Philippines’ Clark International Airport has closed temporarily following a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the main island of Luzon the night of Apr. 22.
In an ongoing battle to gain control of Hong Kong Airlines, four of its board members have been served with a court order preventing them from making business related-decisions on the airline.
The first air carrier certificate for a commercial drone delivery service in the U.S. has been awarded by the FAA to Wing, the subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet.
Airlines are continuing to consume aftermarket services at a record rate, with year-over-year sales growth projected at nearly 10% for 2019, driven by continuing demand for traffic and boosted by specific challenges—notably the Boeing 737 MAX grounding—providing short-term boosts, new research from Canaccord Genuity shows.
Nevada-based Allegiant Air has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to offer non-stop scheduled service between the U.S. and Mexico, marking the first foray into scheduled international service for the LCC.
A new agreement between aircraft-maker Boeing and aerostructures provider Spirit AeroSystems due to ongoing 737 MAX troubles should ward off the worst effects of the narrowbody’s production slowdown for the Wichita supplier.
After a four-month suspension because of a dispute between Malaysia and Singapore, Malaysia LCC Firefly resumed scheduled service between the two countries, with the first flight landing at Singapore’s Seletar Airport Apr. 21.
Fuel supplier Air BP will deliver sustainable aviation fuel to airports and airlines in Sweden beginning this year, under an agreement with renewable fuels producer Neste.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), appears to have changed its policy on how Chinese airlines will be split between Beijing airports after the new Daxing International Airport opens, allowing China Eastern Airlines to maintain Beijing-Shanghai flights from Beijing Capital International.
Emirates and India LCC SpiceJet signed an MOU Apr. 22 for a reciprocal codeshare agreement, aimed at opening new routes and destinations between India and Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East.
uAvionix, a developer and manufacturer of miniature avionics for communications, navigation and surveillance applications, said it is testing a prototype control radio for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles.
As it works to complete the prototype of its electric regional aircraft for display at the Paris Air Show in June, Israel’s Eviation has selected startup MagniX as the second supplier of motors for the nine-seat aircraft.
Representatives from nine civil aviation authorities, including the four major state-of-design agencies and growing global power China, have accepted invitations from the U.S. FAA to conduct a partial review of the Boeing 737 MAX certification, FAA announced Apr. 19.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a new altitude monitoring function on Airbus A320-series airliners, NavBlue, Airbus’ flight operations and air traffic management subsidiary, said.
WASHINGTON—United Airlines has done well compensating for the absence of its 14 Boeing 737 MAXs by adjusting its network and maintenance schedules, but the gaps created will become harder to fill as the peak summer season approaches, the airline’s executives said. The Chicago-based carrier has removed its MAXs through early July, the carrier confirmed Apr. 15. The aircraft were operating about 40 daily flights when they were banned from operating in the U.S. by FAA Mar. 13. The MAX fleet remains grounded worldwide.
Nine groups representing commercial and general aviation are calling on the FAA not to follow through with a proposed pilot drug testing study, saying that “deceptively and unknowingly” testing thousands of pilot urine samples does not comply with legal requirements and would “further erode the trust” between the pilot community and FAA Aviation Medical Examiners (AME).
SkyTeam alliance members Kenya Airways and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines have signed a codeshare agreement that will open connectivity to 11 U.S. and four Canadian cities.
A strange thing happened after Boeing announced Apr. 5 that it would slow production of new 737 narrowbodies to 42 aircraft a month from the current rate of 52 by the middle of April: Nobody else in the supply chain did the same.
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If the CEOs of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines get their way, U.S. Congress will hold yet another set of hearings this year on the seemingly never-ending quarrel over the U.S. Open Skies agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft is close to finalizing a refined design for the MRJ70, the shorter version of its MRJ regional jet, and by the end of June, two additional MRJ90 prototypes will be ready for MRJ flight testing, Mitsubishi Aircraft president Hisakazu Mizutani said.
