WASHINGTON—The NTSB cited poor airmanship as the probable cause of February 2019’s crash of an Atlas Air Boeing 767, but took the unusual step of referencing FAA inaction on a long-sought change as a contributing factor.
A group of 62 environmental organizations have called on the FAA to abandon plans to establish takeoff and landing noise standards for civil supersonic aircraft, arguing that enabling the revival of high-speed air travel would fuel the global climate crisis.
Nordic Aviation Capital’s (NAC) lenders have agreed to a debt standstill for the next six to 12 months, after 40% of the regional-aircraft lessor’s turnover was impacted by COVID-19.
A cooperative is aiming to launch a new regional airline in Quebec called Treq, which it says will fill a gap in the market following Air Canada’s withdrawal from several regional routes.
London Stansted Airport is to appeal against a decision by the local planning authority to block it from increasing the number of passengers it handles.
Ryanair is calling on the Republic of Ireland to withdraw its 14-day quarantine, which has triggered the Irish LCC to cut up to 1,000 Ireland-UK flights in August and September.
Dutch carrier KLM has secured EU approval for €3.4 billion ($3.9 billion) in government-support measures, which the European Commission (EC) described as “urgent liquidity support.”
China has condemned France’s decision to slash the number of Chinese airline flights to Paris per week from three to just one, which Paris said was in response to China’s "five ones" policy.
Allegiant Air will relax its pace of growth in the 2020 third quarter (Q3) citing deteriorating booking trends caused by a surge in COVID-19 cases across the U.S.
