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Garuda Indonesia has named a senior executive from outside the airline industry as the carrier’s new head.

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UK budget carrier easyJet said it expected its revenue per seat to increase more than previously expected in the first half of fiscal 2020, based on ticket sales for the period ahead of last year’s level.

A new era of high speed civil flight is beckoning but are commercial supersonic or even hypersonic aircraft justifiable amid rising concerns over aviation’s environmental impact? Guy Norris and Graham Warwick discuss this and other topics from AIAA’s annual SciTech forum where the global challenge of achieving sustainable aviation took center stage.

New Guinea airline Air Niugini said its recent agreement to defer its Boeing 737 MAX orders will prompt a revision of its fleet replacement plans.

Alitalia’s special commissioner has told the Italian senate he wants to reorganize the struggling airline’s business structure by the end of May, Italian media reported Jan. 21.

Vienna International Airport (VIE) handled 31.7 million passengers in 2019, a 17.1% passenger increase, representing an all-time high for the airport.

Mexican value airline Interjet is making a push into the U.S. transborder market just as its domestic rivals have determined capacity on those routes has rationalized.

New documents reveal conscious efforts to streamline MAX certification, training, despite signs of risk.

The UK government aids the carrier at the expense of others.

Almost five years after the July 2014 shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 by a missile over Ukraine, IATA’s safety chief lamented the lack

The ongoing probe into the October 2019 failure of a GE Aviation GE90-115B on a Thai Airways 777-300ER prompted GE to recommend immediate removal of

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Boeing is telling customers and suppliers that the 737 MAX will not receive its first regulatory approvals until “mid-2020,” which all but ensures MAX operators will not have the aircraft before the peak mid-year travel period ends.

Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian said management expects delivery of 80 new aircraft in 2020, as the Atlanta-based carrier looks to replenish its aging fleet of more than 900 aircraft.

BOEING is now estimating return to service of 737 MAX in mid-2020.

AIR CENTURY, Dominican Republic purchased ex-Air Georgian CRJ200 (8047) from Avmax, and now has three CRJ200s.

GA TELESIS, as Structuring Agent, negotiated purchase and arranged financing for 10 Boeing narrowbodies on behalf of an unidentified major US airline.

LINK PNG, Papua New Guinea leased ex-Republic Dash 8-400 (4196) from Nordic Aviation Capital.

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 452,668 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in November, up 2.9% vs Nov 2018.

BELL BOEING completed first flight of CMV-22B Osprey for US NAVY.

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Singapore Airlines (SIA) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) are holding discussions regarding a potential joint venture agreement between the two carriers, according to two major Asian media outlets.

While Air France-KLM appears to have held discussions with Malaysia Airlines’ owners, it has rejected speculation that it is bidding to buy a major stake in the Malaysian carrier.