a proposed merger with upstart OneWeb, including an outside investment from Japan’s SoftBank Group, Intelsat said June 1.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace advanced composites provider Hexcel said June 1 it is exclusive negotiations to acquire Structil SA, a Safran-Mitsubishi joint venture that produces and supplies high-performance composites.
Air Transport

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Garmin is looking up rather than down in aircraft size for future application of its new GHD 2100 head-up display system, first launched on the Cessna Citation Longitude twin-engine business jet.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris
A new widebody aircraft being jointly developed by Russia's UAC and China’s Comac could be a strong competitor when it hits the market in the 2020s.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Leisure carrier Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium is being sold to two companies, Brussels Airlines and a company working to resurrect former Belgian regional carrier VLM Airlines.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
A startup company has launched a platform designed to facilitate faster solutions to airline aircraft-on-ground incidents, which can cost airlines up to $100,000 per day when an aircraft is stuck on the ground.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney expects production capacity increases will see deliveries of its PW1000G geared turbofan family continue to ramp up back towards earlier targets.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Comac is planning increased automation as it sets up a second production line for its ARJ21 regional jet.
Air Transport

View the Leisure Fares And Discounted Average Business Fares: Week Of May 22 Vs. Previous Week And Year-Ago Week chart in PDF format.

These discretionary funds are part of the $528 million in grant funding going to 584 U.S. airports.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Airlines are on track to meet the FAA-mandated installation of fuel tank flammability-reduction systems by yearend.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Norwegian is continuing its rapid expansion on the transatlantic market, adding three routes from Rome.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission has said talks are still ongoing with U.S. authorities over a possible extension of the large personal electronic device ban.
Air Transport

JetBlue will test facial-recognition technology as a method for clearing passengers at the boarding gate.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Six Wichita aerospace and aviation suppliers and government officials met with aerospace companies in Queretaro, Mexico, on a four-day mission to promote the city’s products and services.
Air Transport

Nav Canada said it plans to extend the 3.9% base-rate decrease implemented in September 2016 that was set to expire in August 2017.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
Airbus has approached predictive maintenance from two approaches but plans to converge them in 2018.
Air Transport

COO Jude Bricker had been with Allegiant since 2006 and was one of the architects of the company’s transition to serving larger destinations.
Air Transport

Canadian airlines, airports and trade associations recently met with Transport Minister Marc Garneau to discuss a new transportation policy in the works.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Additional flights between San Francisco and Taipei, Taiwan are part of China Airlines’ plan for increasing frequencies while renewing its fleet.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ryanair said it would look at ways to accelerate the growth of its fleet and seize opportunities from struggling competitor airlines, as it posted a higher full-year profit and predicted fares would fall further.
Air Transport

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics
View the U.S. Airlines Systemwide Seasonally-Adjusted Passenger Enplanements 2017 chart in PDF format.

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