Air Transport

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Indian domestic airline Vistara have signed a codeshare deal, the two carriers announced Feb. 22 with a promise to open up more routes between India and Tokyo.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
The deal to take over UK regional airline Flybe by a Virgin Atlantic-led consortium has completed, the Exeter-based airline said Feb. 22.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Regional airline Cape Air and express cargo carrier Mountain Air Cargo announced a pilot ‘pathway’ program that allows pilots to transition between the two airlines to gain flight hours and experience.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
While it is struggling to avoid another summer of record flight delays, Eurocontrol has published a slightly downgraded forecast for aircraft movements over the next seven years.
Air Transport

U.S. carriers—including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, and United Airlines—have filed applications with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for some of the 12 newly available daytime slot pairs at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND).
Air Transport

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian airlines will be permitted to issue electronic boarding passes now that a Ministry of Transport decree has come into force, the authority said Feb. 19.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Architects of a new standard for electronic aircraft records transfers are confident that their work will yield the first real-world paperless transactions in 2019.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has begun ground tests of a modified Trent 1000 with both the fan blades and fan case made from composite material, marking a key step towards development of the company’s next generation geared UltraFan engine family.
Air Transport

Watch the 1999 documentary featuring Joe Sutter, who said: "I believe the 747 program is just in its midlife. You’ll see this airplane flying another 20 or 30 years from now. It’ll be in production for something like 50 years.”

Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Superbly engineered but environmentally and economically flawed, Concorde is a key source of lessons learned for today’s supersonic aircraft developers as the design icon marks its golden anniversary.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Too fast and too slow: lessons learned from two failed and very different supersonic transport ventures.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Fixed engines, V-tails and distributed flight control systems will feature in Leonardo’s tiltrotor tech demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Certification program steps up as Bell 525s go north for cold-weather testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The proposal’s co-sponsor may be ill-informed on aviation’s benefits and accomplishments, but the industry needs to read the tea leaves and move fast.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) have reached provisional agreement on the European Commission (EC) proposal to ensure basic air connectivity in the event of the UK leaving the bloc next month (‘Brexit’) without an agreed exit deal.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Irish LCC Ryanair will open a new base at Toulouse airport as part of its winter 2019 schedule, stationing two Boeing 737-800s there and more than doubling the number of routes it operates from the southwest French city.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Recently announced changes to Air Canada’s network reflect added flexibility the airline has in two recently revamped agreements that affect how the airline can deploy its Rouge subsidiary and Air Canada Express-contracted fleets.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Over the past five years, airline ancillary revenues have more than doubled, with Europe leading the way, according to the latest data from ancillary specialist IdeaWorksCompany.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
IATA’s 2018 safety figures show commercial-airline accident rates last year, up from a record low in 2017.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick, Michael Bruno
Hard on the heels of Boeing making a significant investment in Aerion, one of its biggest suppliers has signed on to design the forward fuselage for the supersonic business jet developer’s Mach 1.4 aircraft, the AS2.
Air Transport

WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators have called on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to fully enforce a law designed to thwart potential hijackings aboard commercial aircraft, arguing that airlines have deliberately misinterpreted the law to avoid the new requirements.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Airbus hopes to fly its CityAirbus electric vertical takeoff and landing urban air mobility demo aircraft in March after a series of successful ground runs.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas reported falling profits in its international operation for the six months through Dec. 31, 2018—its fiscal 2019 first half—but the airline predicts competitive and cost pressure in the international market will ease this year.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The provincial government of Jiangsu in eastern China is negotiating to buy a stake in HNA subsidiary Suparna Airlines, industry sources said.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
United Technologies (UTC) continues to take a conservative approach with its commercial aftermarket-growth projection this year, despite signs of high demand across the board.
Air Transport