Air Transport

Rolls-Royce has cut its dividend to shareholders after profits at the aero-engine manufacturer fell by 12% last year.

Prosperous Shenzhen has become the latest Chinese secondary city to open intercontinental air links, with China Southern Airlines beginning flights to Sydney and Xiamen Airlines planning a service to Seattle.

UAS incidents have increased over time. Here's a time line of notable episodes involving the increasingly ubiquitous "drones."

Shoreham crash review set to bring increased costs and tougher regulation for future airshows.

It is appropriate for government to fund high-risk, high-reward research and development.

Though controversial, a House plan to spin off the FAA’s Air Traffic Control and Modernization into a non-profit corporation is moving ahead at full speed.

The benefits of independent, user-financed air traffic systems are clear.

Authorities turn to detection and identification technologies to address the irresponsible and illegal use of small UAS. But can they take action against them?

NASA’s leadership prepares to do battle in Congress to justify plans to ramp up funding for aeronautics research to pay for up to five large-scale X-planes to demonstrate future commercial-aircraft configurations and technologies.

Acoustic sensors, radars, jammers, cyber weapons, net-wielding UAVs, quadcopter-snatching eagles, guided projectiles and laser weapons­—the perceived threat from small UAS is drawing a wide range of responses

Mitsubishi Aircraft has resumed flight testing of its MRJ regional jet, following airframe strengthening and software modifications to the program’s first prototype.

In separate announcements, the FAA and NTSB reinforced warnings about the dangers of transporting lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries as bulk cargo in passenger and freighter aircraft.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will be offering its cheapest “SAS Go Light” fares ...

The International Civil Aviation Agency is coordinating with relevant agencies on procedures and responses for the air transport industry on the Zika virus.

TAP Portugal’s management is confident it will be able to continue its fleet renewal and route restructuring despite the U-turn by the Portuguese government on privatizing the flag carrier.

Prosperous Shenzhen has become the latest Chinese secondary city to open intercontinental air links, with China Southern Airlines beginning flights to Sydney and Xiamen Airlines planning a service to Seattle.

After a short period of some consolidation, Norwegian is entering a phase of strong growth as a result of expanded long-haul flying.

A measure to split air traffic control (ATC) and modernization away from the FAA into a non-profit corporation survived cleared its first congressional hurdle on Feb. 11, emerging modified but relatively unscathed from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Boeing appears to be nearing a decision about a new aircraft that would potentially fill the gap between the Boeing 737 MAX and 787.

European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc intends to discuss Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) and Norwegian Air UK’s (NUK) pending applications for permission to serve the U.S., at high-level meetings in Washington later this month, Aviation Daily has learned.

Virgin Australia is preparing to reduce its regional aircraft fleet in an effort to improve the productivity of its domestic operation and solidify its return to profitability.

Aerospace sector greets lifting of sanction on Iran with interest and with orders; Delta’s change at the top will strengthen Anderson’s position.

In the next decades, commercial aircraft might be flown from the ground and airports might need counter-UAV weapons

Eight years after the Chinese government launched development of the Comac C919, the three big state airlines that must become the prime customers of the 158-seat airliner still hold only tiny orders for the type. Why?

Russia’s goal of reentering the narrowbody market hit a speed bump when the prototype of its MC-21 aircraft encountered problems related to manufacture of its composite wings.