With strong signs that Boeing’s order backlog for the 767 could mushroom beyond 240 over the next decade, the company has confirmed plans to increase the production rate from 2 to 2.5 aircraft per month in the fourth quarter of 2017.
German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) offered to resume negotiations with Lufthansa one day after a labor court declared the two-day strike earlier this week was illegal.
In contrast to their colleagues at Air France, who deliberated on Sept. 10 whether to enter into negotiations with management on productivity measures, pilots at KLM have voted to accept a new collective bargaining agreement.
Rolls-Royce’s program to boost flexibility in supporting mature engines has landed its first official widebody customer, as Cathay Pacific will use the manufacturer’s TotalCare Flex program to support the Trent 800s that power 18 of its Boeing 777s.
Frontier Airlines told the U.S. Transportation Department on Aug. 31 that it no longer requires authorization on three Mexico routes: Rockford, Illinois to Cancun, and Chicago to Puerto Vallarta and San Jose Del Cabo. All three authorizations expire in mid-November. Frontier said it has already discontinued service on all three routes.
FAA programs — including the critical Airport Improvement Program (AIP) — will expire at the end of September, and there are just a handful of legislative days for Congress to act until then.
A German court decision to declare the current Lufthansa pilot strike illegal could become a turning point in the most bitter dispute yet between the airline and its employees.
The government-backed arm that owns Malaysia Airlines (MAB) reports the carrier is making good progress with its restructuring plan, and more of the turnaround funding earmarked for the airline is due to be released soon.
United Airlines will make securing labor contracts with flight attendants and maintenance technicians a priority under new CEO Oscar Munoz, two airline executives told analysts.
Moves made by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to focus on Scandinavian frequent travelers and to improve productivity and cost efficiency are starting to “pay some real dividend[s],” the Scandinavian Airlines Group’s CEO has said.
Montreal-based leisure carrier Air Transat will add Airbus A330 flights to Zagreb, Croatia, and Pisa, Italy, beginning mid-June 2016, boosting its direct European destinations to 29 cities.
The FAA is proposing to update its decades-old rules that do not formally recognize launch and recovery operations for high-powered amateur rockets on U.S. soil.
Investigators are examining the left General Electric GE90-85B engine of a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER which caught fire prompting the crew to reject take-off at Las Vegas McCarran airport on Sept 8.
Smisek was replaced immediately by Oscar Munoz, a long-time United and Continental board member, who was most recently president and COO of CSX Corporation.
The ongoing dispute between Lufthansa and its pilots is turning into the most serious crisis the airline has seen since its near-bankrupty in the early 1990s.
Silver Airways blamed a “series of unforeseen and uncontrollable events,” including a parts shortage and poor winter weather, for its operational reliability problems earlier this year in three Essential Air Service (EAS) markets.
To curb instances of unlatched fan cowl doors being torn off in flight, The European Aviation Safety Agency is urging operators to amend procedures, suggesting at least one related airworthiness directive is in the works.
