Although various media outlets are citing new details of Malaysia Airlines’ pilot-secondment program, the airline is declining to confirm these reports.
Boosted by Wizz Air’s firm commitment for 110 Airbus A321neos, the airframer’s 2015 commercial aircraft order-book gross total reached 869 as of Sept. 30.
Investigators probing the cause of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 emergency landing at London’s Gatwick Airport last December have attributed the cause to incorrect installation of a landing gear actuator.
HOUSTON—Southwest Airlines will focus on adding new routes in its domestic network next year, but may add a “few routes south of the border,” an airline executive said.
Airbus remains confident it will meet its target of delivering 15 A350s this year, but CEO Fabrice Bregier admits the ramp-up is challenging, and criticized cabin-supplier delays.
The British government has outlined plans to accelerate the widespread use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and potentially to open non-segregated airspace for use by such systems by the end of the decade.
Following the collapse of talks between Bombardier and Airbus about possibly joining forces on the C Series program, industry experts are becoming increasingly worried about the future of Bombardier’s main new commercial aircraft program.
United Airlines would place an order for new small narrowbody aircraft, such as the Embraer 190 or Bombardier CS100, but only if pilots agree to an extension of their collective bargaining agreement, the airline said in an Oct. 2 letter to United’s top pilot union official.
United Airlines is planning to launch a new route, from San Francisco to Auckland, and intends to form a closer commercial partnership with Air New Zealand on the U.S.-New Zealand market.
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.
