Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The FAA will evaluate technology to detect unmanned aircraft near airports under a Pathfinder program with developer CACI International.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Australia-based LCC Jetstar Airways is boosting both its Pacific Island and New Zealand international networks with the planned launch of flights to Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Congress is pushing for a simple and quick solution to illegal incursions by unmanned aircraft into airspace around airports, proposing ideas at a grueling Oct. 7 hearing that ranged from forcing buyers to register their drones to mandatory jail sentences for reckless operators.
Air Transport

Finnair is betting on the Airbus A350 to deliver on its next expansion phase, underpinned by a target to double its traffic and revenue on routes between Europe and Asia by 2020, from a 2010 baseline.
Air Transport

After being hit with a complaint by mainline partner Delta Air Lines, Republic Airways Holdings issued a statement on Wednesday, Oct. 7 saying that it has not breached its capacity purchase agreements with any major U.S. airlines.
Air Transport

Ride-hailing companies are here to stay, and it is imperative that airports find a way to accommodate them, the head of Pittsburgh’s airport authority has said.
Air Transport

The British Airways Boeing 777 General Electric GE90 uncontained engine failure on a Las Vegas runway Sept. 8 occurred in the high-pressure compressor (HPC), investigators reported.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Boeing’s proposed middle-of-the-market (MOM) aircraft is ten years away from entering service, CIT Transportation and International Finance President Jeff Knittel contends.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Japanese regulators have granted approval for a new AirAsia LCC joint venture (JV), which plans to launch international and domestic routes from Nagoya’s Chubu Centrair International Airport in spring 2016.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Airservices Australia is the latest air navigation service provider (ANSP) to seriously consider using the Aireon satellite-based surveillance network when it becomes available.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
A Chicago-based aerial imaging company specializing in photography of vacant properties has been hit with potentially the biggest fine yet for operating commercial unmanned aircraft recklessly and endangering airspace safety.
Air Transport

More than 2,000 FAA safety inspectors are returning to school to learn new and improved ways of monitoring how airlines comply with safety rules.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. aviation group charged with developing standards to enable unmanned aircraft to fly in unrestricted airspace has completed the first documents for key systems, but cautions they are limited in scope and application.
Air Transport

Airline consolidation has left many small and medium airports without—or with significantly reduced—air service. However, new airline-business models have emerged to fill some of the vacuum.
Air Transport

Airline consolidation has left many small and medium airports without—or with significantly reduced—air service. However, new airline-business models have emerged to fill some of the vacuum.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Virgin Atlantic Airways is considering used Boeing 777-300ERs as it evaluates its fleet-renewal plans.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is studying changes to the arrangement of the A380’s onboard rear staircase in an effort to make room for additional economy seats.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Engine issues in testing caused a stop to A320neo flight tests, but Airbus still hopes to meet its year-end target of first deliveries to Qatar Airways.
Air Transport

No longer content with Boeing 737s, WestJet is preparing to fly 767s to Europe. And if all goes well, WestJet could soon place its first real order for long-haul aircraft.
Air Transport

The EU’s new Aviation Package is due in December but it will not include a new fair competition law for airlines.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
ICAO-backed global market-based measure slated to regulate aviation emissions enters the decisive phase of negotiations.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Dec. 11 is close to Christmas and ought to bring tidings of good cheer. But as the new “fiscal cliff” deadline approaches, it could feel a lot more like Halloween.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Pilots of a Trigana Air ATR 42-300 that crashed near the top of a ridge on the approach to Papua, Indonesia’s Oksibil Airport on Aug. 16 were not following the airline’s visual guidance approach to the airport, according to a preliminary report by Indonesian investigators.
Air Transport

Air France confirmed it will downsize its operations and cut some 2,900 jobs, but some staff did not take the news well, turning violent on executives during the central works council on that took place the morning of Oct. 5.
Air Transport

Airlines throughout the world have been increasingly worried about the upcoming EU Aviation Package, which will outline the EU’s future aviation strategy. Now it turns out the European Commission (EC) is pulling back one of its most contentious demands: fair competition clauses.
Air Transport