Southwest Airlines and several of its unions have reached tentative agreements recently, the latest with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents the airline’s aircraft appearance technicians.
Singapore-based LCC Tigerair is preparing to resume fleet growth in 2017, as closer cooperation with sister carrier Scoot boosts the prospects of both airlines.
Delta Air Lines will shift one Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)–Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flight to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) after it introduces Los Angeles service from DCA.
Triumph Group is relocating operations from Grandview, Missouri, to a newly-built facility in Edgerton, Kansas, to accommodate growth and new technology.
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Turkish Airlines is preparing for a more prolonged slowdown of its growth than anticipated a couple of months ago, and has started to make important changes to the delivery schedule of its aircraft orders.
IATA expects the European Commission (EC) to announce news within one month about its inquiry into whether original equipment manufacturers have promulgated anticompetitive aftermarket practices.
The Scottish government has thrown its weight behind the expansion of London’s Heathrow Airport, saying a third runway there would bring economic benefits to Scotland.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed that a piece of wing trailing edge debris found in Mauritius around May 10 is from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed in March 2014 while operating as Flight MH370.
The FAA and the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) have agreed to test adjustments to performance-based navigation (PBN) routes put into place at Boston Logan International Airport over the past several years.
U.S. regional airline company SkyWest Inc. reported 10.2% fewer block-hours flown by its 50-seat, single-class fleet in September, compared to the same month a year earlier. However, its larger dual-class fleet recorded 2.4% more block-hours for the month.
Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker minced no words in explaining why his Middle Eastern airline was buying a “historic” $18.6 billion worth of aircraft from Boeing: The U.S. airframer is great at making commercial aircraft; Europe’s Airbus, not so much.
German leisure carrier TUIfly has cancelled all of its Oct. 7 flights because of an unprecedented wave of short-notice sick leaves filed by pilots and cabin crew.
