Aviation Daily

By Victoria Moores
State-owned Congo Airways has resumed operations with a wet-leased KlasJet Boeing 737-800, after all its aircraft were grounded due to maintenance issues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
ATR has started offering Audioback, a system to help passengers wearing hearing aids, as a retrofit option at individual seat level.
Interiors & Connectivity

By David Casey
Sydney Airport plans to renovate its T2 Domestic terminal—the first major upgrade in more than 30 years.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
The ACC roadmap calls for airlines to trigger demand by including circular material requirements in requests for proposals and material purchase orders.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
SITA says the true cost of AI tech is undefined, as the air transport industry has yet to transition AI technology from proof of concepts to real use cases,
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Frontier Airlines has announced that in early 2025 it will add 16 new routes, 15 of which are already served by other carriers.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Construction of Shanghai Pudong's third terminal has begun, an upgrade that will support the airport in handling 130 million passengers annually after 2028.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former congressman Sean Duffy as the next U.S. DOT Secretary is earning praise from some key aviation stakeholders.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
Troubled Tier 1 aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems is selling its Fiber Materials (FMI) business to Tex-Tech Industries for $165 million in cash.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
Nearly 20 years after Spirit Airlines pioneered an ultra-low-cost model in the U.S., the carrier finds itself in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive has signed a MOU with South Carolina private jet operator SAI Flight and Greenville Downtown Airport to develop air taxi routes in the state.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EASA is facing a “maturity crisis” 20 years after its creation, its new executive director says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
WestJet is increasing summer 2025 capacity by 10%, supported by the arrival of nine Boeing 737-8 aircraft previously operated by Lynx Air.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The Pakistan government appears to be changing its approach to privatizing PIA after recent attempts to find a suitable bidder were unsuccessful.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
A GE-led project with Boeing, NASA and the Oak Ridge laboratory is turning to supercomputers to understand the challenges of integrating a future open fan engine.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
The creation of so-called green flight paths could have a snowball effect on the promotion, appropriation and production of SAF, a research paper suggests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Ethiopian Airlines is ready to place an order for a “double-digit” number of Embraer E2s or Airbus A220s, but not until the types’ engine issues are resolved.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Allegiant Air is adding 44 new routes to its network, 89% of which are currently unserved.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
CEO Jeffrey Goh hopes advancements in data analytics and AI can give Gulf Air better clarity over the reliability and availability of engines in service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
CAE has begun a formal search for a successor to retiring chief executive Marc Parent.
Maintenance & Training

By Guy Norris
New Zealand spaceplane developer Dawn Aerospace has flown its Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft supersonically for the first time.
Emerging Technologies

By William Moore
This week, the Carbon Analysis looks at the relationship between total CO2 emissions and utilization.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Two significant members of the North American airline community have had the opportunity to gain some experience in how to deal with activist investors lately.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Thales is investigating a new method to help prevent aircraft from flying too close from one another in a given airspace.
Connected Aerospace

By Victoria Moores
Free route airspace is where users can freely plan a route between a defined entry point and a defined exit point, subject to airspace availability.
Safety, Ops & Regulation