First announced in late June, Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions will be headed by Johan Klintberg, who previously operated Saab’s maintenance, repair and overhaul business unit.
The ongoing dispute between Qatar Airways and Airbus regarding outstanding deliveries of A320neos and A350s is entering the next round, after Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker said he cancelled orders for two more A320neos.
Harris Corp. is adding former Boeing Commercial Aircraft CEO Jim Albaugh and current Honeywell International Vice Chairman Roger Fradin to its board of directors.
Air traffic growth in the UK has become very uncertain in the wake of the country’s planned exit from the EU, yet this is not stopping Ryanair from urging the UK government to add three runways in London.
Investigators delving into the highly unusual Aug. 27 failure of the left CFM56-7B engine on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 are hoping for some quick answers as to why the powerplant’s inlet cowl detached in midair.
AirAsia aims to set up a Chinese subsidiary with a local partner, Kathleen Tan, newly appointed president for North Asia, said—just six weeks after the group said it was not pursing airline joint ventures.
As the former chief engineer of Boeing’s 747 program, Sutter is credited with leading the development of the first widebody aircraft, which ushered in the globe-shrinking age of mass air travel.
United Continental Holdings has created the new management role of president and tapped American Airlines’ President Scott Kirby to fill it—a move that took analysts by surprise.
The FAA is planning a field trial of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) at Boston’s Logan International Airport to help the agency develop guidance for how the technology can be used for communications between aircraft, ground vehicles and airport operations.
Southwest and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, ending—for now—the contentious talks between the airline and the Southwest Airline Pilots’ Association (SWAPA).
The FAA lacks a clear process for identifying and coordinating Next Generation long-term research and development, according to an audit report by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General, which offers five recommendations for the FAA administrator.
After years of criticizing the FAA for dragging its feet on regulating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), industry has welcomed the first rule enabling routine commercial operations as more flexible than expected and ahead of regulations in other countries.
Separate inflight smoke incidents in April and May turned out to be relatively innocuous, but demonstrated superior crew responses, according to new investigative reports by the ATSB.
