The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Oct. 3 tentatively approved an agreement for Hawaiian Airlines and Japan Airlines (JAL) to operate a joint venture (JV) between Hawaii and Japan, although it declined to grant the pair anti-trust immunity (ATI).
Emirates has completed the installation of bespoke Expo 2020 Dubai liveries on 40 aircraft, with its final A380 aircraft emblazoned in the distinctive orange ‘opportunity’ decal rolling out of the Emirates Engineering hangar.
Flynas has recently accomplished the IOSA Program registration, which is an internationally accepted evaluation process of an airline’s operational management and control systems.
Flight Safety Foundation and the AviAssist Foundation have renewed their long-standing relationship with the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) that will see the two organisations work more closely to promote aviation safety in Africa.
Delta Air Lines is seeking an exemption from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) performance requirements for its Airbus A350-900s, which fail to meet navigation accuracy specifications when transmitting their position during surface movements outside of the runway area.
The investment vehicle that wanted to take over French airline Aigle Azur has submitted a last-minute bid to save low-cost, long-haul carrier XL Airways with a plan to take on two of its four-strong Airbus A330 fleet and around half its staff.
Most U.S. airlines would see minimal near-term fallout from tariffs on Airbus deliveries, though JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines could face notable challenges offsetting added costs, a Bernstein analysis concludes.
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation concluded a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with Qatar Airways for three new Airbus A350-900s with the Sept. 27 delivery of the third aircraft.
Qantas has revealed new details of research plans for its Project Sunrise ultra long-haul commercial services initiative from Australia which includes a series of supporting test flights.
Boeing and Embraer on Oct. 3 formally acknowledged that they do not expect their commercial aircraft joint venture deal to close until “early 2020” after the European Commission indicated its competition review will extend into a Phase II.
Irish LCC Ryanair’s German pilots have voted in favor of a four-year collective labor agreement (CLA) to cover all Ryanair’s directly employed pilots in Germany until March 2023.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will begin using time-based separation of landing air traffic, as part of a suite of new tools being introduced to assist air traffic controllers.
Aviation service provider, ACC Aviation Group, has announced the expansion of their partnership with Ethiopian Airlines, to include the operator’s charter and leasing capacity across North America and Asia, in addition to aircraft availability across Europe.
India’s government is making a fresh attempt to sell off Air India, and the airline’s fleet plan is on hold until the process is completed, executives say.
Detecting rogue drones on or near airport property should be a shared responsibility of airports and federal governments, a high-level industry group focused on the threat of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has concluded.
The European Commission and Airbus doubled down on calls for the U.S. and Boeing to negotiate an end to the 15-year-old airliner subsidy dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) after a WTO arbitrator green-lighted the U.S. to collect up to $7.5 billion in punitive tariffs on European imports.
Convincing more women to pursue careers as pilots would help ease a supply crunch that could soon threaten even the largest airlines in the U.S., two pilot-workforce experts said.
Star Alliance partners Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) plan to increase their presence in Ljubljana, Slovenia, after Adria Airways filed for bankruptcy Sept. 30.
