China’s Colorful Guizhou Airlines will receive its first Airbus A320neo this month, stepping up from the regional jet operations for which the carrier was established four years ago.
Southwest Airlines has removed all Boeing 737 MAX flying from its schedule to early February, later than other U.S. carriers that have yet to revise their estimates from an early January return-to-service.
A new entrant in the booming aircraft leasing sector has been announced, with the emergence of a tri-national consortium that aims to becoming a leading lessor in the Russian market.
The National Security Council (NSC) will soon release a strategy for preventing drone disruptions at major U.S. metropolitan airports, according to the FAA.
Norwegian and New York-based JetBlue Airways have signed a letter of intent to form an interline agreement, enabling passengers to fly between Europe and the Americas at low cost and with a single booking.
In a move that significantly challenges Boeing’s new-build large freighter dominance, aircraft lessor and financier GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) is teaming with Israel Aerospace Industries Group (IAI) to launch a freighter conversion of the 777-300ER.
The world is supposed to notice when a major public corporation suddenly demotes its chairman—the head of the board of directors—particularly if that person has amassed as much power as Boeing CEO and President Dennis Muilenburg.
Alitalia’s future remains uncertain after an already much-delayed Oct. 15 deadline passed without an industrial plan for its relaunch being presented by the carrier’s rescue consortium.
Airlines from Australasia are gaining an increasing share of the world’s longest-range routes, thanks to the capabilities of new-generation aircraft types.
Airbus confirmed it is offering a version of the A350-1000 in the Qantas ultra-long-haul competition around “Project Sunrise” that would enable the airline to open nonstop flights from Australia’s East Coast to London and New York, among other locations.
United Airlines raised its full-year earnings forecast following a stronger-than-expected third-quarter (Q3), driven by robust passenger demand and industry-leading cost discipline.
JetBlue Airways president and CEO Robin Hayes lamented the “protectionist tendencies” of the airline industry’s largest players, which he said “has only become more pronounced as carriers have become larger and gained more market power.”
A group of aviation stakeholders plan to announce a collaborative MRO blockchain project that will give greater visibility over the life cycle of aircraft parts
Another round of ownership changes are expected in the MRO sector, driven by high valuations and private equity companies reaching the end of their investment cycle.
Etihad Aviation Group and LCC Air Arabia will form a new Abu Dhabi-based joint venture LCC—called Air Arabia Abu Dhabi—to tap into the growing demand for low-cost air travel in the Gulf.
Further expanding a cooperation agreement inked in January, China Eastern Airlines, Air France and KLM have signed an expanded four-way MOU with Virgin Atlantic.
Minimizing aircraft downtime is a mantra of MRO, but easyJet is finding that as some of its Airbus aircraft age, the ground-breaking maintenance program that it started using in 2004 to break up big maintenance checks into smaller overnight packages is not working.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) canceled around 100 flights Oct. 15 and 16 after the carrier decided to return its entire fleet of 28 Airbus A220s to home base for engine inspections following a third engine-related diversion on Oct. 15.
