Air New Zealand is ordering 15 ATR 72-600 turboprops, which will mostly replace older ATR aircraft but also accommodate growth on the carrier’s regional network.
GMF AeroAsia has opened a 16-line narrowbody aircraft hangar at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the facility also includes a dedicated paint bay.
American Airlines will begin Los Angeles-Tokyo Haneda flights on Feb. 11, 2016, putting an end—for now—to the contentious battle for the sought-after slots at the close-in Tokyo airport.
Airlines for America (A4A) CEO Nicholas Calio called for Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) to introduce an FAA reauthorization bill before the end of the year.
WestJet Airlines is having certification issues with the four used Boeing 767s it took from Qantas, and delays could require the airline to wet-lease aircraft this winter to fly to Hawaii, airline executives said on Nov. 3.
China Southern Airlines Chairman Si Xianmin is under investigation for serious breaches of discipline, the state news agency Xinhua says, using the usual euphemism for official corruption.
With estimates that 700,000 consumer UAVs, or “drones,” could be sold by year-end, “we need to get something in place quickly,” FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said.
Air Canada—which on Nov. 2 began new Boeing 787-9 Toronto-Delhi service—likely would not have announced and launched so many new long-haul routes in the past year without the Boeing 787, Air Canada President Ben Smith said in an interview.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said FAA is making significant progress in modernizing air traffic control (ATC), but continues to be hampered by a lack of stable funding.
The Dynamic Airways Boeing 767-200 that caught fire Oct. 29 on an airport taxiway has been discovered by investigators to have a main fuel supply line problem, but investigators have not found evidence of an engine failure.
Precision Castparts Corp. has completed its deal to acquire Noranco, a supplier of complex machined components and assemblies for landing gear, aerostructures and aer0-engine applications to the aerospace industry.
Regional-jet operator China Express Airlines is negotiating to acquire Airbus A320s, with a view to flying internationally, according to an industry source familiar with the negotiations.
Air India will add 15 more Airbus A320s to boost capacity as it looks to meet growing travel demand in the country’s highly competitive aviation market.
Structural failure of the fuselage or violent attitude changes could be a likely explanation of why the recordings became so extreme, and in some cases, wrong.
Newfound airline focus on investor return is good news for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) suppliers, but the industry needs more support hubs in fast-growing air traffic emerging markets such as Asia.
