Although Jet Airways could still be revived in some form, tighter capacity supply will help bolster the Indian airline industry’s worsening financial health.
Representatives from nine civil aviation authorities, including the four major state-of-design agencies and growing global power China, have accepted invitations from the U.S. FAA to conduct a partial review of the Boeing 737 MAX certification, FAA announced Apr. 19.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a new altitude monitoring function on Airbus A320-series airliners, NavBlue, Airbus’ flight operations and air traffic management subsidiary, said.
WASHINGTON—United Airlines has done well compensating for the absence of its 14 Boeing 737 MAXs by adjusting its network and maintenance schedules, but the gaps created will become harder to fill as the peak summer season approaches, the airline’s executives said. The Chicago-based carrier has removed its MAXs through early July, the carrier confirmed Apr. 15. The aircraft were operating about 40 daily flights when they were banned from operating in the U.S. by FAA Mar. 13. The MAX fleet remains grounded worldwide.
Nine groups representing commercial and general aviation are calling on the FAA not to follow through with a proposed pilot drug testing study, saying that “deceptively and unknowingly” testing thousands of pilot urine samples does not comply with legal requirements and would “further erode the trust” between the pilot community and FAA Aviation Medical Examiners (AME).
SkyTeam alliance members Kenya Airways and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines have signed a codeshare agreement that will open connectivity to 11 U.S. and four Canadian cities.
A strange thing happened after Boeing announced Apr. 5 that it would slow production of new 737 narrowbodies to 42 aircraft a month from the current rate of 52 by the middle of April: Nobody else in the supply chain did the same.
If the CEOs of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines get their way, U.S. Congress will hold yet another set of hearings this year on the seemingly never-ending quarrel over the U.S. Open Skies agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft is close to finalizing a refined design for the MRJ70, the shorter version of its MRJ regional jet, and by the end of June, two additional MRJ90 prototypes will be ready for MRJ flight testing, Mitsubishi Aircraft president Hisakazu Mizutani said.
Responding to allegations by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines that Air Italy’s U.S. service additions violate the U.S.-Qatar Open Skies agreement, the Italian carrier said, “we are puzzled (but slightly flattered) that the three very largest U.S. carriers ... claim to be threatened by us.”
The Russian chairperson of the Craic board expects the consortium to receive initial orders for its CR929 widebody airliner no earlier than 2023—a differing assessment compared to the late-2019 timing recently suggested by Comac, the Chinese partner in the program.
American Airlines has invested more than $25 billion in its fleet, operation and staff over the last five years and has completed the bulk of integrating U.S. Airways into its operation.
French airline Aigle Azur has launched a direct flight to Ukraine capital Kiev’s Boryspil airport from Paris Orly, as part of the carrier’s ongoing drive to expand its network.
Boeing has taken several major steps toward completing upgraded 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) flight control law software in recent days, giving the company confidence that it is “making steady progress” in its bid to get the grounded MAX fleet operating again, its top executive said.
U.S. federal safety officials are investigating an American Airlines flight that tipped and struck an object at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) during takeoff Apr. 10, cutting the flight short and forcing the plane to return to the airport.
CFM International is monitoring its Leap engine fleet for signs of an issue believed to be tied to the March 26 contained engine failure on a Southwest Airlines 737 MAX 8 that was being ferried to storage.
Air Mauritius received the first of two Airbus A330-900s it has on order at Airbus’s Toulouse final assembly plant Apr. 18; the aircraft are provided under contract with U.S.-based Air Lease Corp. (ALC).
Hong Kong Airlines said it had to hire external security personnel and lawyers because of an unfolding spat between the airline’s shareholders, but insisted it was business as usual for the airline’s customers.
Officials from French aerospace industry lobbying group Gifas are predicting the ongoing safety crisis around the Boeing 737 MAX will cause certification costs to increase.
Later this year, the US and Japan plan to sign a formal aviation accord to expand access for US airlines flying to Tokyo Haneda airport, the closest airport to downtown Tokyo and a gateway for connection points throughout Japan.
