The FAA had first-hand knowledge of critical changes to the 737 MAX MCAS during the aircraft’s development, but Boeing’s lack of proper paperwork documenting the updates kept agency experts who may have given the system more scrutiny out of the loop.
Trans States Holdings has canceled an order for up to 100 Mitsubishi SpaceJet aircraft, the latest setback facing the Japanese manufacturer’s long-delayed regional jet program.
Impacted by a €155 million ($172.4 million) initial hit from the British Airways (BA) pilots’ strikes, the third-quarter 2019 net profit for International Airlines Group fell 10.6% to €1 billion.
Air France-KLM said it expected passenger unit revenue to fall in the last three months of 2019, following a 0.6% third-quarter decline, as its CEO prepares to set out a new competitive strategy at the Group’s forthcoming Nov. 5 investor day.
Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has taken delivery of its first Embraer E190-E2, starting a period of significant growth for the niche airline.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the latest carrier to reduce its service to Hong Kong, as the protests in that city take a significant toll on demand.
A group of investors has agreed to buy Scandinavian travel company the Ving Group—which includes Thomas Cook’s Nordic airline—five weeks after the Sept. 23 collapse of leisure group Thomas Cook sparked the UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation of stranded holidaymakers.
Embraer delivered a total of 44 jets in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), of which 17 were commercial aircraft and 27 were executive jets (15 light and 12 large). As of September 30th, the firm order backlog totalled USD 16.2 billion.
Patrick Ky talks with Aviation Week about EASA's return-to-service process for the MAX. Added training requirements could be an unwelcome burden for Boeing and customers.
Airbus is backing away from a controversial plan to charge MROs a percentage of their gross invoices, rescinding the proposed mandate a day before the deadline, Aviation Week has learned.
Pilots approaching a runway were able to see a drone encroaching on their airspace 30% of the time, according to a study by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Oklahoma State University (OSU).
A Boeing engineer raised concerns as early as December 2015 about the reliance of a critical 737 MAX flight-control system on a single point-of-failure, show internal documents shared during a House committee hearing.
Small-drone manufacturer DJI has unveiled a quadcopter weighing 249 grams (0.5 lb.), which exempts it by 1 gram from registration requirements in the U.S. and other countries.
Airbus is cutting back its delivery target for this year by up to 30 aircraft as the manufacturer continues to struggle with restoring throughput at its Hamburg final assembly lines.
Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker announced plans to reactivate the old Doha International Airport for charter and VIP flights to accommodate the expected additional traffic when Qatar hosts the 2022 World Cup.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) signed a partnership agreement on Oct. 30 that will see both carriers enter a deeper cooperation with expanded codeshare networks, joint marketing and shared revenue on flights between the two countries.
Avianca Holdings is planning to establish a codeshare with Brazilian LCC GOL, a development coming a month after the Colombian carrier’s agreement with Azul Brazilian Airlines was announced.
L3Harris Technologies has begun advertising the sale of “several” business units deemed peripheral to the newly merged company’s strategy, the top L3Harris leader said Oct. 30, with proceeds earmarked to go to stock repurchases.
The FAA has yet to act on a slew of measures spelled out in last year’s landmark FAA Reauthorization Act, despite the inclusion of hard deadlines by Congress.
