Air Transport

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.

Asiana Airlines intends to add 34 new aircraft to its fleet over the next four years as it phases out many of its oldest models.

Iceland’s airport and air navigation services operator Isavia is re-opening Keflavik airport for the limited use of crosswind flight testing of new aircraft.

Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is in the process of reducing its shares in LCC Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines (GX Airlines) as part of the airline’s restructuring plans.

Indian stock exchanges have announced they will restrict trading of Jet Airways shares, in another sign that the prospects of resurrecting the grounded airline are increasingly bleak.

On the eve of this year’s Paris Air Show, Boeing Commercial Airplanes senior leadership is downplaying the likelihood of major orders or product announcements while the company remains laser-focused on ungrounding the 737 MAX.

Air Côte d’Ivoire’s business plan for the next 10 years maintains the current strategy but with an increased emphasis on long-haul, according to CEO, René Décurey.

As part of a major shake-up of its regional jet strategy, Mitsubishi Aircraft has rebranded the former MRJ90 as the SpaceJet M90 and has announced details of the stretched MRJ70 redesign which will now be called the M100.

Selloffs leave Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier focused on business aviation

Embraer’s Slattery says many of the goals set for entry into service have been exceeded, but he concedes there have been some "small learnings."

American Airlines’ recent removal of the Boeing 737 MAX from its schedules for two more weeks was made to ease the carrier’s pilot and cabin-crew bidding process, rather than due to signs of continued delay in getting the grounded fleet cleared to fly, CEO Doug Parker said.

Revelations of a second whistleblower allegation of management retaliation during Steve Dickson’s tenure as Delta Air Lines SVP-flight operations are further complicating his once-clear path to head the FAA.

Russia’s deteriorated relations with the West following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 has had substantial consequences for the MC-21 program.

JetBlue increased the bottom end of its projected Q2 RASM guidance, aligning with both the carrier’s short-term outlook of an increasing revenue environment and bigger-picture trends that show strong demand and pricing.

CFM International said it is redesigning the bearing in the radial drive shaft of the LEAP-1B—which powers the Boeing 737 MAX—after five incidents in which an engine was shut down inflight following activation of the oil filter bypass light indication in the cockpit.

Virgin Atlantic executive Mark Anderson will lead the revamp of Flybe after being appointed CEO of Connect Airways, the consortium that has taken over the British regional airline.

Korean Air is one of a handful of Asian airlines holding discussions with manufacturers that could result in new widebody aircraft deals.

Boeing’s full-scale Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype has crashed during unmanned flight testing at subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Virginia.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his cabinet to implement plans to transfer general aviation and some domestic flights from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Sangley Point air base in an effort to ease congestion at the airport.

Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin, while still working on Zodiac integration, is also bracing for airframers taking design work away from system manufacturers.

Brexit has caused British aerospace suppliers to be frozen out of key tenders.

The next-generation regional turboprop may be smaller aircraft powered by a new wave of hybrid-electric propulsion systems.

Resources diverted to fix MAX could lead to new-product delays; expanded MAX family’s debut also pushed back.

British aerospace suppliers have found themselves frozen out of industry tenders, as the uncertainty about Britain’s departure from the EU continues.

The U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee will hold its second hearing into the status of the Boeing 737 MAX on June 19, which will feature testimony from groups representing airlines, pilots and flight attendants.