Air Transport

Air Seychelles is undergoing a major restructuring as it feels the effects of a surge in long-haul competition. Alan Dron found out more from interim CEO, Remco Althuis.

While Jet Airways is forced to undertake a cost-cutting program, other Indian carriers also are under increased financial pressure.

A Utair Aviation Boeing 737-800 (VQ-BJI) overran a Sochi airport runway after landing and came to a stop in a nearby river at 3 a.m. local time Saturday.

SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson apologized for the airline’s poor operational performance this summer, casting a shadow over a record third-quarter.

An inflight diversion of an Etihad Boeing 777 due to chafing and arcing within incorrectly installed wiring has led to an additional production inspection.

Swiss regional SkyWork Airlines ceased operations Aug. 29, after fleet renewal efforts failed to improve the business after seven years of operations.

AirAsia has dropped its plans to open a joint-venture airline in China. The group also reported a higher net profit for the second quarter.

Finnair has sold 60% of Nordic Regional Airlines to Danish Air Transport, marking the latest ownership change at the Finnish regional carrier since 2015.

Composites specialist Nikkiso Co., maker of much of the world’s thrust-reverser cascades, is expanding in preparation for more work on other aircraft parts.

The world's first customer for the recently FAA-certified Mahindra Airvan 10 is Botswana’s Major Blue Air.

Nikkiso hints that it wants to step up to the first tier while maintaining its current second-tier business. And it wants to develop more parts.

Global airline passenger traffic remained healthy in July, with traffic demand up 6.2% year-over-year as capacity rose 5.5%, leading to an 85.2% load factor.

Parts provider and aftermarket specialist Heico on Aug. 30 announced its Flight Support Group has acquired Optical Display Engineering (ODE).

Irish regional carrier CityJet has taken a further major step away from being a scheduled carrier toward becoming a capacity provider for others.

Honeywell International is looking to generate new sales by offering up its aerospace and defense engineering and testing groups for outsourcing .

Airbus has rolled out the first of three A380s for Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) from the final assembly line in Toulouse.

Qantas Airways has announced its intent to appoint former IATA and Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Tony Tyler to its board of directors.

The ATSB)has issued a safety advisory following an incident in which a Malaysia Airlines A330-300 was forced to turn back to Brisbane Airport due to three attached pitot tube covers.

Thai LCC Nok Air is facing a leadership transition, as CEO Piya Yodmani steps down to be succeeded by Pravej Ongartsittigul as acting CEO.

Boeing has finalized a landing gear design for the 737-10 taller than other MAX models, for the same wheel well. How was this innovative design achieved?

Boeing’s finalized landing gear design for the 737-10 is taller than the other MAX models, but which still fits in the same wheel well. See how this innovatively packaged design was achieved.

Rearranging existing space often means coming up with better ways to serve both passengers and tenants while accepting constraints of an airport’s footprint.

IATA DG and CEO Alexandre de Juniac is attributing the slowing pace of growth in the global air freight market to rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China, saying on Aug. 29 “trade wars only produce losers.”

WestJet, continuing to fine-tune its network strategy as Canada's LCC market heats up, will add frequencies by subsidiary Swoop to the Edmonton-Winnipeg market that already boasts its own mainline service, as well as regional and ULCC frequencies.

With jet fuel prices continuing to climb, profitability for U.S. commercial carriers declined in the first half of 2018, according to Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group Airlines for America (A4A).