Air Transport

Malaysia Airlines Berhad’s (MAB) new chief strategy officer Bryan Foong is set to play a key role in guiding the next phase of the carrier’s restructuring efforts.

Swiss air navigation service provider (ANSP) Skyguide has activated an airspace management system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs/drones) at two airports under Switzerland’s U-space implementation program.

Ethiopian Airlines has received its 25th Dash 8-400 Aircraft, with registration number ET-AXE, from De Havilland Aircraft of Canada.

Management made several strategic mistakes that could have been avoided had they been more lucid about their market and the industry dynamics.

The share price of Astronics plummeted more than 21% in regular stock trading Aug. 5 after the key supplier of aircraft passenger seat power and other inflight entertainment (IFE) products acknowledged a string of events that walloped its latest earnings and is lowering its financial outlook.

Brazilian LCC GOL is betting on a rapid increase in its Boeing 737 MAX fleet in 2020 to help it keep costs in check as it continues to grow.

Airbus has begun manufacturing the A220 aircraft at its Mobile, Alabama-based final assembly line, the company announced Aug. 5.

Unsuccessful bidders for the contract to run Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport have appealed the decision to award the deal to SOF Connect, a consortium led by Munich Airport International (MAI).

The UPS drone-delivery service at WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina, is not affected by an accident in Switzerland earlier in 2019 that led Swiss Post to suspend operations of the drone both carriers use to transport medical samples.

Scores of flights to and from Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) were canceled Aug. 5 as air traffic controllers and other aviation workers went on strike as part of the territory’s civil protests.

With the sale of its CRJ business to Mitsubishi announced in June, Bombardier essentially exits a sector it entered 33 years ago when it acquired Canadair from the Canadian government.

Wizz Air will launch operations at Edinburgh Airport in December, offering flights to four European destinations from the Scottish capital.

Two of Asia-Pacific’s biggest MRO providers have obtained approvals from European regulator EASA.

A ground staff member at Kuwait International Airport was killed while performing a routine tractor tow of a Kuwait Airways 777 on Monday.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March 2019 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 3.1%, compared to the same month a year ago, which was the slowest pace for any month in nine years.

Etihad Airways is implementing fuel saving initiatives, reinforcing its commitment to sustainability.

Training organisation Insight Aviation based at Port Alfred in South Africa has been awarded a contract to select and train pilots for India’s low cost carrier IndiGo.

Air Seychelles has taken delivery of Africa’s first A320neo on lease from CDB Aviation, becoming the first African airline to operate the A320neo aircraft.

Bye and Oxis team on batteries; Wright tests hybrid propulsion; TsAGI’s next-gen regional; DLR’s cargo autogyro; AFRL flies autonomy; DARPA backs flow control.

Ten years after the FAA published a final rule, operators must equip for ADS-B Out by January.

Iraqi Airways is expanding its fleet and aims to grow its route network, but is awaiting indications from the country’s newly installed government as to its future direction. Alan Dron reports.

Gulf Air is celebrating one year since launching its new brand at the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2018.

Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and Virgin Atlantic received tentative approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Aug. 2 to operate an expanded transatlantic joint venture (JV) between the U.S., UK and continental Europe.

Mexican LCC Volaris is pressing on with its aggressive growth strategy that relies on converting bus passengers to air travel with low base fares, fueling its expansion with high utilization rates to keep costs down.

The European Commission (EC) has ordered France to recover €8.5 million ($9.4 million) of illegal aid from Ryanair after it found that marketing agreements between the Irish LCC and local tourist authorities at Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL) were illegal under European Union (EU) state aid rules.