Disruptions caused by Hurricane Dorian created more financial headwinds during an already sagging 2019 third quarter (Q3) for Spirit Airlines, removing an estimated $25 million in revenue and pushing unit costs up, the airline calculates.
Aviation Week’s Ben Goldstein sat down with IATA Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac to discuss when and how governments should regulate airlines.
Final loads testing on Boeing’s 777-9 has been suspended after the failure of a cargo door during pressurization evaluations on the static test airframe at Everett, Wash.
All-Boeing operator Icelandair is acknowledging the Boeing 737 MAX grounding as “a big challenge,” impacting the carrier’s financial performance, operational planning and efficiency.
Air France has expressed an interest in French leisure carrier Aigle Azur, which is suspending flight operations in the face of financial and operational difficulties.
Air Canada continues to reveal little about its plans for Air Transat beyond keeping the leisure airline’s brand and Montreal headquarters, but a senior executive said that getting its aircraft flying more often will be a near-term focus.
Thai Airways and Airbus plan to begin construction of a new, expanded MRO facility at Thailand’s U-Tapao airport next year, as part of the airport’s development program.
Egyptair has taken delivery of its first of 12 A220-300 aircraft on order, becoming the first A220 operator based in the Middle East and North African region and the sixth operator worldwide.
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has this year welcomed four new member airlines namely: Safarilink aviation operating from Kenya; Air Djibouti - the flag carrier of Djibouti, Air Senegal - the flag carrier of Senegal and Uganda National Airlines Company - the flag carrier of Uganda.
Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group, Inc. signed an MOU with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) Sept. 5 to enter negotiations for the purchase of 100 SpaceJet M100 aircraft.
Rolls-Royce is fast-tracking the removal of certain older Trent 1000 intermediate pressure turbine (IPT) blades and modifying its blade-life calculation methods in the aftermath of a Norwegian Air Boeing 787 engine failure near Rome linked to blades that cracked before established life limits.
The CEO of Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways believes that the low-cost model has huge potential in the Middle East, as many of the region’s airlines are failing to grasp opportunities in the market.
UK long-haul airline Virgin Atlantic is calling for changes to London Heathrow’s slot regime that would allow it to grow from 30 to 160 slots when the third runway is built.
A forgotten maintenance lockout pin that prevented a Jetstar Airbus A320 thrust reverser from operating has led Qantas and Airbus to change maintenance procedures, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) incident report revealed.
Russia and China are reportedly close to selecting a location for the CR929 program’s engineering center, an issue that has been delaying progress in development of the widebody airliner.
Aviation Daily’s Ben Goldstein sat down with IATA director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac on the sidelines of IATA’s Wings of Change Americas conference in Chicago to discuss when and how governments should regulate airlines.
