Participation by countries in a carbon-offsetting scheme being developed to help aviation achieve carbon-neutral growth will be voluntary initially, a proposal expected to go before the ICAO Assembly said.
The IATA is optimistic about the deal on a global market based measure (GMBM) that is being hammered out by the ICAO Council to cap aviation’s CO2 emissions at 2020 levels, in spite of the mandatory implementation slipping by several years.
Bombardier said it will deliver seven C Series aircraft in 2016 instead of 15 as planned, citing Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan (GTF) engine delivery delays.
The Aug. 3 crash landing of Emirates Flight 521 at Dubai International Airport appears to have been caused by the late application of takeoff power in an attempted go-around, according to the sequence of events detailed in the preliminary accident report.
British air accident investigators have recommended a review into the design of the autopilot of the Saab 2000 regional airliner over concerns about the ability to override the system through force on the flight controls.
French all-business-class airline La Compagnie is suspending its London–New York service Sept. 25, citing what it calls a “new economic climate in Europe” fueled by the UK’s decision to exit the EU (Brexit).
The SARA is a pressurized twin-turboprop regional aircraft, designed to carry 24 passengers in four-abreast seating, or three LD2 cargo containers or, in combi configuration, 12 passengers and one container.
The U.S. Transportation Department’s (DOT) Sept. 1 final decision on route awards for Tokyo Haneda Airport had few surprises—but it ended the long-running dispute over whether Minneapolis deserved a Haneda flight.
Southwest Airlines and the union representing its facilities-maintenance technicians have reached a tentative agreement, the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) and the carrier said.
A group of investigators from Russia and Germany have begun working with Egyptian officials in Cairo to start “reassembling” the recovered pieces of the Metrojet Airbus A321 that disintegrated on climb-out from Sharm el-Sheikh,, Egypt, on Oct. 31, 2015.
BA launched a six-times weekly service between London’s Heathrow Airport and Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) Sept. 1 aboard a four-class Boeing 777.
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), manufacturer of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship, has begun an investigation into the cause of the hard landing that damaged the aircraft during its second post-rebuild flight.
The agency tentatively allocated 20 daily scheduled, roundtrip frequencies to Havana to eight carriers on July 7, and upheld its decision in a final order issued on Aug. 31.
