As the airline works to build up its Canadian hubs with international traffic, Air Canada’s overall capacity grew 9.3%—largely stemming from increased seat density on flights operated by two-year-old LCC Air Canada Rouge and the addition of Boeing 787s into the mainline fleet.
“The investigation concerns whether Precision’s directors are breaching their fiduciary duties by failing to adequately maximize shareholder value,” New York law firm Wolf Popper said in a statement.
Dependent on FAA findings, Dallas could “be found ineligible to receive new FAA grants and payments under existing grants until the matter is resolved,” the agency wrote in a Notice of Investigation.
“A recent incident in the United States demonstrates the potential risk after a passenger found her e-cigarette was smoldering and smoking in her handbag after she got off her flight,” the ATSB said on its website.
With an NSF grant of $6 million for the Cloud Map project, a team of four universities will develop an integrated unmanned aircraft system to monitor and investigate the lower atmosphere.
The route is believed to be the only cabotage route allowed by the U.S. government, Charles F. Donley, acting as counsel for Polynesian, told Aviation Daily.
Following the recent completion of formal consultations with Sydney Airport Corporation, the government will issue a notice of intention—essentially a contract proposal—covering the development and operation of the new facility to be located west of Sydney.
In agreeing to pay $37.2 billion for specialty metals and parts supplier Precision Castparts, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett signals his confidence that demand for large commercial jets will continue to outpace global economic growth.
The Office of Inspector General is initiating an audit of the FAA’s oversight of Suspected Unapproved Parts for the aviation industry. The audit follows a request in March from the ranking members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Subcommittee on Aviation. The members are concerned about the risks the unapproved parts present to aviation safety.
Worldwide air passenger traffic grew 5.7% year-over-year (YOY) in June, slowing from May’s 6.9% YOY growth, IATA’s June Air Passenger Market Analysis report says.
As of July 31, Boeing has pulled into the lead for commercial aircraft orders year-to-date, with 423 booked, compared to rival manufacturer Airbus’s 405.
In November, Allegiant will enter the Kansas City market with twice-weekly, year-round service to three Florida destinations: Orlando, Punta Gorda, and St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.
The four carriers warned, however, that third-quarter unit revenues could be lower than the same period last year—a development some analysts deem could be too conservative.
A recent FAA market survey calls for a vendor to supply 255 newly built, modular passenger and flight-attendant seats to replace legacy seats the agency says “have suffered wear and tear to the point that they are unable to be maintained to a safe and aesthetically comfortable standard.”
The delay is due to the need for “the parties to assess even more thoroughly the alternative traffic models of regional flying in a constantly developing operating environment,” Finnair said, while emphasizing that talks with the potential new investors are continuing.
This expansion will be enabled by the arrival of a leased Airbus A330-200 next June, which will be the 23rd of this aircraft type to join the Hawaiian fleet.
The New York-based airline has been working to equip its 130 A320s with high-speed Internet access, branded as “Fly-Fi,” since launching the service in December 2013.
20 Years Ago Aug. 10, 1995 — SCFM International signed an agreement with Airbus to power the airframer’s A321-200 with its CMF56-5B3/P. Flight tests began April 1996. 10 Years Ago
