Amazon will test the key capabilities required to make commercial deliveries with small unmanned aircraft in the U.K. in partnership with the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Ryanair will pivot growth away from the U.K. and focus its expansion plans to other EU countries for the next two years, starting with the next winter schedule.
A long-awaited, updated aviation agreement between the U.S. and Mexico will enter into force next month, the Transportation Department (DOT) confirmed.
The stage has been set for U.S. regulatory action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from aviation. This follows the formal finding by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aircraft endanger public health.
Volaris is making progress toward securing an air operator’s certificate (AOC) for its planned Costa Rican carrier, the Mexican carrier’s management told investors during a July 22 investor call.
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Tokyo’s Narita International Airport is holding discussions with government and local organizations about long-term proposals to add capacity, including runway construction and easing curfew restrictions.
WASHINGTON—Tecnam’s P2012 Traveler commuter airliner made its first flight July 21 from Capua, Italy. The 11-seat twin-piston is planned to enter service with U.S.
Kenya Airways posted yet another record net loss, although management assures the company’s operational restructuring is on track and is starting to bear fruit.
American Airlines reported a 2016 second-quarter net profit of $950 million, down 44.3% from $1.7 billion in net income in the 2015 June quarter, as revenue fell 4.3% year-over-year to $10.36 billion.
AUCKLAND—Hawaiian Airlines plans to boost its fleet of Boeing 717s in order to give it more peak-time capacity, and to cover for aircraft undergoing heavy maintenance.
A full-scale prototype of Facebook’s stratospheric solar-powered unmanned aircraft, designed to provide Internet access in remote regions, has entered flight testing in South Africa.
Lufthansa and EasyJet have warned several factors are having a deep impact on forward bookings and travel demand, including a series of recent terrorist attacks, the fallout of the attempted coup in Turkey, air traffic controllers’ strikes and the consequences of the U.K. vote to leave the EU (Brexit).
China’s Hainan Airlines plans to take a 23% share in TAP Portugal, with a bond buy from Azul Brazilian Airlines, in a €30 million ($33 million) transaction.
Grupo Aeromexico reported 28 million pesos ($1.5 million) in net income for the 2016 second quarter, down 72.5% from its 102 million-peso net profit in the year-ago period.
