Aviation Daily

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has welcomed a call for a re-evaluation of the regulations that have underpinned the global civil aviation sector since 1944.

EasyJet confirms it is in talks with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato over the possibility of a joint investment in bankrupt Alitalia.

Airbus no longer looks interested in civil supersonic flight, after having briefly been involved in such a project.

Etihad Airways is close to dropping large parts of its orders for Airbus and Boeing widebodies in an effort to reduce growth and stem losses.

Airbus has firmed up its plans to further increase narrowbody production over the next three years.

Chinese drone manufacturer DJI is upgrading the geofencing technology in its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to prevent them from flying close to airports across Europe.

New Spirit Airlines service between American Airlines’ Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT) fortress hub and four other airports with significant major-airline presence may be eye-opening at first, but the long-term ramifications of the move—a single daily flight on each route—should be negligible, Bernstein analysts conclude.

As the production of the CFM LEAP engine is continuing to ramp up, Safran Aircraft Engines is helping suppliers implement faster quality control methods.

With the Amazon effect driving demand for rapid delivery of e-commerce goods, U.S. startup Elroy Air plans to fly a full-scale prototype of its unmanned cargo aircraft in 2019.

Accommodation provider Airbnb has appointed former Virgin America CEO Fred Reid as global head of transportation, as part of the company’s push to make travel more tolerable.

Aspiring startup Jetlines—advancing its new strategy of building a route network that seeks to avoid WestJet ULCC subsidiary Swoop—plans to include Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) in its network, the airline and airport announced Feb. 13.

Boeing and Safran have named their joint venture for auxiliary power units (APUs), calling it Initium Aerospace.

Concerned that explosives concealed inside an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) could pose a danger to first responders attempting to find a drone’s registration number, the FAA will now require owners to display their registration number on an outside surface.

An Airbus executive on Feb. 13 at an industry conference in Seattle said he would not discuss the fate of the A380 program a day before his European headquarters is expected to address the giant widebody program.

Irish lessor Avolon reported a 30% increase in full-year profit for 2018 to $717 million while revenue increased 10% year-over-year to $2.57 billion.

European private equity firm STAR Capital has agreed to acquire Dublin-basedASL Aviation Holdings, which has a fleet of around 130 aircraft spanning airlines in Africa, Asia and Europe, as well as various support businesses.

EASA test pilots have completed the first session of certification flights on Irkut’s MC-21-300 narrowbody, the aircraft manufacturer said Feb. 13.

The Dutch Government is advocating the introduction of a European Union-wide levy on aviation fuel to address rising carbon dioxide emissions from the commercial air transport sector.

After years in crisis mode, the decision to stop production of the world’s largest civil aircraft does not come as a surprise.

LCC Norwegian will withdraw from the Caribbean market in March after concluding that its flights to the region are not financially viable.

Virgin Australia reported its strongest half-year earnings in more than a decade, thanks to the airline’s restructuring program and surging domestic business.

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European Commission (EC) regulators have approved a joint venture (JV) agreement between Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic that will see the Franco-Dutch airline group acquire a 31% stake in Virgin Atlantic.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that will require all commercial aircraft operating in the U.S. be retrofitted with secondary cockpit barriers to prevent terrorist attacks similar to 9/11.