Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reached agreements with Airbus and Boeing to defer the delivery of more than 130 aircraft in its order book past the contracted timeframe and some beyond the immediate five years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
To meet rising demand for converted freighters, the Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has announced it will open a third line for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) at its Guangzhou, China facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bernie Baldwin
Delivering comfort in what was once thought of as a niche segment, crossover narrowbody jets such as the Airbus A220 family and the first and second
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Thierry Dubois
Confronted with a dramatic drop in traffic, European ANSPs see a chance to modernize and rethink air traffic management.
Connected Aerospace

By Alan Dron
Iberia has laid out plans to expand its existing maintenance installations into a major hub for MRO activities in southern Europe. The Spanish flag
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
UPS is in the home stretch of a five-year project designed to add 20 years of useful life to its Airbus A300-600 freighter fleet, finalizing agreements with two maintenance shops that will install upgraded avionics and other components on 51 aircraft.
MRO

By Alan Dron
Airports aiming to cut carbon emissions are having to set that ambition against the need simply to survive, according to a new report from Airports Council International (ACI).
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Mexican ULCC Volaris is scaling back its capacity growth in the 2021 first quarter (Q1) because of new U.S. international testing requirements and growing COVID-19 case counts in Mexico.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
An independent report has concluded that neither Ukrainian nor Russian aviation regulators were aware of any potential threats to civil airspace in the lead up to the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Air navigation service providers (ANSP) in Europe are in the middle of a brainstorming process that may reach deep into their organization.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Delta Air Lines will continue blocking off middle seats through at least April 30, extending a popular policy the company hopes will differentiate it as a more premium airline brand.
Airlines & Lessors

POSTE AIR CARGO, Italy leased 737-400SF (28889; ex-Flair) from Automatic; AIRBORNE converted aircraft via PEMCO STC.
Air Transport

FALKO says in 2020 it acquired 23 aircraft, sold 16, and signed lease agreements/extensions on another 27; it has 120 aircraft.
Air Transport

Tiziana Masullo to Managing Director and President of ATR Americas; she is based in Miami.
Air Transport

SMARTWINGS plans February 25 to restart 737 MAX operations (Prague-Palma de Mallorca).
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and its pilots’ union Aeropers have failed to reach agreement on a way forward to tackle the airline’s financial predicament.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Ferneyhough
Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division will stop building jet engines for two weeks in summer 2021 as it continues to contend with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on its business.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
A group of employees seeking to save South African Express (SA Express) are yet to provide a bank guarantee, keeping the airline at risk of liquidation.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Czech carrier Smartwings is set to become the first airline to operate the Boeing 737 MAX on a scheduled route in Europe since EASA gave its approval for the aircraft’s return to service.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
China is in the process of developing new facilities for COMAC in Shanghai, laying the foundations for the state-owned airframer to one day take on the global powerhouses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Tightening restrictions are getting in the way of airlines’ expectations of a summer recovery.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Eurocontrol Network Overview For 2020
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Guy Ferneyhough
Boeing’s Indian joint venture Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited is set to start manufacturing vertical fin structures for 737 family aircraft at its site in Hyderabad.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Triumph Group saw both MRO sales and key leading indicators such as repair orders climb last quarter, suggesting that the commercial aftermarket recovery is gaining momentum.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
SkyWest Airlines executives said the company could break even by mid-year 2021, assuming domestic travel demand picks up during the first half of the year.
Airlines & Lessors