IATA is forecasting higher profits for the airline industry in 2020. But it had to revise its 2019 forecast down twice, and there is a large degree of uncertainty going into 2020, including trade tensions that continue to weigh heavily on airlines. The timing of the return of the Boeing 737 MAX is also adding uncertainty to airline planning and the capacity outlook. Aviation Week Network Executive Editor for Commercial Aviation Jens Flottau discusses the issues with Air Transport World Editor-In-Chief Karen Walker and Aviation Week Regulatory Reporter Ben Goldstein.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) published information confirming that carbon emissions per passenger have declined by more than 50% since 1990.
Qantas has named the Airbus A350-1000 as its preferred choice for its ultra-long-haul plan known as Project Sunrise, although a final decision is still to come.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson suggested Boeing improve the “quality and timeliness” of information it is providing the agency to support getting the 737 MAX back into service, part of a larger message that Boeing’s efforts should focus on meeting regulatory demands, not influencing the process.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson suggested Boeing improve the “quality and timeliness” of information it is providing the agency to support getting the 737 MAX back into service, part of a larger message that Boeing’s efforts should focus on meeting regulatory demands, not influencing the process.
Delta Air Lines is projecting revenues of $49 billion in 2020, a 4-6% bump above its projected full-year 2019 top line, the carrier said during its Dec. 12 investor day.
Delta Air Lines is projecting revenues of $49 billion in 2020, a 4-6% bump above its projected full-year 2019 top line, the carrier said during its Dec. 12 investor day.
FAA is considering expanding its use of space-based surveillance to track aircraft and maintain separations in oceanic airspace beyond an operational trial slated to begin in the Caribbean region in March 2020.
FAA is considering expanding its use of space-based surveillance to track aircraft and maintain separations in oceanic airspace beyond an operational trial slated to begin in the Caribbean region in March 2020.
South African aviation group Comair has promoted joint CEO Wrenelle Stander to group CEO, while her former co-joint CEO Glenn Orsmond has been named as CEO of Comair’s airline division.
South African aviation group Comair has promoted joint CEO Wrenelle Stander to group CEO, while her former co-joint CEO Glenn Orsmond has been named as CEO of Comair’s airline division.
New forecasts from IATA show air cargo volumes staging a modest recovery in 2020 after slumping in 2019, boosted by predictions of a truce in the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China.
Delta Air Lines pilots are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to place conditions on the carrier’s proposed transborder joint venture (JV) with Calgary-based WestJet, expressing concerns about how Delta has divided flying opportunities under its immunized alliance with Virgin Atlantic.
