Patient investors are likely to be rewarded by U.S. airlines in the long run, despite near-term negative unit revenue trends and sluggish stock price growth, two leading industry analysts predicted.
The U.S. NTSB is recommending that the FAA, Boeing and airlines explore and mitigate a relatively obscure directional-control problem linked to aircraft with tail-mounted engines.
The airline will initially base two Airbus A320s at the Spanish airport. From there, it will serve several destinations in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.
Boeing forecasts 6.4% annual growth in passenger traffic for Chinese airlines through 2035, with international business expanding faster than domestic.
Straightline Aviation, the launch customer for Lockheed Martin’s LMH-1 hybrid airship, is investigating the potential of delivering health services from the aircraft.
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Thales and satellite operator SES have signed two intertwined agreements to offer a new connectivity service over the Americas, claiming “optic fiber-like” speed.
The uncontained left engine failure of a Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando, Florida, on Aug. 27 was likely initiated by a fan blade that broke off due to metal fatigue, according to a Sept 12 investigative update by the U.S. NTSB.
Southwest Airlines has reached an agreement in principle with its flight attendants, represented by Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 556, putting the Dallas-based carrier one step closer to resolving its open labor contracts.
Negotiations between the officials of the European Commission (EC) and the government of Qatar for an open-skies agreement will start next week, Aviation Daily has learned.
U.S. trade representatives continue to struggle with the fallout of the UK’s recent decision to leave the EU, and their recent comments suggest that many observers see years of uncertainty ahead.
Simon Kirby, currently the CEO of the UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) railway network project, will join Rolls-Royce in the coming months, the company announced Sept. 10.
French regional airlines Twin Jet and Hex'Air plan to merge and to operate a fleet of 12 Beech 1900D turboprops to serve destinations in France, Germany and Italy.
Thai Airways is now hoping to start international flights with its first Airbus A350 in October, after regulatory delays prevented its expected debut this month.
A story in the Sept. 7 issue of Aviation Daily should have said Bombardier is preparing to deliver the third CS100 to launch customer Swiss International Air lines.
