South African Airways (SAA) “cannot continue in its current form” and will need a “radical restructuring,” the country’s minister of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan said Dec. 2.
Munich-based MTU Aero Engines is projecting high-single-digit increases in its key commercial engine production and MRO segments in 2020, continuing current-year trends that point to steady new-production and aftermarket services demand.
Hong Kong’s Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) is giving Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) until Dec. 7 to find a new investor or avenue to inject cash into its airline operations, or risk having its airline license revoked or suspended.
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to make further cuts in capacity in 2020 as it continues to grapple with a demand slowdown prompted by civil unrest in Hong Kong.
Brazil’s third-largest airline Azul has forged an MOU to sublease a portion of its older Embraer E195 jets as part of its transition to the new Embraer E195-E2.
BEIJING—The Chinese central government is demanding a reduction in industry subsidies, an important source of income for Chinese airlines and for some routes operated by foreign carriers.
The unique series of steps required to approve hundreds of stored aircraft for delivery to eager airlines has convinced the FAA that it needs to take over issuing airworthiness and export certificates for Boeing 737 MAXs once the agency has cleared the aircraft to return.
The fatal crash of a flydubai Boeing 737-800 at Rostov-on-Don in 2016 occurred due to incorrect aircraft configuration and crew piloting, according to the final report by Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC).
Carriers flying in Europe have yet to adopt the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the continent’s satellite-based augmentation system for the GPS signal.
Norwegian Air Shuttle will stop flying from Copenhagen and Stockholm to the U.S., and from Oslo to Thailand, as part of a broader shakeup of its network designed to improve profitability.
Papua New Guinea is the latest country to sign up for the Aireon space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system, which will help improve monitoring of its airspace and overflights.
Tens of thousands of drone enthusiasts in the UK risk a £1,000 ($1,264) fine if they fail to register by Nov. 30, the Civil Aviation Authority has warned.
Florida-based Silver Airways has become the first U.S. carrier to operate the ATR 72-600 turboprop as the regional carrier continues to transition to an all-ATR fleet.
Turkish airline AtlasGlobal ceased all operations and suspended ticket sales Nov. 26, saying the suspension will continue until Dec. 16 to allow for restructuring and to establish new cash resources.
No new deadline extension is being considered for the submission of an investors’ rescue plan for bankrupt Alitalia, a senior Italian government minister said.
A UK High Court judge has ruled that a legal dispute between Etihad Airways and the administrators of defunct German leisure carrier airberlin should be heard in the UK.
Plans to substantially reduce South African Airways’ (SAA) workforce have been put on hold until the end of January 2020—part of an agreement the airline made with unions to end the recent two-day strike.
SMBC Aviation Capital CEO Peter Barrett believes the operational impact of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding could last into 2021, as airlines face the challenges of reintroducing a dormant fleet.
Malaysia could face a multi-year process to address the FAA’s concerns and restore the country’s safety rating, according to the head of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
Lufthansa has sold the European portion of its catering unit LSG Group to Gategroup, its first step toward exiting the airline catering business segment altogether.
