The government of Tibet, the Chinese province with the greatest challenges for commercial aviation, is pushing low-cost carriers to set up local branch companies to help implement a new policy of promoting air links, certainly with subsidies.
The first Airbus A321neo will have to undergo significant repair work and stay on the ground for weeks following a tail strike during flights tests on Feb. 15.
Battery industry advocates face off with aerospace industry safety advocates over a proposed ban on shipping lithium-ion batteries on passenger aircraft.
Embraer believes Asian low-cost airlines would be well-advised to change their business model to eliminate the high number of route changes by introducing smaller aircraft.
Embraer believes Asian low-cost airlines would be well-advised to change their business model to eliminate the high number of route changes by introducing smaller aircraft.
One month into his new role as president of Pratt & Whitney, Bob Leduc is determined to “set the record straight” with airlines over plans to improve start times on the company’s PW1100G flagship geared turbofan on the Airbus A320neo.
One month into his new role as president of Pratt & Whitney, Bob Leduc is determined to “set the record straight” with airlines over plans to improve start times on the company’s PW1100G flagship geared turbofan on the Airbus A320neo.
The first E-Jet E2 to be presented to the public will be the up-to-106-passenger E190-E2, which has its first flight scheduled for the second half of 2016 and entry into service in 2018.
NASA tests of morphing flap technology on a modified Gulfstream III aim to demonstrate the viability of the flexible flap, which could form the first step toward eventual development of a morphing wing.
As part of its new brand-refresh and marketing campaign, Alaska Airlines has switched its advertising agency of record, its first such change in 20 years.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Charles Rivkin, assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, will sign a bilateral air services agreement with Cuba in Havana on Feb. 16.
Boeing’s stock price closed down almost 7% on Feb. 11 in volatile trading on Wall Street after investors digested a list of relatively negative headlines regarding the OEM and prime defense contractor.
Iranian airlines operate a fleet of 285 aircraft, but the average age is slightly less than 25 years, according to ICF International principal Richard Brown. Afghanistan’s average fleet age is the oldest in the Middle East, at about 25 years, but it only includes 32 aircraft. In contrast, Saudi Arabian operators fly 195 aircraft that average about 10 years. And even younger—less than an average of 10 years—are the fleets of the United Arab Emirates (517 aircraft), Lebanon (20), Oman (44) and Qatar (178), Brown said.
With demand faltering in one of its key markets, and unit revenues expected to slide considerably this quarter, WestJet Airlines was rebuffed when it asked manufacturer Bombardier if it could defer some Q400 turboprop deliveries this year.
Boeing’s stock price closed down almost 7% on Feb. 11 in volatile trading on Wall Street after investors digested a list of relatively negative headlines regarding the OEM and prime defense contractor
