Alcoa is accelerating development of 3-D-printing materials and processes by expanding its Pennsylvania research center, bolstered by a $1.5 billion March acquisition of RTI International Metals that increased its additive-manufacturing capability.
Although Spirit Airlines’ non-ticket revenue per flight segment fell slightly in the first six months of this year compared to full-year 2014, the discount carrier said in a recent presentation that it is not “done yet” increasing ancillary revenue.
The Russian government made another attempt to boost the sales of Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) regional jets, the country’s major commercial aircraft program.
Champion Aerospace and United Technologies have finalized a life-of-program long-term supply agreement to support UTC’s forecasted aerospace production ramp-up.
Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Union (SWAPA) thinks the Persian Gulf airlines’ rapid global growth could spell doom for U.S. pilots’ job prospects if left unchecked.
TAM Airlines plan to construct a R$100 million ($26.6 million) maintenance hangar at São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) that it expects will cut R$40 million annually in operational costs by focusing more activities around the hub.
Inefficiencies at 126 stand-alone control towers have cost the FAA an average of $142 million per year from 2008-13, according to the U.S. Transportation Department’s (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG).
The FAA is proposing a hefty rate hike on the fees that it charges operators of flights that transit U.S.-controlled airspace but do not takeoff from land in the U.S. That an action is causing friction with a rulemaking committee that requested a lesser increase.
In a move that could put regional carrier Republic Airways on a path to filing for bankruptcy, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) will not allow pilots at Republic Airways to vote on the company’s last-best-and-final contract offer, a union leader said Tuesday, Sept. 1.
Boeing is testing a deployable wingtip feature, the first of its kind to enter service on any commercial airliner, that will increase the 777X's overall span for flight and retract for ground operations.
The coalition led by the three U.S. legacy carriers and organized labor is asking the U.S. government to request that the three Persian Gulf Airlines freeze capacity to the U.S.
Virgin America CEO David Cush has predicted U.S. airlines will significantly increase fares soon, and urged the U.S. government to protect the “competitive structure” of the industry.
VivaLatinamerica, the holding company that operates Mexico’s VivaAerobus and Colombia’s VivaColombia, is on track to launch a third airline in 2016, with plans to launch a new Viva-branded airline every year after that.
Though it declined to provide a specific number, the Brazilian manufacturer hints that E-Jet sales could top 150 aircraft this year, on the heels of 149 units sold in 2014. It has already sold 131 E-Jets in 2015, including both current-generation E-Jets and -E2 variants.
Aviation Daily talked to Andrew Watterson, Southwest Airlines senior vice president-network and revenue management, about the carrier’s international expansion and what the airline has learned about non-U.S. markets one year later.
AirAsia’s Thai affiliate has confirmed plans to launch its first flights from Thailand’s U-Tapao International Airport, which is set to become the growing airline’s fifth base.
The FAA is structurally flawed in its efforts to ensure that the FAA’s modernized air traffic management (ATM) systems and procedures—also known as NextGen—will be compatible with similar programs at least nine other countries are deploying, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
