Etihad Airways and Gulf Air plan to step up their recently signed wide-ranging cooperative agreement by instituting a codeshare from the start of the industry’s summer timetable season.
Russia´s Atran Airlines, an air express subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-800BCF, Mar. 20, making the carrier the first operator of the type in the country.
Airlines for America (A4A) is urging the U.S. Congress to reject proposed fee hikes on air travel that were included as part of the White House’s recently-released fiscal 2020 budget proposal.
Indonesia LCC Lion Air is readying itself for an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report by Bloomberg. The airline is targeting to raise about $1 billion in funds when listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX).
British Airways (BA) has brought in assistance on another route as it seeks to cope with the continuing disruption caused by problems with its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
U.S. operators with Boeing 737 MAXs are shuffling aircraft assignments and canceling flights to address gaps created by having the grounded aircraft unavailable, and may have enough flexibility to keep the ramifications of a short-term grounding minimal.
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary Elaine Chao on Mar. 19 requested the Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiate a probe to review the process FAA used to certify the Boeing 737 MAX as safe prior to the two fatal crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
By nominating Steve Dickson to serve as the next FAA administrator, U.S. President Donald Trump has advanced the name of a former airline pilot steeped in the NextGen air traffic control (ATC) modernization effort, who also served as a prominent opponent of spinning off the agency’s ATC function to a separate entity.
All Nippon Airways (ANA)—in the last such Airbus-organized event for this particular aircraft model—took delivery of its first A380 Mar. 20 in Toulouse.
The sale of Malaysia flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) might not be as soon and easy as it seems, despite Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad saying Mar. 20 that there are “local and foreign firms expressing interest.”
European nations are making uneven progress toward meeting Single European Sky surveillance and communications technology requirements, according to the organization tasked with coordinating air traffic management (ATM) common projects.
Despite the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX 8s in five months, Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker says his confidence in the aircraft and the manufacturer remains unchanged.
INTRO Aviation, the new majority shareholder of French long-haul airline Corsair, plans to revamp the carrier’s fleet, switching to an all-Airbus formation and increasing the fleet to 13 aircraft by 2023 to reduce costs and drive growth.
The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Lion Air JT610 crash reportedly reveals more detail about how the crew attempted to solve the aircraft’s repeated descents.
Embraer’s John Slattery will be the first CEO of the Boeing-Embraer commercial aircraft joint venture (JV) the aircraft manufacturers expect to launch by the end of the year, and he will report to Boeing’s Marc Allen, who will take a new position in charge of Boeing’s JVs with Embraer, the companies announced Mar. 20.
The White House confirmed Mar. 19 that U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate former Delta Air Lines executive and pilot Stephen Dickson to head the FAA, ending a 15-month stretch for the agency without a permanent leader.
Air Canada has pulled the 737 Max from its schedule until “at least” July 1 and has re-shuffled its schedule and aircraft assignments to accommodate the capacity reductions.
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) is concerned most flight decks lack tools allowing pilots to be aware of the trim’s position, according to a position paper published Mar. 7.
French leisure airline Aigle Azur has unveiled changes to its flights to and from China and Brazil as it pledged to push ahead with long-haul expansion plans, while continuing to operate to its established European and African destinations.
