Austrian aerospace supplier FACC has developed an antimicrobial surface coating for aircraft cabins that it hopes will boost its position in aftermarket services.
While Boeing, the FAA, and affected operators continue to collaborate on fixes for 737 MAXs that are out of service awaiting electrical-system modifications, executives at the manufacturer and one affected customer are confident the disruption will not drag on.
A trial installation of a biometric processing system at Istanbul Grand Airport (IST) has resulted in a 30% reduction in boarding times, according to SITA.
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren believes summer 2021 trading conditions will be better than summer 2020, based on the vaccine rollout and more reliable coronavirus data.
The outlook for summer 2021 may be looking brighter than was the case in summer 2020, but questions remain over how long COVID-19 safety precautions will linger for airline passengers.
Morf3D, an additive manufacturing startup that once was the darling of Boeing new-investment efforts, has a new 90,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in Long Beach, California, and is now controlled by Japanese camera giant Nikon.
The Australian Federal Court ordered Garuda Indonesia to pay a fine of A$19 million ($14.7 million) to Australia after dropping its appeal for a price-fixing case.
Electric aircraft propulsion will lead to the creation of electric low-cost carriers—eLCCs—flying sub-regional routes that are not economically viable for hydrocarbon-powered aircraft, proposes a report released by UK trade association ADS Group.
Tunisian carrier Nouvelair is relaunching scheduled flights from London Gatwick (LGW) and Manchester (MAN) to plug what it believes is a capacity gap left by the demise of Thomas Cook in 2019.
The airline industry is keeping and, in some instances, raising its commitments to the environment through technologies, sustainable aviation fuels and improved operations and infrastructure.
