Air Transport

By Bill Carey
FAA senior executives reinforced the message that “Remote ID” is a prerequisite for enabling more complex drone operations that are now allowed only by waiver.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
As Emirates focuses on smaller widebodies, Dubai airport wants the airline’s flights to be spread out more evenly throughout the day.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Italian infrastructure group Toto Holding has emerged as the latest possible member of the consortium that will relaunch bankrupt airline Alitalia.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft startup Zunum Aero has launched a new fund-raising bid, having failed in earlier efforts to raise the investment required to continue development of its 12-passenger ZA10.
Air Transport

Chen Chuanren
Indonesia’s Citilink is considering long-haul flights to Frankfurt and Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah once the LCC begins receiving its new Airbus A330neos toward the last quarter of 2019.
Air Transport

Spanish LCC Volotea made a €15 million ($17 million) investment ahead of the 2019 summer season to implement measures that include coordinating flight operations with standby aircraft, adding more crews and improving passenger service.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
The development of Thales’ PureFlyt “extended” flight management system (FMS) marks an early step in the gradual introduction of the connected cockpit concept, where the crew will be able to use data from the “open world.”
Air Transport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for January 2019 showing traffic (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.5% compared to January 2018. This was the fastest growth in six months. January capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) rose 6.4%, and load factor inched up 0.1 percentage point to 79.6%.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Momentum from the Paris Air Show is fading and Wall Street analysts are quickly taking a sobering financial view of the Boeing 737 MAX issue now that an extended grounding of the aircraft and halt in deliveries could drag into the fourth quarter, at least.
Air Transport

By Jack Wittman
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has appointed EVP and COO John Dietrich to succeed president and CEO Bill Flynn, who will retire Jan. 1, 2020.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
While the arrival of Japan Airlines’ (JAL) first Airbus A350 marks the start of a major transition in the carrier’s widebody fleet, it also represents a notable change for the country’s airline industry.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) sees the 100 projects it had already completed by February 2019 as instrumental in reducing European air transport delays by 6.2 million minutes by 2030.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, Jaiwon Shin, is to retire on Aug. 30 after 30 years with the agency.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
African LCC fastjet CEO Nico Bezuidenhout will leave the company at the end of September after three years to rejoin South African LCC Mango Airlines to lead its turnaround program.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EASA brought the roll-out of commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flights one step closer with the July 2 release of a special condition to enable the safe operation of hybrid and electric VTOL aircraft.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Significant changes will affect the popular Fiji leisure market as Fiji Airways plans to suspend an Australian route and Korean Air will terminate its flights to the Pacific island nation.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
A budding collaboration between Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM) and Triumph Group is an example of the growing trend of aftermarket providers teaming up to serve a broader customer base by combining complementary geographic footprints and capabilities.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The aerospace and defense industry can be highly competitive, but rarely does one company lambaste another company’s entire business plan and management.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Aircraft seat power and connectivity provider Astronics has acquired Freedom Communication Technologies (FCT), a developer and manufacturer of communication test equipment for the land-based mobile radio test market, for $22 million in cash.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Recaro Aircraft Seating has set a new strategic target to become the dominant player in business class seats now that it is firmly established as the leading seat provider in the economy class market.
Air Transport

Sudan Airways flight 103 was en route from Cairo, Egypt to Khartoum, Sudan, on February 4, when a passenger attempted to enter the flight deck with the aim of hijacking the flight.
Air Transport

Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for 2018 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by a healthy 6.5% compared to full-year 2017.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines receives the country’s first Airbus A350, as the airline looks ahead to a big year in 2020.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
The FAA has issued multiple waivers allowing operators to fly parachute-equipped drones over people.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The climate impact from aircraft contrails will triple by 2050, increasing faster than aviation can reduce its carbon emissions, a new study by researchers at German aerospace center DLR has concluded.
Air Transport