The European Commission (EC) will not appeal the European Union General Court’s judgment that overturned the EC’s fine of a total of €799.5 million ($867 million) against about a dozen airlines for participating in a global cartel in the air-cargo sector.
Investigators are endeavoring to determine whether a piece of what appears to be aircraft debris washed up on a sandbank off Mozambique could be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Niche carrier Bangkok Airways plans to continue its fleet and network growth this year, as one of the few Thailand-based carriers to be prospering despite the multiple challenges facing the country’s airline industry.
Airbus's chief salesman says commercial aerospace market, long a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs in production and demand, is moving beyond its cyclical nature.
Fastjet’s co-founder and second largest shareholder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, fears the African LCC is burning through too much cash and is said to want the departure of CEO Ed Winter.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines said in a filing it wants to return to New York as soon as next winter, although it acknowledged the plan depends on whether the Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority receives an upgrade to FAA Category 1 status.
Airbus plans to resolve a problem with false alarm messages in the cockpit of the A320neo with a software upgrade within a month, Chief Executive Fabrice Bregier told reporters in China.
Boeing’s advanced aerostructures factory here is meeting rising production rates without additional labor by applying process improvements first to 737 work and now to the 787.
Airbus says it is confident of robust Chinese airliner demand until 2020, despite the slowing of the country’s economy and the gyrations of its stock markets.
FAA and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) made history earlier this month by inking the first set of Maintenance Implementation Procedures (MIP) between the U.S. agency and an Asian counterpart. The MIP, signed Feb. 16, paves the way for streamlined maintenance oversight for repair stations in the U.S. and Singapore, where there are 56 FAA-certificated shops, FAA data show.
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Southwest Airlines’ flight instructors have approved a tentative contract by an overwhelming margin, the airline and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) report.
Air France has almost halved its goal for voluntary layoffs to 1,607 employees from 2,993 just a couple of months ago, when the airline confirmed its controversial “Plan B” to reduce its long-haul capacity by around 10% in 2016-17.
Thai Airways says a transformation plan launched last year has helped trim its heavy losses from 2014, although lower fuel prices are proving to be of greater assistance.
Embraer is positioning for a new phase of expansion which, according to its president, Frederico Curado, will see it transition into a Brazilian-based global corporation from a national South American aerospace company.
