Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The Boeing 737 MAX is likely to be back up flying paying passengers long before the true cost of recent fatal accidents becomes clear on Boeing’s bottom line.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The Boeing 737 MAX is likely to be back up flying paying passengers long before the true cost of recent fatal accidents becomes clear on Boeing’s bottom line.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
GE Aviation remained a bright spot at General Electric during the first quarter of 2019, becoming the largest and leading division at the embattled industrial giant.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
United Airlines has not leveraged collateral in Avianca Holdings that could see it take control of the Colombian carrier following loan-covenant violations by majority shareholder BRW Aviation, which put up its ownership stake to guarantee a loan from the U.S. carrier.
Air Transport

Two lawmakers from the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee are calling on FAA to publish a proposed rule for remotely identifying unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by July 21, saying that recent drone sightings at airports and sporting events in the U.S. and Europe “underscored the need to quickly adopt and implement” the proposed rule.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
An Apr. 30 deadline for the presentation of a new business plan to rescue Alitalia looked set to be extended after Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), which is expected to lead the relaunch, said it had discussed the possibility of an extension at a board meeting.
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By Bradley Perrett
Challenges in multinational cooperation are slowing progress in Sino-Russian CR29 development, industry sources close to the program said.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Associations representing airports and the unmanned aircraft systems industry have formed a task force to address drone incursions at airports.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Canadian training specialist CAE announced the sale of two Airbus A220-300 full-flight simulators (FFS) and other training devices to JetBlue Airways, bringing to eight the number of A220 FFS it has sold worldwide.
Air Transport

Chen Chuanren
Hainan Airlines has incurred a CNY3.6 billion ($523 million) loss for 2018, ending its profit-making run; the airline earned CNY33 billion in 2017.
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Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is expecting a challenging year related to LCC competition at its Vienna Airport hub, but CEO Wolgang Jani is vowing to invest against its competitors “as long as it is necessary.”
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Apr. 30 decided to stop any planned growth of its low-fare brand Eurowings as that unit’s financial performance continued to deteriorate in the first quarter.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has decided to delay its Boeing 737 MAX orders for two years, the first major move by the carrier’s new CEO as he seeks to improve the carrier’s near-term financial health.
Air Transport

A trade group representing the global aviation maintenance and manufacturing sector is defending Boeing’s inclusion on FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) amid ongoing investigations into the Boeing 737 MAX.
Air Transport

Boeing has released a statement regarding various news stories circulating on the disagree alert on the 737 MAX.
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After the tragic Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines accidents and the fragmented approach in grounding the Boeing 737 MAX, regulators from around the world are gathering for a special certification review to fully understand the flight control system, human factors or other considerations and to validate any proposed solutions, including training requirements.
Air Transport

Qatar and Rwanda have signed four bilateral agreements with aviation at the heart of the discussions.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
“An A320 is an A320 and a MAX is a MAX”, said Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, adding that the current situation “is not changing the mid- to long-term picture.”
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Targeting fuel efficiency, Airbus is testing airflow control on the A350’s vertical stabilizer leading edge.
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By Sean Broderick
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg insists the MAX 8 was designed and certified to the company’s standards, and suggested too much faith may have been put on pilots’ ability to recognize failure modes tied to the aircraft’s MCAS system that is the focus of two fatal 737 MAX 8 accidents.
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By Michael Bruno
Boeing Chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg appears likely to keep both of his positions—and sounds determined to stay in his job—after company shareholders on Apr. 29 opted not to force a move to split the chair and chief-executive officeholders.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is facing a fifth day of pilot strikes across its operations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden with another 546 flight cancellations anticipated for Apr. 30.
Air Transport

U.S. Customs and Borders Protection (CBP) is temporarily reassigning a block of officers to the Mexican border from major U.S. international airports, raising concerns about immigration delays at those airports this summer.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
GE Aviation and Zurich-based Auterion have partnered to provide a hardware- and software-based platform for commercial drone operations, the companies announced Apr. 29.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Italy’s economic development minister is indicating more private investors have come forth with offers to participate in Alitalia’s relaunch.
Air Transport