Air Austral and Air Madagascar are looking at updating their respective fleets, 10 months into a partnership aimed at making the two small airlines more resistant to competition.
House and Senate committee leaders have reached a final agreement on multi-year legislation to reauthorize the FAA, capping a three-year battle between Republicans and Democrats that many industry-watchers expected would culminate in another short-term extension for the agency.
Asia-Pacific passenger demand is continuing to expand steadily although the year-on-year growth in cargo business is beginning to ease, the region’s major airline group said.
Maureva, a leading Mauritian airline software and service solutions provider, is now a strategic partner of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on a major modernisation programme. Anuradha Deenapanray met the management team at the company’s headquarters in Mauritius.
The market share of LCCs in Africa´s 53 nations will remain low as long as airline costs and taxes are the highest worldwide, African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary General Abderahmane Berthe said.
A compromise bill to reauthorize the FAA could be taken up by the U.S. House before the Sept. 30 deadline for passage, according to a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee staffer, who added that negotiations are on track and members remain optimistic about a timely vote.
The planned closure of Dubai International Airport’s (DXB) southern runway (12R-30L) for 45 days in 2019, will hit Emirates and FlyDubai operations hard, Emirates President Tim Clark said.
Icelandic LCC WOW Air has closed on a €60 million ($70.4 million) bond issue and started preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) within 12-18 months.
Qantas Airways and Cathay Pacific Airways have reached an agreement to codeshare on selected routes. The deal will boost Cathay’s domestic Australian access and add Asian destinations to the Qantas network.
Rolls-Royce is completing development of a suite of modifications designed to resolve the reliability issues plaguing a large portion of the Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787 fleet and is confident the final changes will be cleared for introduction in the next few months.
Zephyrus Aviation Capital has hired two former CIT Aerospace executives for top management roles and is acquiring 21 aircraft with plans for further expansion.
Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and state transportation leaders have announced plans for the airline to construct and operate a major aircraft maintenance facility at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) new air-charter broker regulations contain few surprises and largely integrate industry input from the 11-year rulemaking process, said industry groups affected by the rule.
Software development companies in separate announcements on Sept. 20 described products designed to detect and track drone swarms and to monitor areas near airports to help prevent against bird strikes.
Inmarsat and Panasonic Avionics said they will combine their broadband inflight connectivity (IFC) services in a “landmark” deal to offer IFC to commercial aviation customers.
Ryanair’s shareholders backed all resolutions at their annual general meeting (AGM), easing some pressure on the budget carrier, but reelected its chairman with a much smaller majority than before to send a signal of discontent about how management has been handling a labor relations crisis.
