The government of Portugal has not enacted laws that make shining a laser light on an aircraft a criminal offense, despite experiencing hundreds of laser attacks —and Ireland’s Air Accident Investigation Unit wants to change that.
Embraer is in talks with the Brazilian government about challenging Quebec’s $1 billion investment in Bombardier’s C Series program through the World Trade Organization, Embraer CEO Paulo Cesar Silva said.
Airbus has received joint EASA and FAA type certification for the PW1100G-JM powered Airbus A321neo, clearing the way for first delivery in the coming weeks.
The Egyptian civil aviation ministry said “traces of explosive materials” were found in the bodies of some of the passengers on the crashed EgyptAir Flight 804.
JetBlue Airways is eying potential transatlantic route opportunities from Boston, based on comments made by executives during a Dec. 13 investor day in New York.
The design of Amazon’s delivery unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or drone, has evolved since CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the company’s Prime Air concept in December 2013.
A Treasury Department official signed a document explaining that re-exportation of commercial aircraft to Iran would be authorized on “temporary sojourn” of 72 hr. or less by a non-U.S. person, assuming certain restrictions.
Delta Air Lines is viewing 2017 as a “transition year” in which it will focus intently on returning to positive unit-revenue growth, CEO Ed Bastian said.
Part failures were the root cause of two Boeing 787 engine incidents for Jetstar Airways and Scoot Airlines in August and September 2016, respectively.
Southwest Airlines did not foresee flying to Cuba at the beginning of 2016, but jumped on the opportunity to apply for flights as soon as it could earlier this year.
Lufthansa has threatened to consider legal action against a new incentive model that Frankfurt airport operator Fraport has introduced to attract Ryanair as a new operator.
U.S. regional carrier SkyWest expects to record a pretax impairment charge of $440–490 million in the fourth quarter to remove its 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200s from service.
Cabin crew on British Airways’ mixed fleet have voted in favor of a strike over what their union, Unite, describes as “poverty pay and broken promises.”
Seattle-based Alaska Air Group has closed its $4 billion acquisition of San Francisco-based Virgin America, creating the fifth largest airline in the U.S.
