Alaska Airlines reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to take as many as 120 new 737-9 jets in coming years, marking the first sale of a MAX aircraft to a U.S.-based customer since the type was grounded nearly two years ago.
UK start-up Faradair Aerospace has partnered with Honeywell and MagniX on development of its multirole Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft, designed to carry 18 passengers or three LD3 cargo containers.
A bipartisan effort to fast-track new FAA certification and oversight mandates is using the emergency funding-focused omnibus bill to get the legislation into law, agreeing on new requirements targeting what the agency can delegate to manufacturers, emphasizing human factors reviews, and urging FAA to spearhead improvement of global pilot training.
Dublin Airport has applied to remove planning conditions surrounding its new, second runway that the airport’s operator said would adversely affect use of the entire facility.
Just weeks after launching service with four Embraer 195 jets converted to freighters, Brazilian operator Azul is considering more conversions to decrease delivery times.
The FAA’s recent shift towards working with certificate holders to resolve certain regulatory violations and its handling of safety complaints from employees are facing renewed scrutiny and some legislative changes following a Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee report on safety oversight.
U.S. lawmakers are set to pass a $900 billion coronavirus relief package that includes $15 billion in airline payroll support spread out over four months.
In early December, as they limped towards a Christmas holiday season set to be marked by minimal demand, and with Brexit uncertainty on the horizon, executives at Europe’s airlines were probably thinking things could not get much worse. But then along came the latest piece of bad news.
The AirAsia Group reportedly is keeping just a small part of its Indian joint venture, ceding more control of the carrier to Indian conglomerate Tata Group.
The Netherlands has suspended its UK air links and several other EU countries are said to be considering similar measures, to avoid importing a more contagious strain of COVID-19.
U.S. carriers consumed 45% less jet fuel over the week of Thanksgiving 2020 than during the same period last year, new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows.
Just at U.S. airline stocks experienced a surge on positive vaccine news, the carriers themselves lined up to warn that bookings were softening due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Demand for used serviceable material (USM) is starting to rise as cost-conscious operators seek to leverage the sudden availability of material from retired aircraft during the COVID-19 pandemic, AAR Corp. CEO John Holmes said.
There is uncertainty over the future of the national airline of Montenegro, after two government ministers expressed opposing views on the carrier’s prospects.
Malta International Airport has kicked off an expansion program for parking space at the airport, soliciting tenders for significant growth of the apron.
While 2020 will go down largely as a year to forget for Boeing, the company’s tally of new build commercial freighter deliveries represents a 12-month record and a rare bright spot for the under-pressure manufacturer.
Airbus is offering an automated datalink transmission of an aircraft’s predicted flightpath from the flight management system (FMS) to air traffic control (ATC) in preparation for a 2028 mandate in Europe.
