ATR is working on accumulating launch orders for its proposed short-field version of the ATR 42-600, estimating a market of 800 aircraft over 30 years.
China Eastern Airlines has confirmed it is trying to keep its profitable Beijing-Shanghai service at Beijing Capital International Airport after the city’s new airport opens this year.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation has once again reshuffled its top management as it prepares to separate its commercial aircraft production from military programs.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian expressed confidence in the U.S. aviation regulatory system in the wake of the Boeing 737 MAX crisis, calling industry-regulator partnerships key to achieving unprecedented safety levels.
The survival prospects of embattled Indian carrier Jet Airways remain murky, as a deadline for potential investors looms this week and more aircraft are reclaimed by lessors.
Europe’s strong airlines will get stronger and the weak will get weaker as consolidation in the region continues and small carriers see pressure on yields intensifying.
China Aircraft Leasing, based in Hong Kong, is not changing its orders for 75 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, contrary to a report that it was putting the deal on hold.
European leisure airline TUI Group, which had 15 Boeing 737 MAX-8s in its fleet of 150 aircraft when the aircraft was grounded, expects the cost impact to be about $200 million assuming the MAXs will remain out of service through June.
Pilot feedback to the proposed software changes to the 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) flight control law is positive, Boeing said, adding that after demonstrations, pilots believe the potential for further flight control problems from the system is a ‘non-issue.’
Boeing is confident that its move to cut 737 production nearly 20% later this month will have minimal effect on delivery schedules for the non-MAX aircraft still being made, including the remaining 737NGs headed for airlines, a few business jets, and regular deliveries of its P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to military customers.
The internet-of-things platform for cabin equipment Airbus introduced at AIX Apr. 2 may be seen as a first step towards a more customized experience for the passenger, according to Airbus VP for cabin marketing Ingo Wuggetzer.
Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) has until Apr. 30 to present a binding offer for Alitalia, after the Italian government and the commissioners managing the carrier since it declared bankruptcy extended a deadline, Italian media reported.
Lufthansa Systems is widening the number of companies that can use its BoardConnect platform for inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC), the company said at AIX in Hamburg.
It’s a piece of airline equipment that everybody hopes will never be needed, but if an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) does have to be pressed into use, it’s important that it should be as efficient as possible.
Airbus secured a second firm order for the A330-800 after Uganda Airlines firmed up an MOU originally announced at the Farnborough Airshow in July 2018.
Riga-based carrier airBaltic is opening new routes on a scope and scale that would not have been possible without the Airbus A220-300, which is rapidly becoming the mainstay of its fleet.
Even though timing and conditions of Brexit are unclear—as is its impact on air transport regulation—UK airports and airlines say they are already feeling a substantial negative effect on their business.
Korean Air Chairman and CEO Cho Yang-ho died Apr. 7, after helming the airline for more than 20 years and overseeing its development into one of Asia’s leading carriers.
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