The International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday met with Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa and a high level government delegation, to discuss the contribution of aviation to the country’s economy and development.
The French accident investigation bureau has determined that some abnormally long Airbus A340-300 takeoffs from Bogota El Dorado airport were due to improper pilot practices.
Boeing delivered just 90 aircraft in the second quarter and 239 for the first half of 2019, as the 737 MAX grounding and related delivery suspension cut into the manufacturer’s totals.
A month-long review of Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) turned up nothing that suggests the operator is unsafe, the Australian regulator announced.
UK budget carrier easyJet said it was launching three new routes this winter from its Manchester base to Hurghada, Egypt; Rovaniemi, Finland and Verona, Italy.
France plans to introduce an “eco-tax” on flights departing from French airports from 2020, transport minister Elisabeth Borne said July 9, sparking criticism from Air France and the French airport industry.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is continuing to upgrade its fleet as it receives more of the new aircraft types that have been introduced by the carrier this year.
The German aerospace cluster of Berlin-Brandenburg plans to fly a technology demonstrator for low-emission hybrid-electric propulsion systems for future 19-seat regional airliners.
Reports of nuisance stall warnings triggered by frozen angle-of-attack (AOA) vanes has led FAA to mandate replacement of the parts on Boeing 757s, 767s, and 727s.
LCC Norwegian is to cull several transatlantic routes, switch some to a seasonal-only basis and move others from Oakland International Airport to San Francisco International as it continues to try to shore up its balance sheet.
The leadership of the U.S. House Transportation Committee has called on the U.S. Transportation Department to hasten its regulatory process to require that drones be capable of being identified from the ground.
The leading Democrat on the U.S. Senate panel considering Steve Dickson’s nomination to head the FAA said she will vote against him when the Commerce Committee takes up his nomination July 10.
British Airways plans to “vigorously” defend its actions, after being told it faces a £183.4 million ($229.6 million) penalty over a data-theft incident that occurred in 2018.
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has completed the forward fuselage section for the static test airframe of the MA700 turboprop airliner, as the program works toward rolling out the first prototype in September.
Delta Air Lines’ recent positive guidance revisions reflects benefits from a strong demand environment exacerbated in part by competitors’ struggles to fill capacity voids created by grounded Boeing 737 MAXs, analysts at Cowen & Co. said.
Space-based surveillance provider Aireon has activated its Aircraft Location and Emergency Response Tracking (ALERT) service to provide on request the last known position of any transponder-equipped aircraft in distress.
