Air Transport

SMBC Aviation Capital CEO Peter Barrett believes the operational impact of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding could last into 2021, as airlines face the challenges of reintroducing a dormant fleet.

Lufthansa has sold the European portion of its catering unit LSG Group to Gategroup, its first step toward exiting the airline catering business segment altogether.

Delivery by drone is safe and secure—and the drone industry is working with federal regulators to make sure it stays that way.

German leisure carrier Condor expects to gain clarity about its future ownership in January 2020, around four months after having entered a special restructuring scheme.

By Alexandre de Juniac. It’s no secret that aviation has come in for a good deal of scrutiny and criticism over its environmental impacts. The flight shaming phenomenon and proposals for a Green New Deal that would reduce and even replace air travel with other modes of transport have been in the news around the world, not just in Europe and the United States, where they respectively originated.

Russia’s VRT500 will use a Western engine and avionics as it targets the urban air services niche.

With the air transport industry trying hard to reduce its environmental footprint, Airbus is looking at unconventional ways to improve efficiency.

United Airlines is looking to gain a U.S.-Mexico City slot pair once JetBlue Airways ceases operating to the Mexican capital in January 2020.

A Tanzanian court declared LCC fastjet Tanzania insolvent and has appointed a liquidator for the carrier, according to local media reports.

Thales is developing a flight management system (FMS) designed to take advantage of inflight connectivity.

An end may be in sight to an industrial dispute that has lingered at British Airways (BA) for months and cost the airline tens of millions of dollars as a result of a two-day September strike.

Aerospace business growth continues to be driven by the two narrowbody leaders, and especially their larger variants.

Lufthansa has begun a long-term trial of a noise-reducing approach guidance technology at Frankfurt Airport.

The governments of Singapore and South Korea have signed an expanded air services agreement that allows airlines from both countries to operate an unrestricted number of passenger and cargo flights between the two nations.

Asian airlines are taking a cautious approach to planning for 2020 as pressure on earnings increases, according to the region’s major industry group.

A Dornier 228 turboprop operated by Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) carrier Busy Bee Congo is reported to have crashed while departing Goma airport in eastern DRC with up to 27 fatalities.

U.S. House lawmakers are calling on the FAA to preserve airspace safety and efficiency as it develops a regulation to simplify launch and reentry requirements for commercial space operators.

Europe’s flutter-free wing; EasyJet and Airbus on electric; Honeywell helps AI startup; Islander is going electric; Boeing’s autonomous teaming test.

Jacob Schram takes the helm of the long-haul, low-cost carrier as it continues to face numerous financial and strategic obstacles.

Spirit AeroSystems professional and technical employees represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) have received an offer of a new, six-year contract.

Boeing rolled out the 737 MAX 10 at an employee-only event in Renton, Washington Nov. 21, a significant step in its effort to slow the Airbus A321neo’s momentum.

South American airline group Avianca Holdings is scrapping aircraft as the company works to cut capacity and repair its balance sheet.

Canada Jetlines, a Vancouver-based start-up ULCC, has filed a lawsuit against David Neeleman alleging the airline entrepreneur engaged in a “predatory scheme” to sabotage the company’s business ahead of a crucial financing round.

Operators of the latest Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 variant as well as the Trent 7000 face new inspections following word from the manufacturer of cracked air seals on out-of-service engines.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued final approval for a grant of global antitrust immunity to the transatlantic joint venture (JV) between Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and Air France-KLM.