Air Transport

Bombardier has sued the aircraft unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., alleging the Japanese company recruited Bombardier employees with the intent of acquiring proprietary trade secrets for use in its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program.

China Southern Airlines plans to open four medium- and long-haul services from its Guangzhou base in the three months beginning December, including daily flights to Madrid.

Malaysia Airlines Bhd. (MAB) is preparing to present its aircraft acquisition plan to its board, which could lead to a major widebody order being placed in 2019, airline CEO Izham Ismail said.

Sales of airline aftermarket services approached double-digit year-over-year (YOY) growth in the third quarter (Q3), reflecting some of the strongest MRO market conditions in years, a Canaccord Genuity survey shows.

Delta Air Lines—seeking to leverage its revamped and strengthening Pacific network and perhaps grab market share being ceded by competitors—plans to launch daily nonstop service between Shanghai-Pudong Airport (PVG) and its Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) hub in June 2020.

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EASA proposes eVTOL airworthiness standards as NASA outlines plans for a Grand Challenge to advance urban air mobility.

Michael O’Leary is famous for ruthlessly running Europe’s most successful LCC; a new bio sheds light on his personal ambitions and latest challenges.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will look into Irish regional airline CityJet’s plans to place aircraft on long-term wet-lease with International Airlines Group (IAG) Irish carrier Aer Lingus.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted Norwegian Group subsidiary Norwegian Air Norway (NAN) authority to fly to and from the U.S.

Ryanair said its 2018 first-half profit fell 7% as lower fares, air traffic control strikes combined with higher fuel, staff and passenger compensation costs offset growth in ancillary revenues.

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, has taken a significant minority stake in Denmark-based regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).

Safran and Zodiac Aerospace last week signed an agreement for the merger of Zodiac Aerospace into Safran, eight months after the success of the initial tender offer; integration between the two companies is already underway.

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) passed six resolutions at the conclusion of its annual assembly in Jeju, South Korea, Oct. 19.

Pratt & Whitney’s Singapore facility will achieve maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities for the GTF engines by the end of 2018.

United is growing fastest among the Big Four U.S. carriers.

Air France-KLM said it would increase its winter capacity across its network by 2.5% compared with a year ago, with 44 new routes of varying lengths.

Shareholders of long-haul startup Air Belgium have agreed on a switch of strategy.

Delta Air Lines plans to launch daily nonstop flights between Ontario International Airport (ONT) and its Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) hub next April and move to double-dailies in June, further illustrating the growing California airport's resurgence as a gateway to the Los Angeles area.

British Airways (BA) said Oct. 19 it will make a multimillion-pound investment in staff training at its London Heathrow Airport hub, 10 months after a light snowfall there brought chaos to its services.

The FAA has modified areas in Eastern Ukraine that are off-limits to U.S. airlines and their foreign codeshare partners, citing stabilized security conditions in the region.

Korean Air is deciding whether to order more widebody aircraft, said its president, Walter Cho.

Iridium Communications is targeting Dec. 30 for the eighth and final Iridium Next launch, which would complete the new constellation of satellites supporting space-based tracking of aircraft and flight-deck broadband connectivity.

With air cargo traffic expected to double over the next 20 years, the global freighter fleet will need to expand by more than 70% to satisfy demand, to 3,260 aircraft in 2037 from the current 1,870, according to Boeing’s biennial World Air Cargo Forecast.