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FAA Friday will propose altimeter checks for 716 U.S.-registered MD-80s, MD-90s, 717s, DC-10s, and MD-10s to prevent “erroneous air data information”

CHICAGO — ST Aerospace’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operation in Mobile, Alabama, is running at near capacity, so it plans to open a

Qantas will be able to significantly broaden its network offering in Canada thanks to a new code-share agreement with WestJet Airlines. The code share

Metals giant Alcoa and major manufacturer Boeing Thursday announced their largest supply contract yet in their 35-year history together. Details were

After breaking up its aerospace segment to create an Aerostructures & Engineering Services business unit that will pursue work with other companies

Internal airline maintenance repair, and overhaul (MRO) organizations are eyeing a variety of improvements to their enterprise-resource planning (ERP)

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Austrian’s supervisory board is prepared to shut the carrier down and start a new airline.

DALLAS—Growth in Southwest Airlines’ network will be driven by international expansion, where the carrier sees 50 potential “dots,” or new

ATLANTA—Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) has launched a “carbon accreditation” program similar to one in place in Europe since

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/09/avd_09_11_2014_dataw.pdf Data Watch: Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by January-May 2014 Systemwide Enplanements Passenger numbers in millions (000,000) Jan-May 2014 Rank Carrier Jan-May 2014 Enplaned Passengers Jan-May 2013 Rank Jan-May 2013 Enplaned Passengers Pct. Change 2013-2014 1 Delta 50.431 1 47.156 6.9 2 Southwest 49.487 2 46.185 7.1 3 United 36.292 3 36.273 0.1

A new retirement program Lufthansa is expected to release to pilots on Monday is the carrier’s latest effort to convince its flight crews that

ATLANTA—Republic Airways Holdings CEO Bryan Bedford, citing “nationwide problems” with pilot staffing, reiterated his call that FAA’s recently enacted

DENVER—Frontier Airlines is moving away from operating a traditional network-hub operation at Denver International Airport, as the carrier instead

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary, claiming to be unfazed by the departures of two of the airline’s most senior executives, is committed to stay on for at

Air France-KLM plans to increase the fleet of its low-cost subsidiary Transavia to 100 aircraft by 2017, the group’s Chairman and CEO Alexandre de

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Icelandair will operate seasonal, twice-weekly nonstop service between Portland, Ore. and Reykjavik from May 20 through Oct. 21, 2015. Portland will

Data Watch: Top 10 U.S. Airlines, ranked by January-May 2014 Domestic Enplanements Passenger numbers in millions (000,000) Rank Carrier Jan-May 2014 Enplaned Passengers Jan-May 2013 Enplaned Passengers Pct. Change 2013-2014 1 Southwest (WN) 49.487 46.185 7.1 2 Delta (DL) 41.507 38.842 6.9 3 American (AA) 27.05 26.702 1.3 4 United (UA) 25.938 26.227 -1.1 5 US Airways (US) 20.963 20.601 1.8 Source: - ACI World Airport Traffic Report

LOS ANGELES—General Electric says a series of just-completed checks show a GEnx-1B engine failure that forced the crew of a Thomson Airways Boeing 787

LOS ANGELES—General Electric says a series of just-completed checks show a GEnx-1B engine failure that forced the crew of a Thomson Airways Boeing 787

Republic Airways will retire all of its Embraer ERJ 145s by second-quarter 2016 as part of its plans to streamline its operations, CFO Tim Dooley said