Air Transport

Ethiopian Airlines has announced it has decided to ground all its B-737-8 MAX fleet.

Cayman Airlines and the Chinese regulator ground Boeing 737-8s as a precaution due to the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash.

Autonomy, artificial intelligence and universal connectivity feature heavily in a vision for aerospace's future from the Aerospace Industries Association.

A Japanese delegation led by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) is looking to elevate the profiles of Japan’s smaller regional airports.

Fourteen people were killed March 9 when a Douglas DC-3 operated by Laser Aereo Colombia crashed near Villavicencio, Colombia, after declaring an emergency.

Ethiopian Airlines says flight ET302 did not have any known maintenance issues.

Boeing has delivered to Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) its first 787-10 Dreamliner.

Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that its flight ET 302/10 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in an accident today around Bishoftu (Debre Zeit).

The accident is the second of a 737-8 in just over four months following Lion Air crash near Jakarta in October.

Air Transat Flight 942 diverted to EWR while enroute from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale, landing on Runway 4R at 8:28 a.m. local time.

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has been ranked three stars, according to OAG’s On-Time Performance (OTP) Star Rating for the world's airlines and airports.

Air Senegal has taken delivery of its first A330-900 from Airbus’ production line in Toulouse.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called on aviation stakeholders to re-examine the pros-and-cons of air traffic control (ATC) modernization, although he stopped short of directly calling to spin off ATC from the FAA.

Swedish regional carrier Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) plans to automatically include “climate compensation” for all CO2 emissions from its flights in its ticket prices.

Southwest Airlines is content with its plans to re-balance its fleet by adding more higher-capacity Boeing 737s, but could envision accelerating deliveries of the new MAX-family aircraft to reap benefits of the newer technology more quickly, CEO Gary Kelly said.

An undetected malfunction of its right elevator surface caused an Ameristar Charters Boeing MD-83 to depart a runway end during a rejected takeoff at Willow Run Airport (YIP) near Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 2017, NTSB said Mar. 7.

European manufacturer ATR is expecting to find operators for its aircraft in China, despite the country’s long history as a difficult market for foreign suppliers of turboprop airliners.

By rejecting a “top-down” approach, the U.S. Transportation Department has allowed a new era of aerospace innovation to flourish.

The growing concern among airlines about vertical consolidation in the MRO industry is likely to spur a reaction from carriers, and may even prompt smaller airlines to cooperate more to establish MRO networks, a veteran industry executive predicted.

Japan Airlines (JAL) has officially established its new medium- to long-haul LCC, and has also revealed the first international routes it will launch in 2020.

Acting FAA administrator Dan Elwell said the agency faces an “unprecedented challenge” implementing the multi-year FAA reauthorization act passed by the U.S. Congress in October 2018, adding that the comprehensive bill “contained everything that everyone and anyone ever wanted to do with the FAA and the aviation system.”

American Airlines pulled 14 recently modified Boeing 737-800s from service due to “quality” issues with the new interior work and is inspecting them, the airline said Mar. 7.

Why did Rolls-Royce say “no thank you” to Boeing’s NMA? How might Airbus respond? Listen in as we discuss the risks of launching a new mid-market airliner.

The UK’s exit from the European Union (Brexit) has the potential to unlock long-awaited reform of Europe’s passenger rights rules.

A new report from a London School of Economics think tank assesses that airlines are failing to take a long-term view on climate change, and carbon offsetting “is no substitute for a clear strategy to reduce emissions.”