Australia-based LCC Jetstar Airways is boosting both its Pacific Island and New Zealand international networks with the planned launch of flights to Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands.
Congress is pushing for a simple and quick solution to illegal incursions by unmanned aircraft into airspace around airports, proposing ideas at a grueling Oct. 7 hearing that ranged from forcing buyers to register their drones to mandatory jail sentences for reckless operators.
Finnair is betting on the Airbus A350 to deliver on its next expansion phase, underpinned by a target to double its traffic and revenue on routes between Europe and Asia by 2020, from a 2010 baseline.
After being hit with a complaint by mainline partner Delta Air Lines, Republic Airways Holdings issued a statement on Wednesday, Oct. 7 saying that it has not breached its capacity purchase agreements with any major U.S. airlines.
Ride-hailing companies are here to stay, and it is imperative that airports find a way to accommodate them, the head of Pittsburgh’s airport authority has said.
The British Airways Boeing 777 General Electric GE90 uncontained engine failure on a Las Vegas runway Sept. 8 occurred in the high-pressure compressor (HPC), investigators reported.
Boeing’s proposed middle-of-the-market (MOM) aircraft is ten years away from entering service, CIT Transportation and International Finance President Jeff Knittel contends.
Japanese regulators have granted approval for a new AirAsia LCC joint venture (JV), which plans to launch international and domestic routes from Nagoya’s Chubu Centrair International Airport in spring 2016.
Airservices Australia is the latest air navigation service provider (ANSP) to seriously consider using the Aireon satellite-based surveillance network when it becomes available.
A Chicago-based aerial imaging company specializing in photography of vacant properties has been hit with potentially the biggest fine yet for operating commercial unmanned aircraft recklessly and endangering airspace safety.
The U.S. aviation group charged with developing standards to enable unmanned aircraft to fly in unrestricted airspace has completed the first documents for key systems, but cautions they are limited in scope and application.
Airline consolidation has left many small and medium airports without—or with significantly reduced—air service. However, new airline-business models have emerged to fill some of the vacuum.
All members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ negotiating committee resigned days before Republic Airways and the union’s executive board announced they had reached terms on a new three-year tentative agreement for pilots, according to emails sent to pilots by union leaders. The negotiating committee stepped down after the union and the company met in Chicago on Sept. 24 for a second session with a National Mediation Board (NMB) mediator, with members telling pilots an agreement might not be reached.
Pilots of a Trigana Air ATR 42-300 that crashed near the top of a ridge on the approach to Papua, Indonesia’s Oksibil Airport on Aug. 16 were not following the airline’s visual guidance approach to the airport, according to a preliminary report by Indonesian investigators.
Air France confirmed it will downsize its operations and cut some 2,900 jobs, but some staff did not take the news well, turning violent on executives during the central works council on that took place the morning of Oct. 5.
Airlines throughout the world have been increasingly worried about the upcoming EU Aviation Package, which will outline the EU’s future aviation strategy. Now it turns out the European Commission (EC) is pulling back one of its most contentious demands: fair competition clauses.
The international airports in Stockholm, Sweden and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic are likely the next to have U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) preclearance facilities, a CBP official said.
