Fuel supplier Air BP will deliver sustainable aviation fuel to airports and airlines in Sweden beginning this year, under an agreement with renewable fuels producer Neste.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), appears to have changed its policy on how Chinese airlines will be split between Beijing airports after the new Daxing International Airport opens, allowing China Eastern Airlines to maintain Beijing-Shanghai flights from Beijing Capital International.
Emirates and India LCC SpiceJet signed an MOU Apr. 22 for a reciprocal codeshare agreement, aimed at opening new routes and destinations between India and Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East.
uAvionix, a developer and manufacturer of miniature avionics for communications, navigation and surveillance applications, said it is testing a prototype control radio for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles.
As it works to complete the prototype of its electric regional aircraft for display at the Paris Air Show in June, Israel’s Eviation has selected startup MagniX as the second supplier of motors for the nine-seat aircraft.
Representatives from nine civil aviation authorities, including the four major state-of-design agencies and growing global power China, have accepted invitations from the U.S. FAA to conduct a partial review of the Boeing 737 MAX certification, FAA announced Apr. 19.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a new altitude monitoring function on Airbus A320-series airliners, NavBlue, Airbus’ flight operations and air traffic management subsidiary, said.
WASHINGTON—United Airlines has done well compensating for the absence of its 14 Boeing 737 MAXs by adjusting its network and maintenance schedules, but the gaps created will become harder to fill as the peak summer season approaches, the airline’s executives said. The Chicago-based carrier has removed its MAXs through early July, the carrier confirmed Apr. 15. The aircraft were operating about 40 daily flights when they were banned from operating in the U.S. by FAA Mar. 13. The MAX fleet remains grounded worldwide.
Nine groups representing commercial and general aviation are calling on the FAA not to follow through with a proposed pilot drug testing study, saying that “deceptively and unknowingly” testing thousands of pilot urine samples does not comply with legal requirements and would “further erode the trust” between the pilot community and FAA Aviation Medical Examiners (AME).
SkyTeam alliance members Kenya Airways and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines have signed a codeshare agreement that will open connectivity to 11 U.S. and four Canadian cities.
A strange thing happened after Boeing announced Apr. 5 that it would slow production of new 737 narrowbodies to 42 aircraft a month from the current rate of 52 by the middle of April: Nobody else in the supply chain did the same.
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If the CEOs of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines get their way, U.S. Congress will hold yet another set of hearings this year on the seemingly never-ending quarrel over the U.S. Open Skies agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft is close to finalizing a refined design for the MRJ70, the shorter version of its MRJ regional jet, and by the end of June, two additional MRJ90 prototypes will be ready for MRJ flight testing, Mitsubishi Aircraft president Hisakazu Mizutani said.
Responding to allegations by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines that Air Italy’s U.S. service additions violate the U.S.-Qatar Open Skies agreement, the Italian carrier said, “we are puzzled (but slightly flattered) that the three very largest U.S. carriers ... claim to be threatened by us.”
The Russian chairperson of the Craic board expects the consortium to receive initial orders for its CR929 widebody airliner no earlier than 2023—a differing assessment compared to the late-2019 timing recently suggested by Comac, the Chinese partner in the program.
American Airlines has invested more than $25 billion in its fleet, operation and staff over the last five years and has completed the bulk of integrating U.S. Airways into its operation.
French airline Aigle Azur has launched a direct flight to Ukraine capital Kiev’s Boryspil airport from Paris Orly, as part of the carrier’s ongoing drive to expand its network.
Boeing has taken several major steps toward completing upgraded 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) flight control law software in recent days, giving the company confidence that it is “making steady progress” in its bid to get the grounded MAX fleet operating again, its top executive said.
