Air Transport

A lawsuit filed by SWAPA accuses Boeing of deliberately misrepresenting and withholding “safety critical” details about the 737 for years.

Citing a need for 10,000 new pilots in the next decade, United Airlines announced a new Aviate pilot recruitment program.

Seaplane operator Harbour Air has installed a 540-kw (750-hp) electric motor in a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, with first flight expected by the end of November.

Vietnam Airlines plans to introduce its first inflight Wi-Fi internet connectivity on selected international and domestic flights this week.

Hawaiian Airlines has revised its financial outlook for the third quarter due largely to a better-than-expected revenue performance.

The rise of populism and nationalist foreign policies and the Boeing 737 MAX recertification are threats to what has been a stable cooperative environment.

LCC Volotea has been awarded a five-year contract by Airbus to operate twice-daily return flights between the airframer’s main production sites in Toulouse and Hamburg.

Colombia’s Avianca Holdings has reached an agreement with United Airlines Holdings and Kingsland Holdings S.A. that would see the struggling Latin American carrier receive financing of up to $250 million while it executes a debt-reprofiling plan.

The recent ICAO Assembly in Montreal revealed deep divisions between airlines and environmental groups over the path to reducing carbon emissions.

A project to convert the nine-passenger Britten-Norman Islander to hybrid-electric propulsion for short-haul flights has kicked off in the UK.

Dubai-based LCC flydubai has completed the first installation of Split Scimitar Winglets on its fleet of Boeing 737-800s, becoming the first airline in the Middle East to invest in this fuel-saving technology developed by Aviation Partners Boeing.

Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air plans to expand its Romanian operations and will base one additional Airbus A320 in Iasi, bringing its fleet there to three.

Peruvian Airlines has suspended operations “until further notice,” after its bank accounts were frozen by customs authorities over tax irregularities, the company announced.

Air France KLM Group CEO Ben Smith says Air France has reached labor stability, delivering a major improvement to the company.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) announced Oct. 7 that its MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft next year will fly above San Diego to survey infrastructure, during flight tests the company is organizing with NASA.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has announced it has developed a new business plan to help restore financial health and has reported more senior leadership changes.

Avic is planning to develop a series of four successively larger pilotless cargo aircraft, an official of the state company said at a conference.

Qatar's relations with the US were boosted by a signing spree during a visit by the ruler of the Gulf country to President Donald Trump at the White House.

Avic is planning a highly data-driven final assembly process for turboprop airliner. A new factory will be built for it.

The aerospace heavyweight is designing avionics for UAM vehicles and entering relationships with vehicle developers.

Hybrid-electric demo plans remain on track but will be paralleled by fast-growing electric propulsion initiative.

Electrifying the Islander; German electric regional; acquisition boosts Rolls electric; Wing expands deliveries; UPS drones approved; Hyundai enters UAM.

A French commercial court ruled Oct. 4 that insolvent XL Airways should be liquidated.

The U.S. TSA is not consistently involving airlines when it reviews security directives at foreign airports, and its process for checking them is not transparent, says a report from the U.S. GAO.

Efforts to return some 150,000 customers of failed leisure operator Thomas Cook Airlines are scheduled to conclude this weekend.