Boeing confirms it quietly flew the initial high-density derivative of the 737-8 from its Renton, Washington, production site for the first time, on Jan. 13.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways has become the latest airline to join “Worldwide by easyJet,” enabling passengers of the two carriers to connect through London Gatwick Airport.
Air Northeast, not yet licensed, has become the latest planned Chinese air operator to improve its regulatory chances with an agreement to operate Comac ARJ21s.
Etihad Airways has started legal proceedings to fight bankrupt airberlin’s attempts to win €2 billion ($2.27 billion) in damages from its former shareholder.
ManaAir LLC, a new company with United Airlines as a minority stakeholder, has completed its acquisition of United regional partner ExpressJet Airlines.
FAA said it received two reports from incoming flights to EWR at 5 p.m. local time of a drone flying at about 3,500 ft. above Teterboro, New Jersey, to the northeast.
WASHINGTON—Alaska Airlines has postponed by three weeks its plan to begin service from a new terminal at Paine Field (PAE) north of Seattle, Washington, because FAA employees responsible for approving the service are furloughed by the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers called out of work over the recent U.S. holiday weekend at the highest rate since the partial government shutdown began Dec. 22, 2018.
South African Airways (SAA) has suspended its 3X-weekly service to Blantyre, Malawi, after the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) found what it called serious safety risks at Blantyre Chileka International Airport.
An Aeroflot Boeing 737-800 en route from Astana, Kazakhstan skidded off the runway while taxiing after landing at Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) Jan. 21 at 5:49 p.m. local time, the airport said.
The eastern Chinese city Fuzhou is offering subsidies of at least CNY300,000 ($44,000) per flight for new routes to most North America destinations as part of a broad scheme to support airlines using its airport.
Embraer’s sales and marketing focus in 2019 will be on finalizing orders for the E190-E2 and E195-E2 with “marquee customers,” Embraer Commercial Aircraft CEO John Slattery said.
EasyJet took a £15 million ($19.4 million) hit as a result of the December 2018 drone-related flight disruptions at its London Gatwick Airport base, but the UK LCC’s pre-tax profit guidance for the year ending Sept. 30, 2019 remains unchanged.
Deals by Airbus and Boeing to take over the commercial aircraft business are giving the A220 and E2 new credibility, but the models are still not hitting the core of the narrowbody market, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly said.
DUBLIN -- The proposed Airbus A321XLR “will go well beyond the capabilities Airbus imagined for the A320,” according to Air Lease Corp. (ALC) chairman Steve Udvar-Hazy. ALC is “spending a lot of time” with Airbus specifying the requirements for the XLR and with Boeing for its planned new mid-market airplane (NMA), Hazy told attendees at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers conference in Dublin Jan. 21.
Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has switched 15 Airbus A320neos from an existing order to the larger A321neo, as well as announcing a firm follow-on order for 50 A320neos and 15 A321neos with a list-price value of $7.4 billion.
Bangkok Airways has announced the resignation of its CEO after Thai regulators said he must step down and pay penalties for alleged share trading irregularities.
