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The market has yet to determine which updated narrowbody—the Boeing 737MAX or the Airbus A320neo—will dominate, but some analysts have begun to say that the industry could face a glut of narrowbodies and the huge orderbooks may not come to fruition.
ASL Aviation Group will expand its business with a further two airlines and increase its fleet from 100 to more than 130 aircraft, following a deal to acquire the airline operations of TNT Express (TNT).
The first binding energy efficiency and carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions targets for aviation have been agreed at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and in all but a few cases, aircraft in production or development will meet the initial standard without modification.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) had high hopes that lawmakers would strike a key sentence from the latest round of FAA reauthorization proposals.
The FAA reauthorization bill introduced Feb. 3 by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Penn.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will put the FAA in charge of demonstrating remote-tower technologies at seven airports, in a pilot program that would be launched within 6 months of the bill’s passage.
Airbus has benefited from the nine-month head start its A320neo program has over Boeing’s 737 MAX, grabbing 67% of orders for next-generation narrowbodies—but Boeing says the order gap is only temporary.
SkyWest Inc. had no serious discussions with Alaska Air about adding more flying before the Seattle-based airline told investors in January that it plans to order up to 30 76-seat jets for its Horizon Air subsidiary, Skywest executives said on their Feb. 4 earnings call.
SeaPort Airlines filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection in Oregon on Feb. 5, and the airline blamed a national pilot shortage for some of its troubles.
Middle Eastern airlines are now carrying more international traffic than North American carriers, according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Singapore Airlines (SIA) saw its net profit rise 35% to S$275 million (U.S.$196 million) for the three months through Dec. 31, helped by lower fuel costs and a significant performance improvement from some of its subsidiary carriers.
The Latvian government and investor Ralf-Dieter Montag-Girmes signed a final agreement to increase Air Baltic’s capital by €132 million ($147.8 million).
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), the union representing 19,000 U.S. air traffic controllers, is backing Rep. Bill Shuster’s (R-Penn.) proposal to separate air traffic control (ATC) from FAA.
Etihad Airways Engineering expects double-digit growth over the next few years as it expands its services portfolio, said Jeff Wilkinson, senior vice president-technical.
