Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick, Chen Chuanren
If investigators have insight on why the 737-800 went down during a routine domestic flight, they have not shared it publicly.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bernie Baldwin
There’s a well-known international supermarket chain which has a slogan saying, “Every little helps!” That’s certainly an epithet which can be
Small Narrowbody Jets

By David Casey
Belgium’s new aviation tax will be introduced from April 1, to the annoyance of the country’s airlines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
Highly engineered aerospace products provider Crane said March 30 that it will spin off its payment and merchandising technologies businesses into a separate, publicly traded corporation, in part to better focus on core aerospace and electronics end markets
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Scotland-based Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) has signed a term sheet in principle with UK startup Electric Aviation Group (EAG) to collaborate on the development of technologies to support zero-emission flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. federal budget process always provides a peek into government agencies’ aspirations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

ETIHAD placed its first A350-1000 (290) into service (Abu Dhabi-Paris); four others (parked) are to join in coming months. Aircraft will be used as
Air Transport

SMARTLYNX AIRLINES leased an A320-200 with CFM56s from Jackson Square Aviation, and now operates 33 aircraft; it expects to take delivery of three
Air Transport

WESTAIR AVIATION, Namibia leased ex-Via Airlines ERJ 145 (498) from Avmax Aircraft Leasing.
Air Transport

Marjan Rintel to Chief Executive Officer of KLM.
Air Transport

LAX

LAX handled 4.1m pax in February, down 29% vs Feb 2020; intl. pax fell 52%.
Air Transport

SATENA, Colombia leased ex-Azul ATR 72-600 (969) from Nordic Aviation Capital.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The board of directors of the U.S. Export-Import Bank met for the first time under President Biden’s Senate-approved pick to run the bank, Reta Jo Lewis, and quickly doled out financial assistance for Boeing’s embattled airliner supply chain.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
While the immediate effects of the Russia-Ukraine war appear to be limited on European air travel demand so far, the invasion has the potential of creating a multi-layered fallout that may have longer-lasting effects than the pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Etihad Airways has begun operation of its much-delayed Airbus A350-1000, with an inaugural flight from the company’s Abu Dhabi hub to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The Netherlands government is seeking to triple the country’s airport departure tax to €24 ($27) beginning in 2023, as part of its Recovery and Resilience Plan from the pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European airlines are hoping increased scrutiny on the sector’s environmental impact will provide the impetus to advance progress on much-needed reforms of the region’s airspace.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Fast-expanding ASL Aviation Holdings (ASL) is potentially doubling its order book for Boeing 737-800 converted freighters with a new firm order for 10, plus 10 purchase rights.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM's board has renewed group CEO Ben Smith’s mandate for an additional five years and appointed Marjan Rintel as KLM’s new CEO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has set ambitious goals for the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its newly released Climate Action Plan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Rising fuel costs and closed borders are keeping China’s national carriers—Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines—under pressure and, despite increases in passenger revenue, all three saw their losses widen in 2021.
Airlines & Lessors

TripAdmit has been appointed by Jazeera Airways to offer a full range of tours and activities alongside its global destinations.
Airports & Networks

GE Aviation recently achieved 400 million flight hours and 37 years of on time delivery of their navigation database to airlines globally.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways today unveiled its new Airbus A350-1000 on a special inaugural commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to Paris.
Emerging Technologies