In an immediately adopted airworthiness directive (AD) due out July 20, the agency will order Boeing 737 operators to inspect cabin altitude pressure switches more frequently.
The Canadian federal and Quebec provincial governments together will invest in projects at Bell, CAE and Pratt & Whitney Canada to develop technologies supporting the electrification and decarbonization of aviation.
Logic dictates that the stark differences in the full-service and ultra-low-cost business models would prohibit those operators from ever forging partnerships.
A British Airways 787-8’s inadvertent nose-gear retraction at a London Heathrow gate last month was caused by an incorrectly placed pin during routine maintenance—a design-related risk that regulators flagged in an airworthiness directive that had not been implemented on the aircraft.
Airbus has joined Canada’s SAF+ Consortium, which plans to build in Montreal the first power-to-liquids plant to produce sustainable aviation fuel from renewable electricity and captured carbon dioxide.
Cathay Pacific is due to introduce its first Airbus A321neos into service in August, as the carrier continues to gradually increase its network and capacity.
A combination of employment-preservation measures has allowed TAP Air Portugal to radically reduce the number of redundancies it initially planned to make as a result of the pandemic.
Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions has partnered with an energy company to evaluate development of a viable charging infrastructure for electric air taxis.
Domestic travel restrictions are likely to remain in place in Malaysia into the 2021 fourth quarter (Q4), causing a major setback for Malaysia Airlines’ recovery timetable.
ACI World estimated that collectively airports around the globe will see a $108 billion reduction in revenue in 2021 compared to pre-pandemic forecasts.
