Paris airports operator Groupe ADP said it will make €6 billion ($6.7 billion) of regulated investments in infrastructure in 2021-25 to prepare for the expected doubling of air traffic in the next 20 years.
Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines started the final relocation process from the carrier’s Istanbul Atatürk hub to the new Istanbul Airport on April 5 at 3:00 a.m. local time, which was expected to take 45 hrs.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA)—which had planned to take delivery of three Boeing 737 MAX 8s beginning in mid-April—will adjust its summer schedule as deliveries of the type are postponed until the U.S. manufacturer’s flight-control software upgrade is certified and the grounding is lifted.
HAMBURG—Aerostructure and wiring specialist Latecoere is developing a Li-Fi system, based on light signal transmission via optical fiber and light-modulation infrared LEDs, as a way to increase the bandwidth of inflight entertainment (IFE) systems.
Aspiring Canadian ULCC Jetlines said its first day of revenue flights will be Dec. 17—later than its most recent plans, but for the first time pinned to a definitive date.
If the Trump administration can talk with the Taliban and North Korea, surely it can work with the EU and Airbus to end the aircraft subsidy dispute at the WTO.
The interim report on the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (ET302) accident probe released Apr. 4 confirms that the flight crew followed prescribed procedures in response to uncommanded nose-down inputs, but could not keep the aircraft from descending into the ground.
Shareholders of L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. approved the merger of their two companies in separate votes April 4, keeping the deal on track to close by midyear.
Aerospace manufacturing managers said they will boost their production capacity and technology capabilities this year as they labor to keep up increasing production of aircraft, especially narrowbody airliners.
FAA is launching a joint task force with NASA and international regulators to look into the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and its maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS), part of an effort to “ensure the safety of the jetliners,” the agency said Apr. 3.
With the full expansion of their joint business agreement (JBA), Cathay Pacific Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo have begun eastbound joint shipments from Europe to Hong Kong.
American Airlines has begun using Airbus’ Airspace XL overhead baggage bins in revenue service on an A321neo, becoming the first carrier to operate the new piece of cabin furniture.
Inflight internet specialist Gogo and electronically steerable antennas (ESA) developer Phasor have achieved their initial core-technology performance objectives in developing a next-generation satellite antenna and will now progress to the next stage of their joint project.
Malaysian aviation regulators approved 53 requests for air traffic rights allocations in the 2019 first quarter, with AirAsia accounting for more applications than any other carrier.
Airlines are beginning to report problems with the durability of light-weight cabin materials, adding to costs in the longer term, according to panelists at the 2019 Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg.
Slovenian flag carrier Adria Airways and Russian manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) have failed to convert the airline’s November 2018 letter of intent (LOI)to acquire 15 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) regional jets into a firm order after they were unable to reach an agreement on contract terms.
Triumph Aerospace plans to cease production of wings for the G280 and transition the work to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), its customer on the program.
