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.
Central American commercial aviation leaders pledged renewed cooperation to resolve myriad issues of government regulation, excessive airport and passenger fees, and infrastructure inadequacies at the Aviation Day Central America conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sept. 19.
Airbus sent JetBlue Airways' latest A321ceo off on its delivery flight Sept. 19 from Mobile, Alabama, with 15.5% renewable jet fuel onboard, continuing a trend the manufacturer started with its first biofuel delivery flights from Toulouse two years ago.
Aircraft lessor Goshawk Aviation has completed its acquisition of Sky Leasing’s Irish subsidiary, Sky Aviation Leasing International, adding 51 aircraft to its portfolio.
Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has announced plans to close its base at Poznan, Poland, although it will expand its other Polish operations by adding a seventh aircraft at Gdansk and upgrading Warsaw services to an all-Airbus A321 fleet.
A first-of-its kind engine-part failure and related fume events on a British Airways (BA) Boeing 777-200 led to changes in GE Aviation's GE90 engine maintenance instructions and Boeing's cabin smoke and fume-related troubleshooting procedures, a UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report revealed.
American Airlines Chairman and CEO Doug Parker said customers may no longer be able to change their nonrefundable tickets if Congress passes a provision in the U.S. Senate’s bill to reauthorize the FAA that would regulate how airlines charge the fees, calling the proposal “really bad for consumers.”
The FAA has released a final rule that establishes a performance-based standard for the design and installation of fuel systems in transport-category aircraft to protect against fuel-vapor ignition caused by lightning.
The German airline of Lithuania’s Small Planet Group has launched insolvency proceedings, but the company said it has permission to continue German and Dutch flight operations while it restructures.
European pilots are calling for management changes at Ryanair, ahead of its annual shareholders’ meeting on Sept. 20, the European Cockpit Association (ECA) said in a Sept. 19 statement in which it described the situation at the budget carrier as “more chaotic and unpredictable than ever.”
