Aviation Daily

Lisa Ellman, Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance
Delivery by drone is safe and secure—and the drone industry is working with federal regulators to make sure it stays that way.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
German leisure carrier Condor expects to gain clarity about its future ownership in January 2020, around four months after having entered a special restructuring scheme.
Air Transport

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United Airlines is looking to gain a U.S.-Mexico City slot pair once JetBlue Airways ceases operating to the Mexican capital in January 2020.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
A Tanzanian court declared LCC fastjet Tanzania insolvent and has appointed a liquidator for the carrier, according to local media reports.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Thales is developing a flight management system (FMS) designed to take advantage of inflight connectivity.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
An end may be in sight to an industrial dispute that has lingered at British Airways (BA) for months and cost the airline tens of millions of dollars as a result of a two-day September strike.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace business growth continues to be driven by the two narrowbody leaders, and especially their larger variants.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Lufthansa has begun a long-term trial of a noise-reducing approach guidance technology at Frankfurt Airport.
Air Transport

Chen Chuanren
The governments of Singapore and South Korea have signed an expanded air services agreement that allows airlines from both countries to operate an unrestricted number of passenger and cargo flights between the two nations.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Asian airlines are taking a cautious approach to planning for 2020 as pressure on earnings increases, according to the region’s major industry group.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
A Dornier 228 turboprop operated by Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) carrier Busy Bee Congo is reported to have crashed while departing Goma airport in eastern DRC with up to 27 fatalities.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
U.S. House lawmakers are calling on the FAA to preserve airspace safety and efficiency as it develops a regulation to simplify launch and reentry requirements for commercial space operators.
Air Transport

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By Molly McMillin
Spirit AeroSystems professional and technical employees represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) have received an offer of a new, six-year contract.
Air Transport

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By Sean Broderick
Boeing rolled out the 737 MAX 10 at an employee-only event in Renton, Washington Nov. 21, a significant step in its effort to slow the Airbus A321neo’s momentum.
Program Management

South American airline group Avianca Holdings is scrapping aircraft as the company works to cut capacity and repair its balance sheet.
Air Transport

Canada Jetlines, a Vancouver-based start-up ULCC, has filed a lawsuit against David Neeleman alleging the airline entrepreneur engaged in a “predatory scheme” to sabotage the company’s business ahead of a crucial financing round.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Operators of the latest Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 variant as well as the Trent 7000 face new inspections following word from the manufacturer of cracked air seals on out-of-service engines.
Air Transport

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued final approval for a grant of global antitrust immunity to the transatlantic joint venture (JV) between Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and Air France-KLM.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Investigators have not pinpointed the cause of four Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine inlet cowling panel failures, but regulators and Rolls are confident that changes, including a new design and reduced in-service inspection intervals, have sufficiently mitigated risks.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Volotea, the Barcelona-based carrier that specializes in linking secondary and tertiary European cities, is considering adding routes to North African cities in the wake of Aigle Azur’s demise, Volotea founder and CEO Carlos Munoz said.
Air Transport

In 2020 Icelandair will rationalize its network, which has been disrupted by the grounding of its Boeing 737 MAXs and evaluate replacements for looming gaps in its fleet.
Air Transport