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.
The first flight of the Avic AG600 amphibious aircraft has slipped to the first half of next year, extending the probable development period to nine years.
AirAsia is taking steps to reduce the debt owed by its Indonesian joint venture (JV) to meet a government ultimatum, especially in light of signs of a possible merger between Indonesia’s two AirAsia franchises.
60 Years Ago Oct. 5, 1955 — Japan Airlines (JAL) began swapping American pilots with Japanese pilots on its domestic flights, a move that saved the carrier approximately $1,000 per pilot per month. JAL said it would use American pilots on international flights through 1957. 20 Years Ago
Correction: A story in the Oct. 2 issue of Aviation Daily should have read that Frontier Airlines may try destinations in Latin America that have a strong Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) market.
