Prompted by its airline advisory group, Embraer is boosting the range and hot-and-high performance of the new E195-E2 by increasing wingspan and maximum takeoff weight.
TAP Portugal is diversifying its transatlantic network to reduce its dependence on flights to Brazil under the impetus of new shareholder Atlantic Gateway, a consortium led by David Neeleman, but Portugal’s civil aviation authority has concerns that the non-European investor has too much control and European Union (EU) law will be violated.
Low fuel prices and booming international demand have prompted Qantas Airways to defer the sale of some of its Boeing 747-400s, which may also give the carrier more flexibility in how it uses its first Boeing 787-9s.
AerCap’s decision to reduce its AeroTurbine subsidiary was driven by the desire to free up capital for more potentially lucrative opportunities beyond being a major player in the used-parts business, AerCap executives said.
With the deadline for hobbyists to register their small UAVs now past, the FAA will find out which of its approaches—education or enforcement—will have the most beneficial impact on airspace safety.
Airlines For America is suing the City of Portland, Oregon, and several city officers, accusing them of violating federal law by charging Portland International Airport fees to fund two major off-site environmental projects that have “. . . absolutely no connection with the airport.”
Air France-KLM will not branch into the long-haul, low-cost market for the moment, despite Norwegian Air Shuttle’s plans to start flying to three points in the U.S. from Air France’s main hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport this summer with Boeing 787-8s (Aviation Daily, Feb. 22).
The International Air Transport Association said it “respects” the Feb. 22 decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization Council to ban the bulk shipment of lithium-ion batteries and cells in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft starting April 1, but stressed the effectiveness of the measure will be limited by enforcement.
Delta Air Lines would have a strong interest in a new midsize aircraft being studied by Boeing that could fly transatlantic services, the airline’s senior vice president for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, Nathaniel Pieper, told Aviation Daily.
As Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. struggles with the protracted development of its MRJ regional jet, the company’s next aircraft has already entered its calculations.
Qantas plans to introduce high-speed inflight Wi-fF across its domestic network, as the carrier’s surging profits allow it to step up its fleet investment plans.
Airbus plans to introduce another weight variant of the Airbus A350-900 as part of a recent agreement with Philippine Airlines (PAL) covering six of the aircraft.
For many observers outside of the aerospace and defense world, a purported merger of multi-industrial conglomerates Honeywell International and United Technologies Corp. may spark curiosity and the question, “Why?”
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Virgin Galactic said dramatic improvements to the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) hybrid rocket motor will significantly shorten the test-flight program for the company’s new suborbital vehicle to be used for space tourism, unveiled here last week.
The terminal for Phase 1 of Beijing’s new airport, Daxing, will be complete by July 2019, according to contracts awarded to two state construction companies last week.
Several proposals—including a renewed push for expanded drug and alcohol testing and new background checks—have the maintenance industry keeping a close eye on the recently introduced FAA reauthorization bill.
Republic Airways says it will have a single fleet type and one operating certificate by the end of 2016, though the company is not yet ready to share how it will implement its plan.
