Infrastructure investor Macquarie has agreed to sell its 36% stake in Brussels Airport to a consortium comprised of Netherlands-based pensions investor APG, Queensland Investment Corp. (QIC) and finance specialist Swiss Life.
Chinese airlines have applied to add 48 weekly flights to Paris and 41 to London over the next 12 months as part of a huge set of proposals for increased European services.
Saudi Arabian LCC Flyadeal intends to keep its existing fleet of Airbus A320ceos in operation despite its order for the Boeing 737 MAX 8, the carrier’s CEO said at the recent Saudi Airshow.
France’s parliament has approved a law governing the plan to privatize Paris airports operator Groupe ADP, bringing the change in ownership a step closer.
German tourism group TUI has agreed to sell 53% of French long-haul scheduled carrier Corsair to German investor Intro Aviation for an undisclosed sum.
India’s Jet Airways has grounded more aircraft due to lease payment defaults, as the carrier remains in financial limbo while awaiting a restructuring deal.
Southwest Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) have agreed to terms on a new contract that, if ratified by mechanics, would end more than six years of often-contentious talks.
Uganda is rejoining the club of countries with national airlines as it seeks to recapture some of the revenue currently being taken by foreign carriers. Alan Dron reports.
A preliminary analysis of data from Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders provides the strongest evidence yet linking the accident sequence to the October 2018 crash of Lion Air flight JT610.
As the ban on Boeing 737 MAX flights takes effect, European carriers that have been operating the aircraft are scrambling to find replacements to shore up their schedules.
Airbus has delivered to UK LCC easyJet the first A320 equipped for enhanced FANS-C data link communications, marking the start of a demonstration of sharing an aircraft’s predicted trajectory with air traffic control (ATC).
Embraer anticipates announcing sales and requests for proposals for its E2 regional jets to Middle East and North African airlines “within a month or two,” Embraer general manager for special projects Middle East and Africa Hussein Dabbas said.
France’s air navigation service provider DSNA is modernizing Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport’s (CDG) approach control center and air traffic management (ATM) systems at en-route control centers, in a bid to increase capacity.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has denied it is scaling back its expansion in Italy, following a statement by Italian pilots’ union ANPAC that linked the carrier’s decision to remove Boeing 737s from Rome to a wider move to withdraw from Italy.
Flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia and LCC Lion Air are reconsidering their orders for the Boeing 737 MAX, following the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 crash and the worldwide grounding of the aircraft. The Indonesian transport safety committee (KNKT) also plans to accelerate the release of the accident report for Lion Air Flight JT610, which crashed in October 2018.
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Missouri), the ranking member of the U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, said the decision by countries in Europe and Asia to ground Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash was premature, adding “up until [Mar. 13], there was no reason to ground these planes from the U.S. point-of-view.”
In the aftermath of global groundings of the Boeing 737 MAX family aircraft, our editors discuss what measures need to be taken to overcome the crisis for the OEM and operators.
