Boeing remains confident that the Boeing 737 MAX will be cleared to fly in at least some parts of the world by year-end 2019, even as it acknowledges that regulatory reviews of required changes are taking longer than its return-to-service time line assumes.
Surveillance data provider Aireon and the Cocesna air navigation services agency have signed an agreement to deploy space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in six Central American countries.
Numerous delays to the roll-out of FAA’s long-awaited remote ID rulemaking have caused the agency to fall behind EASA in the race to implement a comprehensive unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) traffic management system (UTM), the co-founder of U.S.-based UTM platform AirMap said.
Boeing completed the first of what is expected to be several practice dry-runs of the certification test flight of the 737 MAX updated flight control computer software.
Hawaiian Airlines is putting together arguments it hopes will convince U.S. authorities to reverse an earlier ruling and allow the airline to form a joint venture with Japan Airlines (JAL).
Bhutanese flag-carrier Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines has taken delivery of its first ATR 42-600 turboprop, equipped with new avionics tailored to handle the challenging Himalayan environment.
Weaker demand and program delays have brewed up a perfect storm for Boeing’s widebody business which continues to see downward pressure on 777 and 787 production rates and a slower than planned ramp up of the 777X.
UPS Flight Forward, the package carrier’s drone subsidiary, has announced new retail, pharmaceutical and health care partners for its planned delivery service.
Air New Zealand has announced it will launch nonstop flights to New York in October next year, and at the same time will cut its long-running Los Angeles-London service.
The FAA is on target to transition to an international format and a new, streamlined system for distributing notices to airmen (NOTAM) by Summer 2020, according to a senior official from the agency’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO).
JetBlue Airways is tweaking its Latin American and Caribbean network, redeploying capacity from Mexico City to focus on more profitable flying elsewhere in the region, company executives said on their 2019 third-quarter (Q3) earnings call.
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr charter cargo airline, the world’s largest operator of Antonov An-124, will modernize and reduce its fleet of the super heavy freighters to withstand a significant downturn of demand on the air cargo market.
In the most visible personnel move yet during the 737 MAX crisis, Boeing named long-time executive Stan Deal to take over its Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) unit, removing Kevin McAllister and turning the reins of the company’s largest business over to a seasoned leader with significant supply-chain and customer-support experience.
Brazil’s Department of Airspace Control has installed South America’s first “remote tower” at an air base in Rio de Janeiro, using a system based on Frequentis visualization technology.
The first flight compliant GE9X engine has been delivered by General Electric to Boeing, marking the restart of preparations for the start of 777-9 flight tests.
Air Tahiti Nui (ATN) has completed the transition of its widebody fleet from Airbus A340s to Boeing 787-9s, and the carrier anticipates significant operational benefits from the switch.
Fastjet Mozambique, one of the few remaining fastjet airlines, has announced plans to suspend flights at midnight Oct. 26 because of stiff competition.
After months of speculation, the Malaysian government has confirmed that the country’s sovereign fund has shortlisted four investors as a potential strategic partner in loss-making flag-carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB).
FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson said mistakes made during the development of the Boeing 737 MAX highlight the need for a “more integrated approach to human factors” during the aircraft design process.
A bipartisan effort to keep the FAA funded during future U.S. federal government shutdowns has more than 260 co-sponsors in the House, according to the senior counsel of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I).
Korean Air is adding more capacity to certain markets in its upcoming winter schedule season, as falling demand on its Japanese routes prompts it to expand elsewhere.
UK LCC easyJet is looking to further streamline aircraft turnaround performance by using inertia sensors to detect the exact timings of boarding and disembarkation.
Despite a traffic decline on certain Asian routes, oneworld carrier Finnair posted a 2019 third-quarter (Q3) net profit of €57.6 million ($64.3 million), down 18% from €70.2 million in the year-ago period, primarily driven by higher fuel costs and adverse exchange rates.
