Air Transport

When a major airline’s information technology crashes, it can ground passengers and cargo in droves and trigger spillover effects in the highly synchronized world of air transport akin to a weather event. Now, thanks to congressional auditors, U.S. flyers have a better understanding of what they have faced in recent years.

If there is one thing that players in the long-haul low-cost sector agree on, it is that there is a market for such services.

Air France-KLM will consider Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A320neo and Airbus A220 types as it prepares to renew its short- and medium-haul fleet, CEO Ben Smith told Aviation Daily, while the group is also considering how long the Airbus A380 will remain part of its fleet.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury warns that the introduction of tariffs in aerospace as a result of the two World Trade Organization (WTO) cases against the European Union and the U.S. would be “just a disaster.”

Zurich-based carrier Germania Flug AG has rebranded as Chair Airlines, effective July 1.

Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion is exploring a fifth base outside its German-speaking home market and is on track to operate at least 35 Airbus A320s by summer 2020.

French manufacturer Latecoere is hoping to sign up the first airline customers for its Li-Fi system in 2020, Serge Berenger, Senior VP Innovation and R&T at the Toulouse-based manufacturer told Aviation Daily.

Thai LCC Nok Air has appointed Wutthiphum Jurangkool as its new CEO and executive director after the previous CEO Piya Yodmani left the post in August 2018.

Boeing “fell short” in communicating some key issues to 737 MAX customers, and the company is determined to ensure lessons learned from two accidents and the subsequent worldwide grounding include improving the information flow to operators, CEO Dennis Muilenburg acknowledged.

Intro Aviation, the new majority shareholder of French long-haul airline Corsair, plans to operate up to 15 Airbus A330 classics/A330neos and add new routes to North America.

The Russian government’s legislative commission has proposed setting a zero percent value-added tax (VAT) for aircraft registered in Russia to boost civil aviation development.

Incremental steps could lead to faster-than-expected development of hybrid and all-electric propulsion systems for aerospace.

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Boeing CEO says safety “has always been at our core, but our values around quality, integrity and safety have come even more to the forefront."

Lim Serh Ghee, president of ST Engineering’s Aerospace Sector, talks global growth plans ahead of the Paris Air Show.

Among commercial aircraft, the Boeing 737 MAX drama is drawing a lot of attention. But other programs are nearing important milestones or launch decisions as well.

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Top-level A&D consolidation is going on afterburner, with the proposal to merge Raytheon and UTC. Will there be more of the same?

New partnerships for vehicle development, cabin design, ground operations and launch cities keep Uber Elevate on track.

DERBY, England—Rolls-Royce has completed another key sub-assembly test for its future UltraFan engine family and, half way through a year of critical demonstrations, said so far there are no show-stoppers to assembling the first complete engine in 2020.

An EU-backed project, which aims to produce jet fuel from concentrated sunlight, water and CO2, has synthesized its first ‘solar kerosene’ under real field conditions, validating its technology and paving the way for higher-scale production.

The chairman of Rome’s S.S. Lazio football club, Claudio Lotito, has become the latest possible investor to express interest in Italian flag carrier Alitalia, which has been under special administration since May 2017.

A software design error that misinterprets GPS time updates is the root cause of Collins Aerospace GPS and multi-mode receiver malfunctions, the manufacturer has advised aircraft operators.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) plans to debut its first Airbus A350 between Copenhagen and Chicago on Jan. 28, 2020, and will roll out the new aircraft type on seven routes throughout the year.

Southwest Airlines, citing uncertainty around when the Boeing 737 MAX will be cleared to resume revenue flying, has pulled its 34 737 MAX 8s from its schedule through Sept 2.