Air Transport

THE GILL CORP, CA released first GillVANA sandwich panels manufactured by applying a synthetic viscoelastic coating onto honeycomb core that

SA EXPRESS was approved by the International Air Services Council (IASC) to serve Zimbabwe, Angola and Botswana. ETIHAD AIRWAYS plans October 27 to

VOLOTEA was selected by Airbus to provide four-times-daily Toulouse-Hamburg employee charters using two dedicated A319s.

IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic increased 3.8% in August on 3.5% higher capacity; cargo traffic fell 3.9%, which marks the 10th

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 742,431 full-/part-time workers in August vs 719,623 a year ago.

BOEING and PORSCHE signed MOU to explore partnership in development of personal urban air mobility vehicles; along with AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES

CHINA AVIATION VALUATION ADVISORS (CAVA) was launched to provide asset and enterprise valuation reports, transaction and asset advisory, market

EVA AIRWAYS took delivery of its fourth GEnx-powered 787-10 (63512). It has 16 more on order from Boeing/lessors.

EMBRAER expects to make first flight of E175-E2 by end 2019; it has no orders, but entry into service is planned for late 2021.

SITAONAIR was selected by Vietnam Airlines to provide inflight connectivity in partnership with VISHIPEL (Inmarsat operator).

US DOT reports US airlines carried 76.4m pax in September, up 4.3% vs September 2018; international enplanements rose 1.7%.

Narrowbody aircraft capable of long-haul flying will open substantial new market opportunities to low cost airlines, industry executives said at the CAPA Low-Cost Long-Haul Global Summit here.

The FAA and others cite “automation dependency” as a growing risk.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS is considering acquiring Bombardier's aerostructures facilities in Belfast and Morocco, according to unconfirmed media reports. In

BOEING is investing $20m in VIRGIN GALACTIC to broaden commercial space access and transform global travel technologies.

American Airlines plans an overhaul of its executive team overseeing operations and customer service, following a tumultuous summer marked by a spike in delays and cancellations.

Airlines have inspected 810 older Boeing 737NGs for cracked fuselage parts and turned up issues on 38 aircraft as of Oct. 9, the company said, adding it is working with customers to develop plans and procure parts for aircraft with discrepancies.

Porsche has become the latest carmaker to embrace urban air mobility (UAM), signing an MOU with Boeing to study product development for the premium market for personal air vehicles.

Shares in Delta Air Lines stumbled Oct. 10 as investors brushed aside record third-quarter (Q3) revenue to focus instead on higher expectations for Q4 non-fuel unit costs.

Sustainable energy company Velocys says it will be able to produce “negative-emissions” fuels, after striking a deal to capture and store the carbon dioxide that will be generated by the biomass-to-fuel plant it is planning to build in Mississippi.

European regional carriers are expecting a difficult operating environment to continue, with macroeconomic and political uncertainty as well as hefty fuel bills all causing headaches for smaller carriers in a region that has seen four airline collapses in the past month.

Lufthansa Executive Board member Harry Hohmeister sees “a lot of difficulties” if the company were to attempt a takeover of leisure carrier Condor.

Kazakhstan-based Air Astana is planning international route expansion when the delivery of seven Airbus A321neoLRs is completed.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. says it expects to sign up new customers for its SpaceJet aircraft family by year-end, as it pushes ahead with type-certification testing.

Impediments to the success of African carriers and the economies they support will be the focus of discussion at the Airlines Association of Southern Africa’s (AASA) forthcoming 49th Annual General Assembly.