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The FAA has selected Astronautics Corporation of America (ACA) to develop and test methods to evaluate the vulnerability of aircraft onboard networks to cyberattacks.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
There are fewer than 378 days until the FAA’s authorization runs out, and you can expect almost every one to them to be devoted to debating whether air traffic control (ATC) should be handed over to the private sector.
Air Transport

Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways recently announced they would add service in each other’s key markets, adding competition to routes in both Boston and Atlanta.
Air Transport

French air traffic controllers went on strike Sept. 15 in protest over Parliament-approved labor reforms in France.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Air Asia X (AAX) has given its strongest signal yet that it intends to launch a flight to Istanbul.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Reorganization efforts at cabin and seat supplier Zodiac Aerospace seem to be paying off, as “recovery is well on track” and the company will be back on “industrial operational performance” by the end of 2017, according to CEO Olivier Zarrouati.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has formally tightened rules on setting up airlines, around five months after it made an unannounced decision to suspend authorizations.
Air Transport

The South African government says it still hopes its flag carrier can be turned around, and has instructed South African Airways’ new board to begin the process of appointing a new CEO and CFO.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
The labor group representing Hawaiian Airlines pilots is making symbolic strike preparations, although the airline stresses that...
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Hong Kong Airlines has ordered more Airbus A330-300s, which it will use to help maintain its high fleet growth rate.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Two Chinese airlines have dropped plans to buy a total of 11 Boeing 787s, switching to 737 MAX aircraft because of government pressure, industry sources said.
Air Transport

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American Airlines has increased starting pay significantly at two of its three regional subsidiaries, Envoy Air and PSA Airlines.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
MRO and support provider AAR said Sept. 14 it has acquired Sonic Aviation, an aircraft paint stripping and washing business at Miami International Airport.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says he expects his air transport OEM to show a book-to-bill ratio of new orders to deliveries of “around 1” when final 2016 financial results are provided next year.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The slippage implies a delay in the undisclosed target for first delivery, which in the first half of this year was 2019.
Air Transport

Declines in average global yields have intensified over the last six months, according to IATA.
Air Transport

The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for proposals for the development of the next Air Force One fleet.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Vietjet’s Thai franchise has reached an important stage of development as it grows beyond its initial Vietnamese routes.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The decision is a major blow for Airbus, which has been desperately trying to promote the aircraft.
Air Transport

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The crisis of extremely long lines at U.S. airport security checkpoints has largely been alleviated, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
Major information technology (IT) meltdowns—like those that occurred this summer at Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines, bringing down their entire reservations systems for days—are not indicative of underlying infrastructure problems, but are related to the necessary complexity of airline systems, the chairman and CEO of American Airlines said.
Air Transport

The notion that U.S. airline flight-arrival times are becoming more reliable is misleading, because carriers are increasing schedule-block times to account for air traffic control (ATC) inefficiencies, the CEOs of American Airlines and JetBlue Airways said.
Air Transport