Air Transport

Rolls-Royce is determined to change the perception of its mature-engine support capabilities.

Rolls-Royce is at a critical phase of the test program for its next Boeing 787 engine.

Regional airlines want to fly heavier regional jets. But there’s a problem. Will it be fixed?

U.S. airlines are doing well, but American Airlines President Scott Kirby worries that may change if “capacity discipline” breaks down.

Pilots of an Ilyushin IL-76TD came within feet of landing on workers and equipment on a new, unfinished runway at Sharjah, partly because of a Jeppesen airport diagram that appeared to show the runway was open.

The position of the U.S. Three is opposed by almost all segments of the industry from aircraft manufacturers, OEMs, the travel and tourism industries, airports and cities. Then why all the screaming?

Congress must act by June 30 or many U.S. companies will be hurt, says the president of a minority-owned Texas company.

Any major push into fifth-freedom operations appears to be unlikely, however, because it would change an already highly successful business model.

Installed after a housecleaning of senior executives, Cromer has been on the job for only four weeks, while chief salesman Colin Bole only joined the company this week.

Curved approaches with a range of glidepath angles are among the benefits of ground-based satellite landing systems on display in China.

The legacy portion of the airline industry claims it is favoring further liberalization, but its actions indicate the opposite.

Despite some recent improvement, IATA says air cargo needs structural changes to become a sustainable business.

Many industries use data to cater to individual customers, but airlines have barely begun.

The complete wing of an Avic MA60 turboprop airliner became partly detached then pivoted on the fuselage when the aircraft ran on to grass on landing on May 10.

The NTSB is calling on the FAA to issue new rules requiring controllers to withhold a landing clearance until after an aircraft has “passed all other airports that may be confused with the destination airport.”

Trent 1000 production will complete transition to Singapore as XWB line revs up in the U.K.

Qatar’s buy of Rafale jets seems to be linked to Qatar Airways’ new traffic rights to some of France’s regional airports.

Better pay for regional pilots would help, but it is unlikely to be a panacea.

Starting next year, airline and business jet pilots in the European Union will be required to complete a comprehensive upset prevention and recovery course every three years, but without full stall training.

First officer of Germanwings Flight 9525 acted suspiciously on earlier flight, BEA report finds.

U.S. newsgathering, precision agriculture and railroad companies take the lead in pushing small UAS use beyond the initial tight limits outlined by the FAA.

Emirates, undeterred from competitor claims, continues growth as new aircraft arrive and airport expands.

The first flight-test version of the XWB-97 for the A350-1000 is taking shape at Rolls-Royce

Rolls’s results were worsening in a way not seen since the worldwide financial crisis of 2008.

The engine—which flew for 5.5 hr. in the No. 2 position on General Electric’s 747-100 flying testbed at Victorville, California, on April 29—becomes the third member of the family to reach the flight-test stage.