Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
China Southern Airlines Chairman Si Xianmin is under investigation for serious breaches of discipline, the state news agency Xinhua says, using the usual euphemism for official corruption.
Air Transport

Air traffic controllers cost the taxpayer nearly $2.8 billion annually. It is therefore important that staffing decisions be driven by sound analysis. And this means asking the right questions.
Air Transport

By Richard Aboulafia
The situation with Bombardier’s C Series could have been far worse.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
With estimates that 700,000 consumer UAVs, or “drones,” could be sold by year-end, “we need to get something in place quickly,” FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said.
Air Transport

Air Canada—which on Nov. 2 began new Boeing 787-9 Toronto-Delhi service—likely would not have announced and launched so many new long-haul routes in the past year without the Boeing 787, Air Canada President Ben Smith said in an interview.
Air Transport

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said FAA is making significant progress in modernizing air traffic control (ATC), but continues to be hampered by a lack of stable funding.
Air Transport

The Dynamic Airways Boeing 767-200 that caught fire Oct. 29 on an airport taxiway has been discovered by investigators to have a main fuel supply line problem, but investigators have not found evidence of an engine failure.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Precision Castparts Corp. has completed its deal to acquire Noranco, a supplier of complex machined components and assemblies for landing gear, aerostructures and aer0-engine applications to the aerospace industry.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Regional-jet operator China Express Airlines is negotiating to acquire Airbus A320s, with a view to flying internationally, according to an industry source familiar with the negotiations.
Air Transport

By Jay Menon
Air India will add 15 more Airbus A320s to boost capacity as it looks to meet growing travel demand in the country’s highly competitive aviation market.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Structural failure of the fuselage or violent attitude changes could be a likely explanation of why the recordings became so extreme, and in some cases, wrong.
Air Transport

Emirates has transformed two A380s with a special livery featuring endangered animals in support of United for Wildlife, a global campaign against the illegal wildlife trade.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Despite some successes, the A380 faces an uncertain future, and the decision about moving forward with an A380neo will be a difficult one for Airbus.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Despite some early challenges and false starts, the Japanese low-cost sector is now firmly entrenched. AirAsia is reentering, and others are branching out into new markets.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The first C919 is complete inside and is now ready for ground testing, says Comac.
Air Transport

Deliveries of commercial aircraft will exceed $3 trillion in the next decade, Aviation Week Network's new Commercial Fleet & MRO Forecast says.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The manufacturer will raise monthly production from the current 42 aircraft per month to 60 within the next four years.
Air Transport

American has asked the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) for an extension to begin operating its Los Angeles-Haneda flights, using slots it was awarded by the agency when Delta forfeited them earlier this year.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
All three major European airline groups are seeing significant unit revenue declines when foreign-exchange rate effects are taken out. I
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
The carrier achieved a net profit of ¥103.3 billion ($856.9 million) for the six months through Sept. 30, an increase of almost 30% from the prior year.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Structural failure of the fuselage or violent attitude changes could be a likely explanation of why the recordings became so extreme, and in some cases, wrong.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The first 158-seat aircraft is not only structurally complete, but work on installing on-board equipment is also finished, says state-owned Comac. I
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Debris analysis will be key for efforts to determine whether a structural failure of the fuselage occurred because of a maintenance issue.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
JAXA quiets sonic boom; Italy studies hybrid engine; ScanEagle UAV inspects railway; Darpa’s DyNamo boosts networks; Clean Sky 2 gains partners.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Saritsu project develops a wing that can tell you how it feels and what it wants you to do about it.
Aerospace