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About two years after Mexican LCC Interjet began operating its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100), the airline has surpassed the halfway point for adding what will be a total of 30 SSJ100s to its fleet.
United Airlines is concerned about possible tail-tip problems with its Boeing 737-900ERs on arrival when aircraft are not loaded according to the initial plan, the carrier told pilots in an Aug. 28 flight operations pilot bulletin.
Comac expects its first aircraft type—the ARJ21 regional jet—to enter service in February, more than a year after receiving airworthiness certification.
Action, not more debate, is needed to transition the U.S. air traffic system out of FAA and into a stand-alone corporation, according to Airbus Americas’ chief and former FAA administrator Allan McArtor.
Indonesian authorities are threatening to revoke the operating licenses of eight airlines — including an AirAsia X affiliate — unless they meet minimum fleet-size requirements.
United Airlines will immediately eliminate 30 positions on its customer care team, and will close reservation call centers in Honolulu and Detroit over the next two years, according to a Sept. 2 message from Sharon Grant, the carrier’s vice president-customer contact centers.
Tianjin-based Okay Airways is considering a significant upgauging of its operations, looking at introducing widebody aircraft while getting rid of weak regional-turboprop operations using Avic MA60s.
KLM is concerned about the likely launch of LCC Ryanair’s base at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, and its arrival conflicts with the airport’s function as a hub, the Dutch airline’s CEO said.
VivaLatinamerica will leverage the lessons it’s learned reaching the “unbanked” in Mexico and Colombia as it expands throughout Central and South America, CEO Joseph Mohan said.
Alcoa is accelerating development of 3-D-printing materials and processes by expanding its Pennsylvania research center, bolstered by a $1.5 billion March acquisition of RTI International Metals that increased its additive-manufacturing capability.
Although Spirit Airlines’ non-ticket revenue per flight segment fell slightly in the first six months of this year compared to full-year 2014, the discount carrier said in a recent presentation that it is not “done yet” increasing ancillary revenue.
The Russian government made another attempt to boost the sales of Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) regional jets, the country’s major commercial aircraft program.
Champion Aerospace and United Technologies have finalized a life-of-program long-term supply agreement to support UTC’s forecasted aerospace production ramp-up.
Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Union (SWAPA) thinks the Persian Gulf airlines’ rapid global growth could spell doom for U.S. pilots’ job prospects if left unchecked.
TAM Airlines plan to construct a R$100 million ($26.6 million) maintenance hangar at São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) that it expects will cut R$40 million annually in operational costs by focusing more activities around the hub.
