KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced plans to buy an undisclosed quantity of used cooking oil-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Finnish company Neste, which will supply flights from Amsterdam Schiphol on a drop-in basis.
British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce said Bradley Singer, the chief operating officer of activist investor ValueAct Capital and Rolls-Royce’s largest shareholder, left the board of directors Dec. 9.
Canadian seaplane airline Harbour Air has flown a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver converted to electric propulsion and powered by a 540-kW (750-hp) motor developed by MagniX.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies (ATI) and GE Aviation have reached agreement on several new long-term contracts worth a total of around $2.5 billion to ATI for the supply of iso-thermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines, the companies announced Dec. 10.
Swedish airport operator Swedavia has issued a “green bond” loan worth SEK1 billion ($105 million) to fund projects and investments in climate-change adaptation and sustainability.
The European Commission has decided to closely monitor Armenia, following its latest European Union (EU) Air Safety List update, which also removed a blanket ban on Gabonese airlines.
Melbourne, Australia-based LCC Jetstar’s main pilots’ union has announced strikes for the coming weekend following a stalemate in contract talks with the airline.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies (ATI) and GE Aviation have reached agreement on several new long-term contracts worth a total of around $2.5 billion to ATI for the supply of iso-thermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines, the companies announced Dec. 10.
Proposed updates to the Boeing 737 MAX master minimum equipment list (MMEL) reflect the increased redundancy that Boeing is adding to the model as part of mandatory flight control system logic updates and extends several of the changes to earlier 737 versions.
Non-profit standards organization RTCA announced on Dec. 9 that it has formed a committee of industry and government experts to develop requirements for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) to protect airports and other sites from rogue drones.
LATAM Airlines Group and International Airlines Group (IAG) have decided to abandon plans for an immunized joint venture (JV) between LATAM and IAG subsidiaries British Airways and Iberia, LATAM announced in a security filing Dec. 6.
Commercial aircraft order cancellations and lower-than-expected new orders for 2019 will drive down commercial aircraft production to around 1,450 units, Deloitte has projected in a new report.
Santiago-based SKY Airline has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 10 A321XLRs, confirming the Chilean LCC was behind the undisclosed Sept. 30 order for 10 of the new-generation narrowbodies.
Lufthansa Group has concluded a purchase agreement with Swiss catering specialist gategroup, which will acquire the European business of Lufthansa catering division LSG Group for an undisclosed sum.
Italy has named a new special administrator to oversee Alitalia, after plans for a consortium of investors to put forward a rescue plan for the bankrupt carrier failed to materialize.
The Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) has decided not to take action against LCC Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) “for the time being” after the carrier secured cash last week to pay employees and keep operations afloat.
Boeing faces a $4 million fine for failing to ensure a supplier was delivering airworthy 737 slat tracks and then not rejecting them once the issue came to light, causing the FAA to issue an airworthiness directive to ensure the defective parts were removed from in-service aircraft.
Spirit Airlines is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), alleging the department violated federal law by withholding peak-hour slots at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) formerly belonging to Southwest Airlines.
