Jetstar Japan has decided to delay the launch of a route to Shanghai Pudong International Airport due to challenges in gaining approval from Chinese authorities.
Aircraft and space systems parts and electronics provider Ducommun will welcome a new chief executive Jan. 23, with United Technologies Corp. alumnus Stephen Oswald taking over as president and CEO.
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Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has completed repairs on six Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft grounded by Mexican airline Interjet, the only SSJ100 operator in the Americas.
LYON, France—Three members of the French government have reiterated their support for the country’s aerospace industry, in what sounds like a response to complaints about plummeting public research funding from the industry lobbying group Goupement des Industries Francaises Aeronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS) (Aviation Daily, Jan. 6).
EVA Airways of Taiwan is no longer planning to absorb affiliate Uni Airways, dropping an idea that it once thought would bring operational efficiencies.
Britain’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has developed a smartphone app which could analyze laser events with aircraft and provide law enforcement agencies with the information they need to prosecute offenders.
LOS ANGELES—Despite the boost of late-year contracts for more than 200 aircraft—which allowed Boeing to post a respectable 668 net orders for 2016—the company’s yearend tally revealed the deepening slowdown in the widebody aircraft market.
Danish regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital has completed the acquisition of two ATR 42-600 and 23 ATR 72-600s from U.S.-based Air Lease Corp
Alaska Airlines launched its Los Angeles-Havana service Jan. 5, bringing regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights from the U.S. West Coast to Cuba for the first time.
United Airlines will be one of the first carriers to step back from the wave of new international capacity that has been introduced in the New Zealand market.
The chorus of supporters and opponents of Norwegian’s plan to serve the U.S. via its UK subsidiary is growing louder in the waning days of President Barack Obama’s administration.
