Annual growth in global passenger demand rebounded to 6.3% in October from an eight-month low of 5.5% in September, although the upward trend in demand has slowed over the past six months, IATA said in its latest monthly analysis of global passenger and air freight trends.
Irish Lessor Avolon has confirmed an order for 75 Airbus A320neos and 25 A321neos in the single largest order for aircraft from the European manufacturer ever placed by the Dublin-headquartered company.
Air New Zealand engineers have scheduled a strike Dec. 21 that threatens to disrupt the carrier’s operations on one of its busiest travel days, although further negotiations are planned in an effort to resolve the contract dispute.
As support for a domestic anti-flying campaign gathers pace across Sweden, a regional airport in the country has announced a partnership with SAS and BRA (Braathens Regional Airways) to partially fuel all flights to Stockholm with biofuel in 2019.
U.S. airports are expected to see a 3.2% growth in enplanements in 2019, a solid level but well short of the 5.4% year-to-date rate recorded in 2018, according to analysts from Moody’s.
Spanish electronics company Indra plans to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect precision data for airport and terrain maps used in generating virtual environments for visual systems on flight simulators.
While Etihad Airways itself has been struggling of late, with losses from fuel hedging and disappointing results from investments in other airlines, its cargo division has been holding the line. Tom Pleasant spoke to Justin Carr, vice president cargo, to find out more.
Aside from external factors, Airbus generated many of its own problems. Significant changes to its in-house production system created far more issues than anticipated.
Fuel supplier Shell Aviation and biofuel distributor SkyNRG have begun providing sustainable aviation fuel to international airlines KLM, SAS and Finnair at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) under a long-term collaboration agreement announced in May, the companies said Dec. 6.
EMAS installations, used to provide supplemental safety at the ends of runways that do not have enough room for standard safety areas, have been credited for 14 saves since 1999, FAA data show.
Chicago-based Inflight entertainment provider Gogo continues to weigh a corporate sale and other strategic options but has repositioned debt and secured more of a financial lifeline in the meantime, the company said Dec. 6.
Pilots at Air France have elected a new union leader to represent them in negotiations with the carrier, ushering in the possibility of a less militant approach to relations with management.
Airbus’ data sharing and analysis platform Skywise has built-in security and the airframer’s partners have given guarantees on data protection, Airbus digital transformation officer Marc Fontaine said.
UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic Airways has no immediate plans to join the SkyTeam alliance—despite its pending transatlantic joint venture with SkyTeam members Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM.
Malaysia-based AirAsia Group inked a MOU with Vietnamese businessman Tran Trong Kien Dec.6 to reaffirm the joint venture (JV) agreement to set up a LCC in Vietnam with local partners.
In Nigeria, an airline that suffers a crash invariably collapses. Dana Air’s chief operating officer explains to Alan Dron how the company’s qualities have allowed it to buck that trend.
