After a delay caused in part by maintenance issues, WestJet Airlines has received ETOPS certification for its small used Boeing 767-300 fleet, allowing the airline to operate its own extended-range overwater flights for the first time.
BRUSSELS—Air France-KLM estimates that it lost approximately €120 million ($131 million) in revenue due to terrorist incidents in Paris on Nov. 13, but the impact started to ease “significantly” during the last two weeks of December.
A U.K. think tank is calling for more government action to help prevent the nefarious use of remotely controlled air vehicles by terrorist and criminal groups.
Swedish air crash investigators say it may take weeks before they can recover information from both the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CDR) belonging to the Bombardier CRJ freighter that crashed in Sweden on Jan. 7.
French aviation safety authority BEA has suggested that Embraer consider design changes to portions of the electrical system for its E-Jet regional jets, and that safety upgrades be made at Germany’s Nuremberg Airport.
65 Years Ago Jan. 11, 1950—A Pan American World Airways Stratocruiser that flew from Honolulu to San Francisco on Dec. 13 of that year claimed the record for heaviest mail load ever recorded on a passenger flight, at 8, 8183 lb. The same flight also carried 46 passengers. 39 Years Ago
After being hit Jan. 7 with $2.75 million in fines from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) for two issues—multiple tarmac delays and its policies toward disabled passengers—United Airlines said it has altered its policies for dealing with both matters.
Swedish air crash investigators have begun a probe into the loss of a Bombardier CRJ200 freighter that crashed into a mountainous area of northern Sweden, killing both crew members.
Regulatory delays are dragging out the approval process for the metal-neutral joint venture that Qantas and American Airlines want to introduce on flights between the U.S. and Australasia.
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has confirmed that the suspension of its Paris and Amsterdam routes will allow it to retire its remaining Boeing 777-200ERs, and many of the pilots from this fleet will also be leaving the airline.
The U.S. aerospace science and technology community must be prepared for change in a year of political transition, threats from abroad and domestic economic challenges.
A cautious approach to flight testing, based on more extensive ground preparations, is the reason for the delay in the MRJ regional jet program announced by Mitsubishi Aircraft last month.
Emirates said this week it will add a second daily Airbus A380 flight from Los Angeles next summer, timing the new departure to connect with an early-morning bank of departures from Dubai, many bound for India and Pakistan.
Norwegian’s subsidiary Norwegian UK (NUK) will be governed by U.K. and U.S. labor laws, the carrier said in response to claims that its business model may violate labor provisions in the U.S.-EU open skies agreement.
