Local authorities have approved plans by London Stansted Airport (STN) to increase the passenger cap at the airport to 43 million per year, permitting over 22% growth from the current 35 million passenger limit.
Delta Air Lines has placed a new order for 10 Airbus A330neos, increasing its total order for the widebody to 35, while further deferring delivery of 10 A350XWBs that were previously delayed.
Norwegian’s Argentinian LCC subsidiary rolled out complementary Wi-Fi on its domestic flights Nov. 16, making it the first carrier within Argentina to do so.
Satellite service provider Inmarsat is urging airlines and stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region to reap the potential revenue and operations benefits from a connected aircraft.
The debut of Air New Zealand’s first Airbus A321neo will mark the start of a major upgrade of the airline’s international short-haul fleet, helping it confront a new phase of fierce competition in the Australia-New Zealand market.
Aviation authorities in Thailand and Vietnam are looking to gain FAA recognition for oversight progress, while experts agree Indonesia has made significant improvements.
Spurred by strong demand for air travel in Vietnam, LCC Vietjet Air’s operating profit for the first nine months was up 13% to VND2.4 trillion ($107 million) year on year.
Oman Air believes joint ventures (JVs) with codeshare partners would offer greater benefits to the national carrier than membership in a global alliance.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has called on FAA and NTSB to assist in providing information on an automated pitch-control system suspected of possibly contributing to the October fatal crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8.
Expenses for U.S. carriers outpaced revenues in the third quarter, driving industry-wide profitability to its lowest levels since 2014, according to Airlines for America’s (A4A) latest year-to-date (YTD) operational and financial results, released Nov. 14.
China Southern Airline will not renew its SkyTeam membership on Jan. 1, 2019, the carrier said Nov. 15, effectively announcing its decision to leave the airline alliance.
Emirates Airline warned of a difficult second half for fiscal 2018/2019 after the carrier’s profit dropped 86% year-over-year (YOY) in the first six months.
Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) is testing new low-weight wing designs for future versions of the Superjet 100 regional jet (SSJ100).
Transport Canada’s (TC’s) unwillingness to make rules without industry buy-in is keeping some of the country’s key safety issues from being addressed, the country’s top safety investigation official said.
Morocco’s aeronautical ecosystem continues to grow, integrating new operators and new technologies. Anuradha Deenapanray and Vincent Chappard spoke to Karim Cheikh, the new president of Morocco’s aeronautical and space industries group (GIMAS).
Chinese freight company SF Express plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B biplanes, based on a 70-year-old Soviet design, in an air delivery operation set to be running by 2023.
A Nov. 14 NTSB investigative hearing into the April inflight engine failure of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 honed in on the design and testing of the CFM56-7B engine fan blades and the containment capability of the engine inlet and fan cowl.
Russia´s Yakutia Airlines is looking to update its regional fleet with Ilyushin IL-114-300 turboprops as the company plans for retirement of its aging Antonov An-24RVs.
Chinese and Russian engine companies have agreed to jointly develop a turbofan for the CRAIC CR929, even though Aero Engine Corp. of China (AECC) displayed its own CR929 engine concept— the AEF3500—at Airshow China here Nov. 6–11.
