Kazakhstan-based LCC FlyArystan launched commercial operations May 1 with flights from Almaty International Airport on six domestic routes to Karaganda, the national capital Nur-Sultan (Astana), Pavlodar, Shymkent, Taraz and Uralsk.
The Boeing 737 MAX is likely to be back up flying paying passengers long before the true cost of recent fatal accidents becomes clear on Boeing’s bottom line.
GE Aviation remained a bright spot at General Electric during the first quarter of 2019, becoming the largest and leading division at the embattled industrial giant.
United Airlines has not leveraged collateral in Avianca Holdings that could see it take control of the Colombian carrier following loan-covenant violations by majority shareholder BRW Aviation, which put up its ownership stake to guarantee a loan from the U.S. carrier.
Two lawmakers from the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee are calling on FAA to publish a proposed rule for remotely identifying unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by July 21, saying that recent drone sightings at airports and sporting events in the U.S. and Europe “underscored the need to quickly adopt and implement” the proposed rule.
An Apr. 30 deadline for the presentation of a new business plan to rescue Alitalia looked set to be extended after Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), which is expected to lead the relaunch, said it had discussed the possibility of an extension at a board meeting.
Canadian training specialist CAE announced the sale of two Airbus A220-300 full-flight simulators (FFS) and other training devices to JetBlue Airways, bringing to eight the number of A220 FFS it has sold worldwide.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is expecting a challenging year related to LCC competition at its Vienna Airport hub, but CEO Wolgang Jani is vowing to invest against its competitors “as long as it is necessary.”
Lufthansa Apr. 30 decided to stop any planned growth of its low-fare brand Eurowings as that unit’s financial performance continued to deteriorate in the first quarter.
Virgin Australia has decided to delay its Boeing 737 MAX orders for two years, the first major move by the carrier’s new CEO as he seeks to improve the carrier’s near-term financial health.
A trade group representing the global aviation maintenance and manufacturing sector is defending Boeing’s inclusion on FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) amid ongoing investigations into the Boeing 737 MAX.
“An A320 is an A320 and a MAX is a MAX”, said Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, adding that the current situation “is not changing the mid- to long-term picture.”
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg insists the MAX 8 was designed and certified to the company’s standards, and suggested too much faith may have been put on pilots’ ability to recognize failure modes tied to the aircraft’s MCAS system that is the focus of two fatal 737 MAX 8 accidents.
Boeing Chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg appears likely to keep both of his positions—and sounds determined to stay in his job—after company shareholders on Apr. 29 opted not to force a move to split the chair and chief-executive officeholders.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is facing a fifth day of pilot strikes across its operations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden with another 546 flight cancellations anticipated for Apr. 30.
U.S. Customs and Borders Protection (CBP) is temporarily reassigning a block of officers to the Mexican border from major U.S. international airports, raising concerns about immigration delays at those airports this summer.
GE Aviation and Zurich-based Auterion have partnered to provide a hardware- and software-based platform for commercial drone operations, the companies announced Apr. 29.
The head of the largest independent association of U.S. flight attendants called on FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell to implement a host of safety initiatives from last year’s FAA Reauthorization Act, saying the agency “has already missed several deadlines” related to rest hours, seat size and toxic fumes.
Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS) has chosen Frequentis to provide a deployable mobile air traffic control (ATC) tower to support its ATC modernization program, the company announced Apr. 29.
