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.”
French Polynesian regional carrier Air Tahiti is considering procuring jets so it can expand international routes from its home base of Papeete, CEO Manate Vivish told Aviation Daily sister publication ATW at the sidelines of this week‘s IATA Aviation Day in Mauritius.
Beijing’s business travelers are likely to prefer Capital International after the new airport at Daxing opens. But airlines see Daxing as having its own market.
The FAA warns in a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) of the risk of a runway overrun at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) caused by transposed runway numbers.
A coalition of airlines, airports and manufacturers wants the U.S. to ditch a provision in the FAA reauthorization bill that would target so-called flag-of-convenience carriers, warning it would “undermine the basis for the open skies agreements” that underpin the global aviation system.
Qatar Airways slumped into the red in its last financial year which ended March 31, recording a net loss of QR251.6 million ($69.1 million) after what the airline described as “the most challenging year in its 20-year history.”
Brussels Airlines said it is changing its long-haul network as it ends flights to Mumbai, India, for economic reasons and refocuses that capacity on its core region of Africa.
