Air Transport

Delta Air Lines is asking the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to revoke the Tokyo Haneda frequency it awarded to American Airlines.

The international airports in Stockholm, Sweden and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic are likely the next to have U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) preclearance facilities, a CBP official said.

Taiwan’s EVA Airways will lease two Airbus A330-300s from BOC Aviation, adding to the 13 A330s it operates today.

Funding for the next stage of the U.K.’s Astraea unmanned aircraft research program has been halted, program officials say.

The first flight of the Avic AG600 amphibious aircraft has slipped to the first half of next year, extending the probable development period to nine years.

A new ball-bearing for turbofan engines operates at speeds that require less oil than conventional bearings, reduces fuel use and cuts power loss.

CFM LEAP Program Manager Gareth Richards’ title was misstated

AirAsia is taking steps to reduce the debt owed by its Indonesian joint venture (JV) to meet a government ultimatum, especially in light of signs of a possible merger between Indonesia’s two AirAsia franchises.

Norway is beginning to take the wraps off an ambitious plan to replace brick-and-mortar towers with virtual towers at a large number of its airports, and first operations are likely to begin in 2017.

The downsizing will take place in 2016 and 2017, unless pilots and management are able to conclude a last-minute deal during the weekend.

The U.S. House of Representatives will hold an Oct. 7 hearing on UAV safety issues.

Russia’s second-largest airline, Transaero, will likely to go bankrupt, as its main competitor Aeroflot refused to buy a 75% + 1 share on Oct. 1.

Frontier Airlines President Barry Biffle said he is surprised legacy carriers have matched many of his airline’s fares.

Could billions of batteries be stuck on the tarmac until safer packaging materials are available?

A two-year budget agreement that would fund the Pentagon, FAA and NASA and reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.

As fans get bigger to reduce fuel consumption, so do nacelles, and new designs are needed to reduce drag and weight. Enter UTC Aerospace Systems’ ecoIPS “shrink-wrap” nacelle for future airliners.

Norwegian Air Shuttle is looking to team with its larger competitor Ryanair to provide feeder traffic as it launches flights from Ireland to the U.S.

Airlines such as Air New Zealand realize that long-term success means paying more attention to the well-being of the communities they serve, even beyond standard environmental concerns.

Failing to reauthorize the U.S. Ex-Im Bank amounts to unilateral disarmament.

Lufthansa Systems has developed a small, portable version of BoardConnect, which will let airlines provide a low-cost, entry-level inflight

Connectivity providers at the Airline Passenger Experience Association Expo are showing off new tools that use inflight connectivity not just to give passengers Wi-Fi, but also to streamline airline operations.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has rolled out a new cabin design and inflight entertainment (IFE) system and connectivity products to coincide with delivery of its new Airbus A330-300s.

The FAA is expecting as many as one million small UAVs could be sold during the U.S. holiday season. How much of a threat does that pose to airliners? The troubling answer is the agency really does not know because it has not begun testing. Listen to editors from Aviation Week and sister publication Air Transport World discuss the implications.

Malaysia’s airport operator has issued an ultimatum to LCC AirAsia regarding a dispute over whether the carrier will transfer terminals at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Sabah.

Airbus will likely operate two types of outsize cargo aircraft—the Beluga and Beluga XL—given rising narrowbody-production rates, the airframer says.