After months of increasing financial difficulties, German leisure carrier Germania filed for bankruptcy Feb. 4 and halted flight operations the same evening.
Improving the safety of Part 135 air carrier operations by holding them to the same requirements that apply to airlines is one of the NTSB’s top safety priorities, the board announced Feb. 4.
A revised capacity-purchase agreement (CPA) with Air Canada gives Chorus Aviation long-term stability for its Jazz regional feeder and boosts its effort to diversify revenue streams by increasing its leasing income.
UK regional carrier Flybe has agreed to a board meeting demanded by several shareholders over the airline’s proposed takeover by Stobart Group-backed consortium Connect Airways.
Irish LCC Ryanair has posted a €20 million ($22.9 million) third-quarter net loss and announced plans to transition to a group structure, similar to that of International Airlines Group (IAG), with Michael O’Leary as group CEO.
A Transportation Safety Board of Canada analysis of runway incursions at YYZ led the board to recommend reconfiguring part of the airfield and put a spotlight on how inconsistent airport-design standards can present risks for flight crews.
New Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith has taken the next move in simplifying the organization’s brand structure, with Air France’s regional operator HOP! being brought closer to the parent company.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) aims to build a foreign civil aircraft under license beginning 2023 while developing its own 60-seat design for sale in 2030, its chief executive said, outlining a plan to start a shift away from military production in 2019.
A move by Qantas to buy a stake in Australian charter and regional carrier Alliance Airlines has raised concerns with rival Virgin Australia, which is a long-standing partner of Alliance.
Groupe ADP, which manages Paris airports, is readying for the consultation phase of a major capacity expansion program at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.
Airbus has to become “more aggressive” in pricing the Airbus A380 if it wants to place any additional orders with International Airlines Group (IAG), the company’s CEO Willie Walsh said.
JetBlue Airways requested the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) consolidate antitrust immunity (ATI) applications from the proposed oneworld and SkyTeam transatlantic joint ventures (JV).
Continued deceleration of economic growth in China coupled with sluggish environments in the U.S. and Europe will take their toll on new-aircraft demand, likely leaving Airbus and Boeing with fewer orders than deliveries this year, a Bloomberg analyst warned at Aviation Week’s Aero-Engines Americas Jan. 30.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR’s product development for its wearable enhanced vision system and the ATR 72-600F cargo aircraft ison schedule, CEO Stefano Bortoli said at ATR’s annual press conference in Paris Jan. 31. Additionally, the company is gearing up for the launch of a short takeoff and landing (STOL) variant of the ATR 42, Bortoli said.
