An FAA reauthorization bill making its way through the U.S. Senate could require the Department of Transportation to create within two years a “final rule authorizing the carriage of property by operators of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for compensation or hire within the United States.”
U.S. President Barack Obama has assured Irish President Enda Kenny that there are no political obstacles to Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign air carrier permit to serve the U.S., Aviation Daily has learned.
L-3 has started wing modification work on Virgin Galactic’s decommissioned Boeing 747-400, “Cosmic Girl,” the mothership for the company’s LauncherOne small satellite launch service.
Frontier Airlines has promoted President Barry Biffle to CEO, but the new title is not expected to markedly change his role, an airline spokesman said.
Virgin America, which on March 15 launched three daily nonstop flights between San Francisco and Denver, added the route because it was the top request of Google, its most profitable corporate customer.
Lufthansa Group is forecasting only a modest profit improvement in 2016 even though the flagship airline will benefit greatly from much lower fuel costs.
The launch of regular biofuel flights by United Airlines from Los Angeles is a milestone for Honeywell UOP, which developed the process being used by AltAir Fuels to convert animal fats and vegetable oils into jet fuel.
Lufthansa has decided not to take more Airbus A320neos until Pratt & Whitney has made additional modifications to the PW1100G engines, which would allow the airline to lift some of the restrictions impacting operations at this stage.
Qantas is expanding its presence in the Greater China market through its own flights and partnerships with other carriers, as it looks to tap into surging inbound demand.
American Airlines is focusing on fleet modernization and improving operational reliability, as it expects to receive 90 new aircraft this year—in addition to 215 since 2014.
An updated bilateral aviation agreement that would allow expanded traffic between Mexico and the U.S. is still awaiting approval from Mexico’s Senate, say airlines closely following the deal.
The Senate Commerce Committee's FAA authorization bill calls for a variety of changes and upgrades to programs, but nothing as drastic as the House panel’s proposal to separate the FAA’s air traffic control and modernization roles.
Components for the first LM-100J commercial freighter version of Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Hercules airlifter are being manufactured, with final assembly to begin in Marietta, Georgia, later this year.
Air New Zealand is proposing tighter carbon offset requirements under the country’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), a move spurred by the carrier’s extensive sustainability initiative.
Allegiant Air competes head-to-head with so few airlines that it rarely observes legacy carriers deeply discounting on its routes, but it is seeing a “collateral damage effect” in smaller markets near larger cities, an airline executive said in an interview.
In hundreds of pages of documents filed to the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT), U.S. carriers interested in operating to Cuba laid out their arguments for why they should win the scarce frequencies to Havana.
Introduction of Airbus A350-900s this year will allow Taiwan’s China Airlines to replace one-stop services to two European destinations with direct flights. China Airlines is also planning to increase its Frankfurt service to daily beginning in June.
The Chinese government is forcing airlines to delay introduction of aircraft into their fleets, with the result that new and ready airliners are standing idle while the carriers could use more capacity.
