Silver Airways blamed a “series of unforeseen and uncontrollable events,” including a parts shortage and poor winter weather, for its operational reliability problems earlier this year in three Essential Air Service (EAS) markets.
To curb instances of unlatched fan cowl doors being torn off in flight, The European Aviation Safety Agency is urging operators to amend procedures, suggesting at least one related airworthiness directive is in the works.
Nico Buchholz, who was Lufthansa Group’s executive vice president-fleet management, has been appointed Bombardier’s new chief procurement officer (CPO).
Qantas has been given permission to operate between secondary markets in Australia and China, and the approval paves the way for a proposed Jetstar service to Wuhan, China, from the leisure destination of Gold Coast, located south of Brisbane.
Three French airline organizations and IATA have formally complained to the European Commission (EC) about Aeroports de Paris’s decision to increase airport charges.
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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.
