Air Transport

De Havilland Canada plans to suspend production of the Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, citing the difficulty of securing new orders in current industry conditions.

The FAA is giving affected Boeing 787 operators 45 days to inspect forward and aft cargo compartments for damaged decompression panels after inspections for a related issue turned up the new problem, the agency said.

JetBlue Airways said it will push ahead with a planned partnership with American Airlines, even after its unionized pilots rejected a tentative

Malta’s finance minister has warned that failure by the government to provide funding to Air Malta will see the national carrier swiftly collapse.

Air Canada’s acquisition of Transat has hit a patch of uncertainty after the European Commission (EC) pushed back approving the tie-up.

Groupe ADP, the operator of Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) airports, said pre-pandemic levels of traffic at its Paris airports are not expected to return until 2024-27.

The U.S. aerospace industry provided a foreign trade surplus of around $43 billion in 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department reported this month, a notable achievement amid the onset of COVID-19 but almost half the sector’s 2019 level.

The A330neo has not enjoyed nearly the market success of its predecessor.

Iceland’s air navigation service provider Isavia ANS announced Feb. 17 that it has implemented satellite-based surveillance of aircraft in its airspace.

Gulf Air and Etihad Airways have agreed to strengthen their operational links by signing a strategic commercial cooperation agreement (SCCA).

Lufthansa announced major changes to its ab initio pilot training program Feb. 17, as the airline grapples with the fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ryanair has lost its cases against state aid awarded to French and Swedish airlines, following two rulings by the EU’s Luxembourg-based General Court.

Viva Air Colombia is adding three new international routes from Medellin, the second-largest city in Colombia, as part of efforts to “decentralize” flights in the country.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has once again selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power its latest order for 35 A320neo family aircraft placed in 2018.

A cross section of travel, technology and health organizations are cooperating in an initiative to create a blueprint for interoperable digital health pass systems that are privacy protected, user controlled and universally accepted for international travel and more.

Asiana Airlines managed to achieve a net profit in the fourth quarter largely thanks to its cargo operation which narrowed its full-year loss amid the pandemic.

Ask The Editors: Regulators working on the 737 MAX were not buoyed by the pandemic, but COVID-19 was not a major factor on downtime.

In the post-pandemic era, supply chains will become stronger and probably – but not always – shorter.