January’s slight air traffic growth among the largest U.S. airlines is a solid long-term indicator for most U.S. airports, but sluggish gains by some big carriers could mean stagnation at destinations that rely on them, Fitch Ratings warns.
Air New Zealand plans to resume service to Osaka later this year, as the impending arrival of more Boeing 787-9s and the retention of 767s allow the carrier to expand its Pacific Rim network.
Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is focused this year on ensuring its members, especially those at larger airlines, are repaid for the concessions they made during the previous 15 years, the union’s president said.
Delta Air Lines is monitoring what effects Alitalia’s partnership with Etihad Airways has on its cooperation with the Italian airline and could decide to break ties should the impact become more substantial.
Haeco Americas, long an early adopter of advanced safety and oversight programs among MRO providers, is rolling out a company-wide safety management system (SMS) and expects to have it running by the summer.
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.
