Boeing reported deliveries of 806 commercial aircraft in 2018, exceeding its previous record-high delivery total of 763 in 2017, and surpassing rival Airbus’ 800 commercial jet deliveries for the past year.
With more than five decades of ducted fan and tiltrotor experience, Bell is combining new technology with old concepts to take on emerging air taxi revolution.
Assignment of airlines between Beijing’s new and old airports by Chinese authorities will result in division mainly along the lines of alliance memberships.
The union representing 44,000 U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers called on the U.S. Congress and the White House Jan. 8 to end the ongoing U.S. federal government shutdown, citing “extreme financial hardships” facing officers working without pay and “massive security risk” if they stop showing up to work.
Airbus has confirmed it “achieved 800 commercial aircraft deliveries” in 2018, thus concluding the year in a close finish against Boeing, which handed over 806 commercial aircraft.
Heathrow Airport has opened an eight-week consultation on its planned expansion, including a proposal to add up to 25,000 additional yearly flights through more efficient use of its two existing runways, before opening a third runway in 2026.
The long-span wing folds just outboard of the truss junctions to enable the airliner to use the same airport gates as a 737, which has a wingspan of almost 118 ft.
Russian regional jet manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) has said attempts to gain U.S. approval to export its SSJ100 Superjet to Iran have met with no response from the U.S. government, despite placing a request more than a year ago.
The French civil aviation authority DGAC is striving to convince airports to replace conventional bird-scaring patrols with more holistic biodiversity management.
The North Luzon Airport Consortium (NLAC), which was awarded a 25-year operations and management contract in December 2018 for the new terminal at Clark International Airport in the Philippines, has pledged PHP6 billion ($114.6 million) for the fitting out of the facility.
Kenya Airways, Air Madagascar, and Air Austral have signed a Privileged Partnership Agreement (PPA) which aims to strengthen the hubs of Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta, Antananarivo, and St. Denis de la Réunion by boosting their footprints in Africa, reports ch-aviation.
Progress towards completion of the first 777-9 comes as the 777 family passes the 2,000-order milestone, representing an industry record for a widebody model.
Brazil’s new administration said it supports the proposed Boeing-Embraer tie-up, but is signaling that the tentative terms may have to change before the government gives its required blessing.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is pushing back against reports that a wave of employees calling out sick is extending wait-times and compromising security at airports across the country.
A Boeing 737 of LCC Norwegian has been trapped in Iran for more than three weeks, the victim of a combination of component failure and U.S. sanctions on the Near East nation.
Amazon Air’s expansion does not pose a near-term threat to express giants FedEx and UPS in part because the e-commerce company’s focus is on supporting its internal network, rather than delivering packages to customers, a detailed Bernstein analysis concludes.
LCC Norwegian recorded its highest annual passenger total in 2018, carrying more than 37 million passengers, but will enter a period of “slower growth” in 2019, CEO Bjørn Kjos said Jan. 7.
Volaris reported Jan. 7 a 16.6% increase in domestic revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for December 2018 on a 9.6% capacity bump, helping the carrier wrap up a generally strong year that saw it benefit from a domestic market shake-out.
Russia’s federal air transport agency Rosaviatsiya has signed a 49-year concession agreement with Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO), giving the airport management company the right to invest in the state-owned airfield infrastructure.
