The FAA is tightening its oversight of Southwest Airlines and plans to implement 11 recommendations made in a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) audit that concluded the agency’s surveillance of the Dallas-based carrier did not follow its regulations.
Ireland-headquartered lessor Avolon has laid solid foundations for a challenging year ahead, after posting a record $718 million net profit for 2019, up just under 1% on the prior year.
Irish LCC Ryanair has welcomed a UK appeal judgment ruling that determines labor strikes qualify as extraordinary circumstances under European Union (EU) passenger-rights rules (EU261).
More time is needed to see if the COVID-19 outbreak will be a negative effect on aircraft-backed securities transactions, according to S&P Global Ratings.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipped its 1,000th pair of wing boxes for the Boeing 787 program on Feb. 10, 13 years after the first shipset was dispatched.
Fort Worth-based Bell Textron will work with Japan Airlines (JAL) to explore on-demand air mobility services in Japan with the OEM’s Nexus 4EX electric-vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Air France is adopting new methods to cut its environmental footprint, as part of a goal to cut CO2 emissions per passenger-kilometer by 50% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.
Jeju Air reported a loss in 2019, ending a run of annual profits, but as 2020 begins the South Korean LCC is facing the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak in key markets.
Eurocontrol, the organization in charge of air traffic management (ATM) in Europe, has set objectives to better handle weather-related problems to prepare for a peak summer season that has proved chaotic in recent years.
Boeing appears to be redirecting its next new airliner project to compete more directly with the long-range Airbus A321XLR rather than take on the broader 757-767 replacement market previously studied under the shelved New Midmarket Airplane project.
The prospects of urban air mobility flights in Singapore took a key step forward with the signing of an agreement between Airbus and the island state’s Civil Aviation Authority to improve regional connectivity.
EASA has released the first edition of its “Artificial Intelligence Roadmap,” a document that begins to answer OEMs’ questions on how to certify an AI-based system.
Pratt & Whitney’s growing Asian presence has received another boost with the selection by China Airlines’ LCC subsidiary Tigerair Taiwan of the PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) to power 15 Airbus A320neos.
Air France is gradually increasing the importance of the Airbus A350-900 in its operations, notably as a way to cut costs compared to earlier-generation aircraft.
Flight testing of the COMAC C919 has exceeded the designed cruise speed of the narrowbody airliner and reached its intended ceiling, with the fleet of six prototypes now complete.
The level of Chinese airline operations has more or less stabilized near one-third of the original schedule, at least for a while, amid the drop in demand caused by the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG) plans to start a lawmaker-requested audit of global pilot training standards and evaluate ways the FAA can better link its certification process with international regulations.
Production of the composite blade set for Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan future large civil engine family demonstrator is getting underway at the company’s Bristol facility, representing the official start of parts manufacturing for the first test engine.
The UK government is refusing to comment on media reports that it is preparing to take further action to prop up financially troubled regional carrier Flybe.
South African Airways’ (SAA) business rescue practitioners (BRPs)—the rough equivalent of administrators—are facing both government and labor criticism after announcing network cuts.
