The chairs of two U.S. House committees overseeing aviation security have introduced legislation that would require TSA to implement an improved covert testing program to identify security gaps in its screening process.
Icelandair is drafting in aircraft from one of its sister-companies as it continues to try to offset problems arising from the grounding of its Boeing 737 MAX fleet.
Air France and KLM plan to swap their remaining firm orders for Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 orders as the aligned carriers seek to gain fleet efficiencies through harmonization and accelerated growth of similar aircraft at both airlines, the Air France-KLM group said June 28.
The substantial fleet changes planned by Emirates Airline will have a major impact on how its home base Dubai International Airport (DXB) will operate in the future, the airport’s CEO Paul Griffiths said.
Boeing will need at least until September to address a new flight control computer (FCC) issue and wrap up changes needed to get the fleet flying again.
Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, two of the three U.S. 737 MAX operators, have removed the grounded aircraft from their schedules for another month, reflecting continued uncertainty over when U.S. regulators will clear the fleet to fly.
The European Commission (EC) has given the U.S. a stern warning not to take any action against Milan-based Air Italy that would prevent it flying to the U.S.
U.S. aerospace manufacturers and policy leaders would be wise to pursue more environmentally friendly aircraft offerings for at least one simple reason: exports into Europe and elsewhere where climate change concerns are rising, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
China Southern Airlines revealed that it will explore low-cost aviation development with LCC Spring Airlines and is studying which company is suitable for developing a new LCC model in China.
Canada’s air transport market took two steps towards more collaboration and consolidation June 27, as Air Transat executives agreed to accept Air Canada’s purchase offer, while the proposed WestJet-Delta Air Lines transborder joint venture (JV) was granted the Canada Competition Bureau’s blessing to move forward.
The increase in traffic at Europe’s airports is slowing after a period of dynamic growth with freight traffic in particular weighing on the region’s airport performance, industry group Airports Council International (ACI) Europe said June 27.
Bombardier is working with airworthiness authority Transport Canada to create a new type certificate for the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) family, separate from that for the Challenger 600-series business jet.
The FAA has announced plans to award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants to hundreds of airports across the U.S., the second tranche of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding appropriated by Congress for fiscal 2019.
Steve Dickson is defending his decision to not disclose to federal lawmakers a lawsuit alleging whistleblower retaliation in which he was deposed during his tenure as Delta Air Lines SVP-flight operations.
As ancillary revenue becomes increasingly important to their bottom lines many airlines are finding that determining which products and services to offer is a learning process.
FAA test pilots have flagged a new issue in the Boeing 737 MAX flight control system that must be addressed as part of changes being made to get the aircraft back into service, Aviation Week has learned.
Boeing’s top executive remains hopeful that the Boeing 737 MAX will be cleared to fly before summer’s end and is pledging to ensure affected operators are compensated regardless of how long the disruption lasts.
Planned U.S. startup Moxy will have “lots of flexibility” with the Airbus A220-300 that would allow the airline to go international, its founder David Neeleman said.
