WASHINGTON—Alaska Airlines has postponed by three weeks its plan to begin service from a new terminal at Paine Field (PAE) north of Seattle, Washington, because FAA employees responsible for approving the service are furloughed by the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers called out of work over the recent U.S. holiday weekend at the highest rate since the partial government shutdown began Dec. 22, 2018.
South African Airways (SAA) has suspended its 3X-weekly service to Blantyre, Malawi, after the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) found what it called serious safety risks at Blantyre Chileka International Airport.
An Aeroflot Boeing 737-800 en route from Astana, Kazakhstan skidded off the runway while taxiing after landing at Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) Jan. 21 at 5:49 p.m. local time, the airport said.
The eastern Chinese city Fuzhou is offering subsidies of at least CNY300,000 ($44,000) per flight for new routes to most North America destinations as part of a broad scheme to support airlines using its airport.
Embraer’s sales and marketing focus in 2019 will be on finalizing orders for the E190-E2 and E195-E2 with “marquee customers,” Embraer Commercial Aircraft CEO John Slattery said.
EasyJet took a £15 million ($19.4 million) hit as a result of the December 2018 drone-related flight disruptions at its London Gatwick Airport base, but the UK LCC’s pre-tax profit guidance for the year ending Sept. 30, 2019 remains unchanged.
Initial European studies of distributed hybrid-electric propulsion underscores the challenges to making the technology feasible for large passenger aircraft.
Deals by Airbus and Boeing to take over the commercial aircraft business are giving the A220 and E2 new credibility, but the models are still not hitting the core of the narrowbody market, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly said.
DUBLIN -- The proposed Airbus A321XLR “will go well beyond the capabilities Airbus imagined for the A320,” according to Air Lease Corp. (ALC) chairman Steve Udvar-Hazy. ALC is “spending a lot of time” with Airbus specifying the requirements for the XLR and with Boeing for its planned new mid-market airplane (NMA), Hazy told attendees at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers conference in Dublin Jan. 21.
Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has switched 15 Airbus A320neos from an existing order to the larger A321neo, as well as announcing a firm follow-on order for 50 A320neos and 15 A321neos with a list-price value of $7.4 billion.
Bangkok Airways has announced the resignation of its CEO after Thai regulators said he must step down and pay penalties for alleged share trading irregularities.
Delta’s Tech Ops maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) division grew about 15% last year to “well over” $700 million in revenues and will continue to expand, albeit at a slower rate, in 2018, the airline projects.
The new chairman of the U.S. House Transportation Committee’s subcommittee on Aviation is “highly skeptical” of Qatar Airways’ financial support of Air Italy, a Milan-based carrier that is preparing to launch new routes to the U.S.
Panama-based Copa Airlines plans to introduce a new route to Paramaribo, Suriname from July 6, bringing the northern South American country its first new international service in over a decade.
Aer Lingus has unveiled a major brand identity update, as it seeks to maintain its position as the self-described leading value carrier on transatlantic routes.
Dublin-based LCC Ryanair has blamed lower-than-expected winter fares for its second profits warning in three months and warned that a further drop in income might materialize if unexpected events intervene.
