Air Berlin is expected to be split into three parts, as part of an effort to stem losses and focus a much smaller carrier on bases in Berlin and Dusseldorf, Germany.
BOSTON—Gogo is overhauling its ground-based connectivity system over the U.S. and Canada to bring inflight speeds in line with its satellite-based offering. The latest upgrade is in development, expected to enter commercial service in 2018, Gogo Chief Technology Officer Anand Chari told Aviation Daily. It will be targeted for use on business and regional jets.
Frontier Airlines pilots have requested federal mediation in their negotiations with the carrier’s management, in a quest for what the union says is “industry-standard” terms for its members.
Non-German shareholders of the Belgian carrier expressed dismay at the purchase price—which could be as low as €2.6 million ($2.9 million)—and are considering mounting a legal challenge.
The missile that brought down a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200, killing all 298 people on board, was brought in from Russia and fired from a field controlled by pro-Russian rebels, the official investigation team announced Wednesday.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is introducing new flights that will boost its presence in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Sydney, two of the carrier’s most important markets.
Following a more skeptical outlook given by IATA at the association’s financial symposium in Singapore, the aircraft financing community appears to agree that the state of the industry is now as good as it gets—and warns that cycle may be near its peak.
Air France-KLM Group has criticized the slow pace of innovation in the narrowbody aircraft market, and is trying to revive the idea of an all-new narrowbody aircraft.
Adoption of a global scheme to offset carbon emissions is the key issue facing the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly in Montreal, Sept. 27–Oct. 7.
Ryanair believes the pending deal between Lufthansa and Air Berlin should be scrutinized by the EU’s competition authorities, but the LCC’s CEO is not hopeful that the Brussels-based body actually will look into it.
Russian authorities have given Sukhoi formal approval to take full control of the country’s major commercial aircraft program, the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
Starting Oct. 1, airport operators must begin reporting runway contamination in a new standardized format designed to give pilots better information on stopping distances when water, ice, snow and slush are present at certain depths.
The FAA is studying with other government agencies and the U.S. Strategic Command the potential launch of a “pilot program” to take over aspects of space traffic management duties which have been performed solely by the military since the start of the Space Age.
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