European pilot representatives have accused Ryanair of using the threat of base closures as a “weapon” to force pilots and cabin crew into signing collective labor agreements (CLAs).
Collins Aerospace is to supply avionics for NASA’s X-59A QueSST low-boom supersonic flight demonstrator, now under development by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works.
United Airlines (UAL) reported fourth-quarter 2018 net income of $462 million and pre-tax earnings of $556 million, year-over-year (YOY) declines of 20.2% and 10.3%, respectively.
William Franke, Air New Zealand, airBaltic, Spirit Airlines, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Airlink and the Airbus A220 airliner have been announced as among the top winners of the ATW 45th Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards.
Following the drone sightings that shut down London Gatwick Airport in December 2018, manufacturers of equipment to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) said the technology is available and expressed frustration that airports and authorities are not being more proactive in meeting the threat.
Unpaid controllers, delayed certifications and a European regulatory quagmire are just some of the impacts of political crisis across two continents. Listen in as our editors discuss.
OEM giant Boeing and top aerostructures provider Spirit AeroSystems signing a master agreement covering several aircraft for years, further pressing suppliers.
Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Guillaume Faury sees the A320 and A220 ideally placed to “evolve in parallel” and anticipates making further decisions on how later this year.
Dubai-based airlines Emirates and flydubai are expecting to build their combined networks to 240 destinations by 2022, up from 216 today, further-building the strategic partnership they started in October 2017.
Airline executives acknowledge that the partial U.S. government shutdown is affecting their businesses, but they are downplaying both immediate and long-term ramifications, seemingly betting on a near-term resolution to the stalemate that began Dec. 22.
Icelandic LCC WOW Air has disclosed that U.S. private equity firm Indigo Partners is looking at an initial 49% investment, although this could be increased at a later date.
Chinese turboprop operator Joy Air is finally achieving a long-held ambition to move into mainline operations, thanks to help from its new majority owner, the Xian city government.
Pilot leaders from Canadian regional carrier Jazz Aviation endorsed a tentative agreement for a new contract Jan. 15, on the same day Jazz’s parent company Chorus Aviation Inc. and Air Canada announced terms to extend their capacity purchase agreement (CPA) through 2035.
In a preliminary forecast released Jan. 16, Embraer expects 2020 revenue of $2.5 billion to $2.8 billion, about half of its projected consolidated revenues for both 2018 and 2019. The projected 2020 revenue is for the first year after Embraer’s “potential closure of a strategic partnership with Boeing in commercial aviation,” the company said.
Airlines and airports are warning of looming capacity freezes across Europe, after UK prime minister Theresa May’s agreement on exiting the European Union (Brexit) was overwhelmingly rejected by the UK parliament.
LOT Polish Airlines plans to begin 5X-weekly Warsaw-New Delhi services from Sept. 17 using a Boeing 787 in a three-class configuration, its first route to India.
A federal judge on Jan. 15 declined to issue a temporary restraining order sought by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) to compel the U.S. government to pay controllers who are required to work during the current funding shutdown.
