Thales Group saw modest sales growth in this year’s first quarter and an anticipated drop in orders compared to the first quarter of last year, when the French electronics supplier recorded Egypt’s purchase of Rafale combat jets.
A second runway for Wuhan Tianhe International Airport is due to go into service in June, lifting capacity to nearly twice the facility’s 2015 traffic volume.
Aerostructures supplier Sonaca Montreal performs work for business and regional aircraft customers such as Embraer, Bombardier, Dassault, Gulfstream and Airbus. What it doesn’t have as a customer is Boeing.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has created a task force to scientifically and methodically analyze the potential risks of collisions between manned and unmanned aircraft.
LOS ANGELES—CFM’s Leap-1B turbofan for the Boeing 737MAX has been granted simultaneous European and U.S. certification, just over three months after the engine powered the first of the new-generation twinjets into the air (Jan. 29).
AirAsia says increased airport costs at important Malaysian regional center Kota Kinabalu have contributed to the suspension of one of its flights, underlining the carrier’s call for a dedicated LCC terminal.
As it continues to struggle with soft yields in Alberta, WestJet Airlines is turning its attention to cost cutting, executives said during the carrier’s first-quarter earnings call May 3.
Frontier Airlines wishes to start flying from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, beginning this fall.
Air New Zealand says earnings may come under pressure in its next fiscal year, due to increased competition in some of its international markets and reduced foreign exchange hedges.
Under a unique arrangement with all-cargo operator Cargojet Airways, Air Canada Cargo will introduce dedicated Boeing 767-300ER freighter service between Canada and Latin America, beginning in June.
JetBlue will go head-to-head with legacy carriers providing shuttle service between Boston’s Logan International Airport and New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
