The heads of unions representing North American pilots and aviation workers gave U.S. lawmakers a rundown of their top safety-related legislative priorities at a hearing of the U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee on July 18.
Icelandair will keep the Boeing 737 MAX off its flight schedule through the end of October as uncertainty about when the grounded aircraft will return to service drags on.
London’s Gatwick Airport has received a largely positive response to its plans for development over the next 15 years, with public support for making greater use of existing facilities.
Fledgling Indian Ocean airline Go Comoros has suffered the loss it its Cessna 404 Titan following a crash as it departed from Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport on Moroni.
Boeing’s Q2 earnings will include a $4.9 billion after-tax charge to cover some actual and estimated future expenses linked to the 737 MAX grounding, while a reduced production rate is driving up 737 costs and lowering margins.
FAA and Boeing are still developing new minimum training standards for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX, but simulator maker TRU Simulation is not anticipating mandatory simulator sessions before pilots are cleared to return to line flying, Textron President and CEO Scott Donnelly said.
Chinese LCC Spring Airlines has opened a hub at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport to capitalize on the growth of the China Greater Bay Area (GBA), which comprises Hong Kong, Macau and the Guangdong province.
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced bipartisan legislation that would eliminate the federal cap on the passenger facility charge (PFC) that U.S. airports use to finance infrastructure projects.
Southwest Airlines will keep the Boeing 737 MAX off its flight schedule through Nov 2., joining fellow U.S.-based MAX operators American Airlines and United Airlines in making another adjustment in the wake of uncertainty over when the aircraft will return to revenue service.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) and engineering partner Triumph Group have identified design changes that should allow them to exceed weight-savings targets established to morph the MRJ70 into a fully U.S. scope clause-compliant, 76-seat-dual-class regional jet (RJ).
Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom on July 18 formally announced the “soft launch” of the European Aviation Network (EAN), an inflight broadband connectivity system combining satellite and air-to-ground cellular communications.
The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) union is planning to have Ryanair’s UK pilots vote on possible industrial action, after failing to reach an agreement on pay structures and benefits.
Swedish airports operator Swedavia is reporting a 4% decrease in passenger numbers in the first half of 2019, a result triggered by a weak Swedish krona, increased debates on climate impact of air travel, the national aviation tax, and a Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilot strike from Apr. 26 through May 2.
Engine maker Rolls-Royce is renewing its partnership with Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in a public-private research and development partnership, with a joint investment of S$88 million ($64.6 million) for the second phase of the facility’s work.
Ryanair COO Peter Bellew, who recently announced his resignation from the position at the Irish LCC, will join easyJet as its COO, a development that was revealed as part of the UK LCC’s fiscal third-quarter trading update.
Private Tunisian airline, Jasmin Airways, having made its first flight last month to Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina is looking at strengthening its hand with its third aircraft being delivered this month.
United Airlines may still meet the low end of its general annual target of 4-6% capacity growth this year despite the effects of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding and its India service disruption.
Central and Eastern European airline Wizz Air will reduce frequencies on some routes from Kiev, Ukraine and Warsaw, Poland in August because of an aircraft delivery delay.
Finnair is planning to update its strategy in November to coordinate with an expected slowdown in capacity growth for 2020, related to “uncertainties” in global economic development, the company said July 17 as it released its 2019 second quarter (Q2) financial report.
