International Airlines Group (IAG) wants to keep average aircraft age in the middle of the range as well as slightly increase the average life of its in-service aircraft.
The most-powerful Rolls-Royce production engine ever flown, the 97,000-lb.-thrust Trent XWB-97 for the Airbus A350-1000, has entered flight-testing under the wing of the aircraft manufacturer’s A380 flying testbed.
ALPA President Tim Canoll has said he is “disappointed” with a set of lithium-ion battery-transport recommendations that ICAO’s Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) will forward to decision makers in Montreal later this month, and notionally approved for implementation in early 2017.
Several British airlines plan to operate flights from Sharm El Sheikh on Nov. 6, in order to transport at least part of the several thousand tourists stranded at the Egyptian holiday resort.
Republic Airways Holdings—which announced on Nov. 5 it plans to cancel orders for 24 large Embraer regional jets—must shrink its business and reach more concessions with its mainline partners, executives said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call.
Estonian Air is most likely to follow the fate of former Hungarian flag carrier Malev and enter bankruptcy if the European Commission (EC) orders the Tallinn Airport-based airline to repay various forms of state aid it got from the Estonian state.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has seen lower fuel costs and improved results from its subsidiaries outweigh a drop in revenue for the parent carrier in the six months through Sept. 30.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is ordering two Airbus A330-300s to expand Aer Lingus’s fleet, and the new aircraft will be delivered next year, thanks to options IAG secured last year.
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.
