Air Transport

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) has brought in assistance on another route as it seeks to cope with the continuing disruption caused by problems with its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Chinese airlines are applying for yet more service rights to Paris from Beijing, raising the total of recent proposals to 31 weekly flights.
Air Transport

Saudi Arabian-based Nexus is rapidly gaining a reputation throughout Africa for service excellence. Now, as Alan Dron reports, it is being courted by a number of different countries on the continent.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick, Helen Massy-Beresford
Most MAX operators dealt reasonably well with the type’s grounding. But those with large fleets face more serious challenges.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
U.S. operators with Boeing 737 MAXs are shuffling aircraft assignments and canceling flights to address gaps created by having the grounded aircraft unavailable, and may have enough flexibility to keep the ramifications of a short-term grounding minimal.
Air Transport

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary Elaine Chao on Mar. 19 requested the Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiate a probe to review the process FAA used to certify the Boeing 737 MAX as safe prior to the two fatal crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
By nominating Steve Dickson to serve as the next FAA administrator, U.S. President Donald Trump has advanced the name of a former airline pilot steeped in the NextGen air traffic control (ATC) modernization effort, who also served as a prominent opponent of spinning off the agency’s ATC function to a separate entity.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
All Nippon Airways (ANA)—in the last such Airbus-organized event for this particular aircraft model—took delivery of its first A380 Mar. 20 in Toulouse.
Air Transport

Chen Chuanren
The sale of Malaysia flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) might not be as soon and easy as it seems, despite Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad saying Mar. 20 that there are “local and foreign firms expressing interest.”
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
European nations are making uneven progress toward meeting Single European Sky surveillance and communications technology requirements, according to the organization tasked with coordinating air traffic management (ATM) common projects.
Air Transport

Despite the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX 8s in five months, Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker says his confidence in the aircraft and the manufacturer remains unchanged.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren is not actively looking at any other acquisitions after withdrawing from the Alitalia sale process.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
INTRO Aviation, the new majority shareholder of French long-haul airline Corsair, plans to revamp the carrier’s fleet, switching to an all-Airbus formation and increasing the fleet to 13 aircraft by 2023 to reduce costs and drive growth.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield, Sean Broderick
The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Lion Air JT610 crash reportedly reveals more detail about how the crew attempted to solve the aircraft’s repeated descents.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Embraer’s John Slattery will be the first CEO of the Boeing-Embraer commercial aircraft joint venture (JV) the aircraft manufacturers expect to launch by the end of the year, and he will report to Boeing’s Marc Allen, who will take a new position in charge of Boeing’s JVs with Embraer, the companies announced Mar. 20.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Boeing takes a key step toward the 737 MAX's return to revenue service with flight test of updated MCAS software.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
How Boeing’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System for the 737 MAX works.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
OEMs and Tier 1s must be vigilant about lower-tier suppliers and a possible working capital crunch they could face in coming years.
Program Management

The White House confirmed Mar. 19 that U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate former Delta Air Lines executive and pilot Stephen Dickson to head the FAA, ending a 15-month stretch for the agency without a permanent leader.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Air Canada has pulled the 737 Max from its schedule until “at least” July 1 and has re-shuffled its schedule and aircraft assignments to accommodate the capacity reductions.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) is concerned most flight decks lack tools allowing pilots to be aware of the trim’s position, according to a position paper published Mar. 7.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
French leisure airline Aigle Azur has unveiled changes to its flights to and from China and Brazil as it pledged to push ahead with long-haul expansion plans, while continuing to operate to its established European and African destinations.
Air Transport

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will rename its Bombardier CS100/300 aircraft as Airbus A220-100/300s later this year.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The urban air mobility (UAM) market is forecast to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.33% through 2030, according to a new report released by consultants at MarketsandMarkets.
Air Transport

By Mark Nensel
Avianca is canceling delivery of 17 Airbus A320neo family aircraft and deferring delivery of 35 more by at least seven years, the Colombia-based airline said Mar. 15.
Air Transport