Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A group of Alitalia pilot and cabin crew unions said they will strike Jun. 24, delaying a planned walkout until after the latest deadline for a formal bid for the bankrupt carrier.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Vinci Airports has completed the purchase of its controlling 50.01% stake in London Gatwick Airport, the French company announced May 14.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Spanish LCC Iberia Express will take delivery of four Airbus A321neos in 2020, with the first scheduled for delivery in April.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Final flight tests of GE Aviation’s GE9X turbofan have been completed on the company’s 747-400 flying testbed ahead of the engine’s first flight this summer on the Boeing 777-9, the initial version of the aircraft manufacturer’s new 777X twinjet series.
Air Transport

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian industrial giant Rostec has taken another step to swallow United Aircraft Corp., appointing ex-Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as the new chairman of UAC’s board.
Air Transport

A group representing U.S. consumers wants the U.S. Congress to abandon proposals under consideration to raise the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) cap to $8.50 per segment from $4, saying the hike would “disproportionately burden budget-conscious consumers and families.”
Air Transport

Dassault Systèmes has announced that Boom Supersonic is deploying the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to accelerate the design and development of Overture, its Mach-2.2 commercial airliner, with an aim to make supersonic travel mainstream and affordable.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
South Korean airlines have placed large orders of Airbus Neo and Boeing MAX aircraft, and new startup LCCs will further fuel narrowbody growth.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific, Air Astana and Japan Airlines are the most recent examples of the trend of Asian airline groups entering the low-cost carrier segment.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
An air traffic controller’s errant instruction to turn left instead of right towards an assigned heading during a rare departure pattern out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) led an EVA Air Boeing 777 to within hundreds of feet of a mountain peak topped with large antennas, an NTSB investigation found.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
British regional airline Eastern Airways has become independent again after ownership of the airline was acquired from troubled helicopter operator Bristow Group.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Airbus A220 operators have been told to inspect fuel feed tubes for chafing caused by a clamp that, in extreme cases, could inhibit fuel from flowing to engines.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Jet Airways’ CEO Vinay Dube and his deputy and CFO Amit Agarwal have resigned, according to reports in the country’s press.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Air Italy plans a modest increase in its number of long-haul Airbus A330s, rather than taking on Boeing 787-8s, because of delays in delivering new aircraft to its minority shareholder, Qatar Airways.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A Paris court ruling to allow a referendum on whether Paris airports operator Groupe ADP should be privatized looks set to push back the controversial sell-off of the French state’s stake in the airport operator.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Mitsubishi Aircraft said a stretched redesign of what was formerly dubbed the MRJ70, a regional jet follow-on to the company’s in-development MRJ90, is a “realistic possibility” and expects to release new configuration details over coming weeks.
Air Transport

The aviation industry should be inspired by its role in the fight against climate change, according to one of its sustainability leaders according to Michael Gill, the executive director of the cross-industry Air Transport Action Group (ATAG).
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The Trump administration’s move to reinvigorate the U.S. Export-Import bank is one of the best things it can do for aerospace ahead of the next recession.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The contents of Boeing’s final training plan could influence the Air Line Pilots Association.
Air Transport

Bradley Perrett; Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is close to the assessment phase of a study for a new commercial aircraft.
Air Transport

The FAA has yet to develop a plan for modernizing its Civil Aviation Registry—despite being required to complete upgrades by October 2021—according to a new audit report from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The leak of a study funded by the European Commission has thrown the issue of aviation taxation into the spotlight, with sustainable transport lobby group Transport & Environment (T&E) saying the report shows taxing aviation fuel would significantly cut emissions without affecting GDP and employment.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
The backers of rival London Heathrow Airport expansion project ‘Heathrow Hub’ are planning to appeal a High Court judgment that dismissed a series of legal challenges against the government’s third-runway plans.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France said May 13 it plans to reduce its short-haul capacity in terms of available seat kilometers (ASKs) by 15% by the end of 2021 and cut 465 jobs—without forced departures—to meet growing competition from high-speed trains (TGVs) and low-cost airlines.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Toronto-based private-equity firm Onex Capital will purchase Canadian LCC WestJet Airlines in an all-cash deal valued at C$3.5 billion ($2.6 billion), the companies announced May 13.
Air Transport