Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
PATTONAIR JAPAN opened new permanent office in Nagoya to support OEM and MRO customers with supply chain services, primarily for civil aircraft
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
DUNCAN AVIATION secured IS-BAH accreditation for its two FBO facilities.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
AES GLOBAL has EASA STC for zero passenger configuration of 737s and 757s.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
ACI forecasts global airport traffic to grow 3.7% per year to reach 19.7b pax by 2040 vs 8.8b in 2018; China will be largest market, accounting for 18
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
TEGO was selected by Collins Aerospace to provide an asset intelligence platform (AIP) for its manufacturing sites worldwide.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
GA TELESIS INSTANBUL received AS9120 certification and ASA-100 accreditation for aerospace component distribution.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
KAMAN AEROSPACE booked order for a K-MAX helicopter from HELI AIR-SWISS. It has now booked 13 K-MAX orders since relaunch.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
GE AVIATION teamed with HYBRID PROJECT on hybrid-powered SuperVolo VTOL UAV for high-endurance commercial applications; flight testing will start in
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
SWISS and SWISS FEDERAL RAILWAYS (SBB) signed new strategic partnership to expand Flugzug (airtrain) rail services, which currently operate between
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau
Aviation Week editors discuss Dennis Muilenburg’s performance before Congress and what Europe’s top aviation regulator says about the Max returning to flight.
Air Transport

Ahmed Adel, EgyptAir’s new chairman and chief executive, tells Martin Rivers and Alan Peaford why he is looking forward to a renewed period of growth and prosperity for the nation’s flag-carrier.
Air Transport

Christian Zur, Andy Anderegg and Scott Kordella
It is time to balance the needs of the aviation community with those of the burgeoning space industry.
Commercial Space

By Adrian Schofield
The arrival of new narrowbody types and additional 787s will spur the next phase of Korean Air’s fleet renewal and will also enable network development plans.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Marking the largest move yet in the overhaul of the aerostructures sector, leading provider Spirit AeroSystems will buy Bombardier’s aerostructures businesses in Northern Ireland and Morocco, as well as an MRO business in Dallas.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Merging airline flights more efficiently with commercial space launch and reentry activities requires that prototype technology be advanced to operational status, speakers told an Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) conference Oct. 31.
Air Transport

Atlas Air’s net income fell 18% in the 2019 third quarter (Q3), as global trade tensions and an ongoing dispute over a new pilot contract continued to weigh on the cargo carrier’s bottom line.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The FAA had first-hand knowledge of critical changes to the 737 MAX MCAS during the aircraft’s development, but Boeing’s lack of proper paperwork documenting the updates kept agency experts who may have given the system more scrutiny out of the loop.
Air Transport

Trans States Holdings has canceled an order for up to 100 Mitsubishi SpaceJet aircraft, the latest setback facing the Japanese manufacturer’s long-delayed regional jet program.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
CFM International is planning on producing 1,800 LEAP engines this year, an unchanged target despite the Boeing 737 MAX’s predicament.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Impacted by a €155 million ($172.4 million) initial hit from the British Airways (BA) pilots’ strikes, the third-quarter 2019 net profit for International Airlines Group fell 10.6% to €1 billion.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM said it expected passenger unit revenue to fall in the last three months of 2019, following a 0.6% third-quarter decline, as its CEO prepares to set out a new competitive strategy at the Group’s forthcoming Nov. 5 investor day.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has taken delivery of its first Embraer E190-E2, starting a period of significant growth for the niche airline.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the latest carrier to reduce its service to Hong Kong, as the protests in that city take a significant toll on demand.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A group of investors has agreed to buy Scandinavian travel company the Ving Group—which includes Thomas Cook’s Nordic airline—five weeks after the Sept. 23 collapse of leisure group Thomas Cook sparked the UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation of stranded holidaymakers.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Defense and Space has made a strategic investment in U.S.-based Amprius, which is developing high-energy-density batteries.
Air Transport