Air Transport

Pilots are gaining access to more data and contributing to aggregation programs, and operators are benefiting.

JetBlue's offer complicates plans by Frontier Airlines to merge with Spirit before the end of 2022.

David Jones to Head of Asia Pacific Marketing, based in Singapore, of Jackson Square Aviation.

Kirsten de Brujin to Executive Vice President-Cargo of WestJet, Calgary.

BLACK STONE AIRLINES (Asia Cargo Network), Indonesia launched all-cargo operations with two 737-300Fs.

AIRBALTIC was certified to operate its A220-300s with 149 seats. It changed configuration for first five of 33 aircraft and plans to unblock the

DAE closed 4-year US$1b revolving credit facility, replacing other facilities with near-term maturity dates. Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait-DIFC Branch

The Transportation Security Administration’s proposed baseline budget for fiscal 2023 would increase agency funding by nearly 16%, with a large chunk of the new money going toward greater pay and benefits for the agency’s nearly 50,000 employees.

The FAA is proposing mandatory upgrades to Pratt & Whitney PW1500G and PW1900G engines that incorporates a redesigned component developed to eliminate the risk of a condition linked to four inflight shutdowns.

The FAA has dedicated a new air traffic control (ATC) tower at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) that recently replaced the previous tower commissioned in 1979.

Modifications made to an Airbus C295 are opening the door to new gains in fuel efficiency.

Germany’s government has confirmed it is funding a project to modify a Dornier 328 regional turboprop into a flying testbed for zero-emission hydrogen-electric propulsion.

The airline said it had to cancel 2,000 flights in March because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and related airspace closures.

UK carriers British Airways and easyJet faced further schedule disruption April 5 because of high staff sickness rates, driven by a national surge in COVID-19 cases.

Air France-KLM’s board of directors has chosen to enter into exclusive negotiations with CFM International for the acquisition of Leap-1A engines to power its new fleet of Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft.

Gaussin and Qatar Airways Cargo has successfully tested and commissioned of the AMDT FULL ELEC automotive multi-directional transporter for air cargo pallets, with production under way for delivery in Q2 2022.

Emirates will be operating twice daily flights on its flagship A380 aircraft to Mauritius from 1 July 2022 to meet the increase in demand for travel to the island nation.

RwandAir is celebrating five years of flying between Kigali and the Zimbabwean capital of Harare.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) has marked the 50th anniversary of the airline’s first passenger flight to Dubai, which arrived on 5th April 1972.

Both new and existing African airlines are showing that it is possible to operate successfully and exploit new openings, despite longstanding difficulties including high visa costs, patchy infrastructure and poor regional connectivity.

The start-up cargo carrier is looking to pivot to passenger charters for Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage flights in the third quarter of 2022.

Short-term obstacles and long-term changes were on the agenda at Airlines for Europe’s Brussels summit.