LCC Ryanair, one of the world’s most profitable airlines, issued a warning on Oct. 1 it could not rule out reductions in earnings this year as a combination of strikes and higher fuel costs affect revenues.
SITA CEO Barbara Dalibard believes technology can be used to dramatically cut aviation operational disruptions, which add $25 billion a year to industry costs, which is roughly equal to its annual profit margin.
Blockchain and the new European data protection rules could address the longtime debate deadlock over who “owns” the passenger, which is a major impediment to data-sharing, according to SITA CEO Barbara Dalibard.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 2.3% in August 2018, compared to the same period the year before. This pace of growth was unchanged from the previous month but was less than half the five-year average growth rate of 5.1%.
The Boeing 747, dubbed the Queen of the Skies, has graced the cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology on numerous occasions since its inception. We’ve scoured Aviation Week’s digital archives to chart some of the 747’s most prominent cover stories.
Increasingly, it matters where an aerospace company decides to base manufacturing, and new rankings parse the best from the rest, starting with Washington state.
Salzburg Airport, Austria’s second largest, is scheduled to close for five weeks from Apr. 24 to May 28, 2019, to allow repairs to its 59-year-old runway.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) declared his intention to attempt to reregulate U.S. carriers’ business models and predicted “a reckoning” is in store for the commercial airline industry.
Boeing 737NG operators must conduct more frequent inspections of engine fan blades as regulators move to mandate a CFM International-recommended reduction in the repetitive-check interval needed to ensure cracks are not forming at the blade roots.
UK-based LCC easyJet anticipates a year-end pre-tax profit of £570-580 million ($743-756 million), which is in the upper half of previous predictions, the carrier said Sept. 28.
FAA reauthorization legislation approved by House and Senate committee leaders contains “the most forward-leaning language from Congress on supersonics since the 1960s,” said Boom Supersonic, the Colorado-based startup developing a 55-seat, Mach 2.2 airliner.
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) appears unlikely to meet its own Sept. 30 deadline for closing the roughly $30 billion acquisition of avionics and cabin interiors giant Rockwell Collins.
ExpressJet Airlines pilots have ratified a new three-year contract, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)—which represents ExpressJet’s 1,100 pilots—said Sept. 27.
Some industry watchers are concerned that a provision of a bill clearing the way for the FAA to regulate minimum seat sizes could allow Congress to overstep its bounds.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary Elaine Chao on Sept. 27 announced the FAA has awarded $205 million in supplemental funding for infrastructure grants to 34 airports.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) plans to mandate swaps of a Fokker Services-supplied electronic flight bag (EFB) component linked to several cockpit smoke and fume events.
British Airways (BA) has invited two unnamed companies to conduct biometric self-boarding gate trials at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), building on existing pilot projects at Los Angeles (LAX) and Orlando (MCO) international airports.
