Air Transport

Irish LCC Ryanair has taken two further steps in reaching new agreements with cabin crew staff across Europe.

Bombardier’s agreement to sell the Dash 8, Q400 and the de Havilland name to Western Canada’s Longview Aviation Capital, parent company of Viking Air, ends a venture into regional turboprops that began in 1992 when it acquired de Havilland Canada from Boeing.

The head of Boeing’s operations in China is looking toward an easing of trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

The first aircraft destined for Boeing’s new 737 completion and delivery center in China—a MAX 8—left Seattle Nov. 6.

UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are teaming up to support each other’s aftermarket businesses for certain Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM components, agreeing to a “life-of-program” component-service agreement for parts supplied by UTAS, the companies said Nov. 8.

The strategic partnership signed by Air France Industries-KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and GMF AeroAsia in October could see more widebody airframe maintenance capability shifting toward Indonesia.

Describing it as “non-core,” Bombardier announced Nov. 8 it will sell the Q400 regional turboprop program to Longview Aviation Capital, parent company of Canada’s Viking Air, which previously acquired the rights to out-of-production de Havilland Canada types and the Canadair CL-215/415 waterbomber from Bombardier.

Bombardier is selling its slow-selling Q400 turboprop passenger plane line to Viking Air it was announced today.

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In spite of recent speculation to the contrary, Arab airline executives dismissed the notion that consolidation of the air transport sector is anywhere close.

Mitsubishi Aircraft is working on improvements to the MRJ70, which will be the second version of the MRJ regional jet to enter service.

Wizz Air is cutting its full-year profit forecast because of disruption during the summer season and higher fuel prices, though the Budapest, Hungary-based LCC reported a first-half 2018 rise in passenger numbers and revenue.

China will need more than 7,400 new passenger and freight aircraft over the next two decades, a total market value of $1.06 trillion, according to the latest Airbus China Market Forecast.

International Airlines Group (IAG) carrier Iberia is moving out of survival mode and looking to Latin America as a key pillar of its future strategy.

The latest in a long series of calls for improved air traffic management (ATM) in Europe has come from Airlines For Europe (A4E), an airline association made up of 15 members accounting for 70% of the continent’s journeys.

Safran Landing Systems, which is developing an electric taxiing system with Airbus, has teamed up with the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) and its French counterpart, Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civil (ENAC), for their knowledge in airport layouts.

A Boeing bulletin to 737 Max operators warns that erroneous angle-of-attack (AOA) data trigger automatic nose-down inputs and emphasizes that pilots must follow specific flight crew operations manual procedures to keep the aircraft from descending uncommanded.

Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana plans to launch a LCC subsidiary, FlyArystan, in the first half of 2019, in response to a rapidly changing local and regional airline business environment.

ATR has released its first-ever market forecast focused on China, estimating the thus-far nonexistent market for regional turboprops in the country will need 1,100 aircraft, worth $25.6 billion, by 2037.

Chinese MRO company Ameco Beijing signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines Nov. 7 for the provision of MRO services including line maintenance and release, component repair and IAE V2500 engine overhaul.

Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti said the carrier is on track to receive its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in November 2019, and is not considering further changes to the delivery date.

Honeywell signed an agreement at Airshow China 2018 making Hainan Airlines the launch customer for Honeywell’s GoDirect Connected Maintenance service.

Annual industry-wide passenger growth, measured in RPKs, slowed to an eight-month low of 5.5% in September, down from 6.4% the previous month, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for September showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 5.5% compared to the same month in 2017.