Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
ALTA members flew 34.9b RPKs in September, up 2.2% vs Sep 2018; capacity rose 1.3% to 43b ASKs. PLF was 81.3%.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
US DOT reports fuel cost for US scheduled airlines was $1.96 per gallon in September vs $2.24 in Sep 2018/$1.94 in Aug 2019.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic increased 3.8% in September on 3.3% higher capacity; cargo traffic fell 4.5%.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
The European Parliament (EP) has greenlighted Romanian parliamentarian Adina-Ioana Vălean, to succeed Violeta Bulc as Transport Commissioner.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Training specialist CAE has signed a long-term agreement to train 1,000 new cadet pilots for UK LCC easyJet on a multi-crew pilot license (MPL) program.
Air Transport

Continued grounding has company wondering whether all-737 fleet poses strategic liability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Commercial aviation is too critical to the global economy to allow the Boeing-Airbus subsidies dispute to drag on.
Air Transport

Panama-based Copa Holdings will remove its last 15 Embraer E190s over the next 18 months—three years earlier than planned—as the company accelerates its shift to an all-Boeing 737 fleet.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
EASA has awarded type certification to the Airbus BelugaXL, the latest generation of custom-built freighters used by the European manufacturer to transport major components between its factories.
Air Transport

Colombia’s Avianca Holdings recorded its first quarterly profit of 2019 despite a slight dip in revenues, as the company continues to cut costs in the face of weak regional economic conditions.
Air Transport

Chen Chuanren
Thai AirAsia (TAA) will be receiving its first pair of Airbus A321neos in December 2019, as the airline seeks to overcome saturated infrastructure in its Bangkok hub.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
A union representing Jetstar pilots is asking regulators for permission to ballot its members to gain approval for strike action.
Air Transport

South African Airways (SAA) has canceled “nearly all” domestic, regional and international flights scheduled for Nov. 15-16 after the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) and National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) announced industrial action.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) does not expect simulator training to be part of the 737 MAX return-to-service (RTS) requirements, but concedes that pending evaluations, including some that its pilots will participate in, could change things.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Air traffic controllers at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport effectively corrected the trajectory of a Ukraine International Airlines (AUI)-operated Boeing 737 after the crew chose the wrong procedure for departure and came dangerously close to another aircraft, investigators of the French BEA said in a recent incident report.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Through nearly half a century, Southwest Airlines has built its business around the Boeing 737, famously employing a single-aircraft fleet strategy to pioneer the low-cost airline model.
Program Management

By Adrian Schofield
The Cathay Pacific Group will defer some aircraft deliveries and accelerate the retirement of others as it responds to a sharp drop in demand caused by the civil unrest in Hong Kong.
Air Transport

LATAM Airlines Group’s fortunes rebounded in the third-quarter, as the company’s moves to trim international capacity helped produce its first quarterly net profit of 2019.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Fuel distributor Shell Aviation will support development of Europe’s first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant, planned to be built in the Netherlands by SAF supply-chain developer SkyNRG.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jen DiMascio
It’s been a busy week in aviation and aerospace as Southwest Airlines rethinks the future of its Boeing 737 fleet, SpaceX launches dozens of satellites, and L-3’s co-founder makes a C4ISR play.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
The FAA’s GPS augmentation system supports NextGen precision navigation procedures and ADS-B.
Air Transport

By Kevin Michaels
In a short period of time, Bombardier has undertaken four bold moves to radically transform its aerospace business.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Final systems installation is underway for Mod. 2 testing of the all-electric X-57 as NASA nears a critical design review of high-lift motors for the final test phase.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Pilot training specialist CAE sees enough pent-up demand for Boeing 737 MAX training that the Canadian company has created an unspecified number of unsold “white tail” simulators, executives revealed Nov. 13.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Qatar Airways has selected CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power its 50 Airbus A321neo family aircraft, set to arrive in the fleet from 2020.
Air Transport