Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Slovenian carrier Adria Airways has had two Bombardier CRJ900s recalled by their lessor and is “intensively looking for solutions” to stabilize operations.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has wet-leased aircraft from operators around the world to support a massive repatriation of Thomas Cook Airlines passengers stranded by the compulsory liquidation of UK leisure operator Thomas Cook.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Air India has ambitious fleet growth plans, but must wait for its privatization process to play out so any potential new owners can review the airline’s strategy, according to a senior executive.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) expects the impact of the recent civil unrest on its traffic to ease, with a smaller passenger decline in September and the potential for a significant rebound in 2020 results.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The CEO of insolvent French airline XL Airways has appealed to Air France to save the carrier, saying it could boost the group’s long-haul LCC offerings.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
A consortium of Airbus, British Airways (BA) and Formula One racing providers have kicked off a research project with the UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) to develop lightweight aircraft seats for business class and premium economy.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Aero closing in on closing L-39NG contracts for Senegal and LOM Praha.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Airborne Wireless Network and Aeronet Global once sought to be first to provide airliner-based broadband backbone services. What happened?
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Evaluation flights have been completed on an electric forward-facing window that will allow the pilot to fly the supersonic X-59 safely.
Air Transport

By David Casey
The CAA has already secured a fleet of aircraft from around the world to bring passengers back to the UK with return flights.
Air Transport

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Sept. 20 named 19 members to the new Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) Advisory Committee.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
New generation aircraft types and technologies have dramatically expanded route and market prospects for airlines and in the longer-term will offer more opportunities and challenges for operators, according to a panel of aviation industry experts at the World Routes conference.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
An overarching theme for AAR Corp.’s investments will be digital, the Chicago-based aviation services company’s chief commercial officer Chris Jessup said.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB is looking into the second Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine failure involving a low-pressure compressor stage 1 rotor in two months—both involving Swiss International Air Lines A220-300s operating the same route.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia has rolled out the first eight aircraft with a new onboard Wi-Fi system which it intends to deploy across the rest of its narrowbody and widebody fleets.
Air Transport

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has declared the “climate challenge for aviation is worse than expected."
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
European leisure travel specialist and airline group Thomas Cook is holding last-ditch talks with potential investors in an effort to stave off a financial collapse that could leave hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
French airline XL Airways has declared insolvency, citing “great financial difficulties” and stopped selling tickets, in the latest casualty to hit the French airline industry.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Rolls-Royce’s decision to accelerate swaps of older intermediate pressure turbine (IPT) blades is adding pressure to its overhaul shops and will keep the number of Boeing 787s grounded due to Trent 1000 issues well in to 2020, higher than previously projected, the company said.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Three small U.S. drone manufacturers are mounting a buy-American campaign, arguing that widespread use of drones made in China is suppressing the domestic industry for small unmanned aircraft types.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Xiamen Airlines has established a branch company at Shanghai, increasing its ability to gain service rights at China’s largest city, especially for international destinations.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Chinese airlines have won permission to introduce or expand services to Paris and London, including two routes from imminently operational Beijing Daxing International Airport.
Air Transport

The U.S. House Transportation Committee advanced a bill Sept. 19 that would ban foreign “flag of convenience” carriers from flying to the U.S.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Germany’s coalition government has decided to make sweeping changes to air transport taxation and regulation as the country struggles to achieve its 2030 emissions reduction targets.
Air Transport

Chen Chuanren
AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes on Sept. 18 said he is taking “the first step of stepping back” and will step down from “all board positions, except [the boards of] AirAsia Group and AirAsia X.”
Air Transport