Southern Airways Corp., parent of Mississippi-based commuter carrier Southern Airways Express and Hawaiian commuter/regional carrier Mokulele Airlines, has announced a strategic minority investment by SkyWest, Inc., parent of Utah-based regional SkyWest Airlines.
Dublin-based lessor AerCap’s Q1 2019 net income was held back by a “significantly lower” sales volume during the quarter compared to Q1 2018, the company said, resulting in a lower net gain on the sale of assets, partially offset by higher lease rents.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and its pilots’ unions have restarted negotiations in a bid to resolve a strike that has led to the cancellation of 3,586 flights since Apr. 26, disrupting 347,000 passengers.
FAA has banned all commercial and general aviation flight operations by U.S. pilots and carriers in Venezuelan airspace, citing “increasing political instability and tensions” and the “associated inadvertent risk to flight operations” stemming from the deteriorating political situation in the country.
With less than 18 months of the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) left to run, officials involved are hopeful the effort will result in a framework of repeatable processes for approving complex drone operations in national airspace.
Kazakhstan-based LCC FlyArystan launched commercial operations May 1 with flights from Almaty International Airport on six domestic routes to Karaganda, the national capital Nur-Sultan (Astana), Pavlodar, Shymkent, Taraz and Uralsk.
The Boeing 737 MAX is likely to be back up flying paying passengers long before the true cost of recent fatal accidents becomes clear on Boeing’s bottom line.
The Boeing 737 MAX is likely to be back up flying paying passengers long before the true cost of recent fatal accidents becomes clear on Boeing’s bottom line.
GE Aviation remained a bright spot at General Electric during the first quarter of 2019, becoming the largest and leading division at the embattled industrial giant.
United Airlines has not leveraged collateral in Avianca Holdings that could see it take control of the Colombian carrier following loan-covenant violations by majority shareholder BRW Aviation, which put up its ownership stake to guarantee a loan from the U.S. carrier.
Two lawmakers from the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee are calling on FAA to publish a proposed rule for remotely identifying unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by July 21, saying that recent drone sightings at airports and sporting events in the U.S. and Europe “underscored the need to quickly adopt and implement” the proposed rule.
An Apr. 30 deadline for the presentation of a new business plan to rescue Alitalia looked set to be extended after Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), which is expected to lead the relaunch, said it had discussed the possibility of an extension at a board meeting.
Canadian training specialist CAE announced the sale of two Airbus A220-300 full-flight simulators (FFS) and other training devices to JetBlue Airways, bringing to eight the number of A220 FFS it has sold worldwide.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is expecting a challenging year related to LCC competition at its Vienna Airport hub, but CEO Wolgang Jani is vowing to invest against its competitors “as long as it is necessary.”
Lufthansa Apr. 30 decided to stop any planned growth of its low-fare brand Eurowings as that unit’s financial performance continued to deteriorate in the first quarter.
Virgin Australia has decided to delay its Boeing 737 MAX orders for two years, the first major move by the carrier’s new CEO as he seeks to improve the carrier’s near-term financial health.
A trade group representing the global aviation maintenance and manufacturing sector is defending Boeing’s inclusion on FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) amid ongoing investigations into the Boeing 737 MAX.
After the tragic Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines accidents and the fragmented approach in grounding the Boeing 737 MAX, regulators from around the world are gathering for a special certification review to fully understand the flight control system, human factors or other considerations and to validate any proposed solutions, including training requirements.
