Air Transport

How an aerospace metals supplier drew the interest of one of the world’s savviest investors and led to a mega-deal.

NASA demo will take first step towards deploying a system that can manage large-scale unmanned aircraft operations in low-altitude airspace.

Offshore helicopter operators are suffering from the steep decline in world oil prices.

The U.S. intelligence community has settled on the assessment that the offending system was a Russian-made SA-11, also dubbed the Gadfly by NATO.

The A&D industry finds it can’t always get what it wants in the workforce; but it gets what it needs.

Berkshire Hathaway’s bid to acquire Precision Castparts and Google’s restructuring are among the developments discussed by Aviation Week's editors.

In agreeing to pay $37.2 billion for specialty metals and parts supplier Precision Castparts, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett signals his confidence that demand for large commercial jets will continue to outpace global economic growth.

A first venture could start as early as fall 2015, with Ryanair providing short-haul passengers for Aer Lingus transatlantic flights.

The Australian carrier sees huge growth potential in Asian markets but is having trouble getting its expansion plans approved by governments.

A higher cost of capital combined with sustained low fuel prices would make for a very interesting ride in the years ahead.

Severely tested by adverse economics, airlines in Russia are adapting by going leaner.

Electric-aircraft challenge winner; NASA’s extreme-access flyers; blast-containing baggage container; TsAGI quiet supersonic idea.

Online giants are on a mission to enable widespread use of small unmanned aircraft, with private sector organizations—rather than the FAA—managing airspace operations.

Industry needs to work together to advance energy storage, conversion and transmission technology if electric-powered airliners are to become a reality, says Airbus CTO.

U.S. airlines are divided as the government weighs whether to start open skies consultations with Qatar and UAE

Lufthansa is trying to persuade the German government that protectionist policies make sense.

The downturn in Brazil does not change plans for an additional hub in the country’s northeast.

The FAA incurs a cost of $93,000 per Air Traffic Control trainee annually. The FAA argues that its new Biographical Assessment “measures qualities known to predict air traffic controller success” and has been “validated based on years of extensive research.” But do these claims stand up to scrutiny?

Mackoviak’s statement came after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a televised speech that international investigators had already confirmed without a doubt that the flaperon was from the missing Boeing 777.

MAS is in the middle of a major restructuring effort that will cut its costs dramatically. This will allow the carrier to adopt a “modular product offering,” enabling it to compete for budget and full-service traffic, Müller said at the CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit.

The Republic of Congo wants to develop a safe, reliable and competitive aviation sector. This is no easy task.

Anticipating a “new era” of applications and services for connected cockpits and cabins, Rockwell Collins is positioning itself to profit from this trend.

Boeing is updating the standard rules for its airliner family brochure which will impact range, but this does not mean a change in actual performance, says the company.

Following a long and storied career in aerospace journalism, Aviation Week's former European Bureau Chief died on August 3, aged 75.

Congress leaves town for summer break without reauthorizing the Ex-Im bank as a fuming Boeing threatens to shift operations overseas.