ViaSat sees its ViaSat2 Ka-band satellite entering service by the end of 2017 despite social unrest in French Guiana which is delaying launches from Europe’s Kouru spaceport.
Spirit Airlines is not experiencing any significant effect from legacy carriers’ recent attempts to match its prices with basic economy fares, the airline’s CEO Robert Fornaro said during the CAPA Americas Aviation Summit 2017 here.
The Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) is looking to revamp its 15-year-old scheduling system to better optimize air marshal resources when an armed pilot is on the flight deck.
The EASA bulletin does not mention directly new U.S. and UK security rules. But the directive is clearly meant to raise awareness of what it sees as a heightened fire risk the rules bring to airliners.
Inflight connectivity provider Gogo sees good prospects for signing up more airline customers, in particular in the Middle East and Asia, after its selection as a lead supplier by Airbus and its deal with Virgin Australia.
American Airlines expects to use its partnerships to further expand its Asian network, said Joe Mohan, the airline’s vice president of alliances and partnerships, during the CAPA Americas Aviation Summit.
Russia’s new MC-21 narrowbody commercial aircraft will have its composite wing reinforced before it can start flight trials, its designer, Irkut Corp., confirmed April 4.
Orlando International Airport is operating in excess of its operational capacity, and working on a design to add more gates in a few years, executive director Phil Brown told Aviation Daily.
Netherlands-based AviationGlass & Technology, a specialist in glass mirror products for the aviation industry, has had its AeroGlass Mirrors product certified for airline KLM’s Boeing 777 interiors retrofit program.
GE Capital Aviation Services has awarded Akka Technologies, through its repair subsidiary Aeroconseil, a contract to overhaul cabins on 17 Embraer 170 jets scheduled to go into operation by Russian carrier S7 Airlines.
Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways will be the first Middle East-based airline customer to have HAECO Cabin Solutions’ Vector seating on its fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft.
CIT Group marked the end of an era April 4, as the financial holding company exited the aircraft-leasing market and closed the sale of its commercial aircraft leasing business to Avolon Holdings for a final purchase price of $10.4 billion.
Several representatives of leading-edge aviation and commercial space companies marched April 4 to Capitol Hill in Washington to try to catch up U.S. lawmakers on what is needed in the next FAA reauthorization measure—assuming Congress can provide it.
Aircraft manufacturers and suppliers showcased new seats set to increase passenger comfort and satisfaction and boost airline revenues at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg.
The only foreign-carrier operated cabotage route in the U.S. may continue for the foreseeable future, as no U.S. carrier has stepped up to fly between Pago Pago and the Manu’a Islands in American Samoa.
The U.S. House of Representatives’ top transportation security official said he anticipates more countries and airports to boost their passenger-screening measures, based on the intelligence reports he has seen.
