China will need more than 7,400 new passenger and freight aircraft over the next two decades, a total market value of $1.06 trillion, according to the latest Airbus China Market Forecast.
The latest in a long series of calls for improved air traffic management (ATM) in Europe has come from Airlines For Europe (A4E), an airline association made up of 15 members accounting for 70% of the continent’s journeys.
Safran Landing Systems, which is developing an electric taxiing system with Airbus, has teamed up with the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) and its French counterpart, Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civil (ENAC), for their knowledge in airport layouts.
A Boeing bulletin to 737 Max operators warns that erroneous angle-of-attack (AOA) data trigger automatic nose-down inputs and emphasizes that pilots must follow specific flight crew operations manual procedures to keep the aircraft from descending uncommanded.
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana plans to launch a LCC subsidiary, FlyArystan, in the first half of 2019, in response to a rapidly changing local and regional airline business environment.
ATR has released its first-ever market forecast focused on China, estimating the thus-far nonexistent market for regional turboprops in the country will need 1,100 aircraft, worth $25.6 billion, by 2037.
Chinese MRO company Ameco Beijing signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines Nov. 7 for the provision of MRO services including line maintenance and release, component repair and IAE V2500 engine overhaul.
Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti said the carrier is on track to receive its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in November 2019, and is not considering further changes to the delivery date.
Annual industry-wide passenger growth, measured in RPKs, slowed to an eight-month low of 5.5% in September, down from 6.4% the previous month, according to IATA’s Air Passenger Market Analysis
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for September showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 5.5% compared to the same month in 2017.
Looking to 2019 and beyond, stock-pickers are betting fortunes in A&D will diverge again. One group is already suffering as investors move their money.
An Airbus A330-800 test aircraft completed its maiden flight Nov. 6 from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport over southwestern France, which lasted 4 hrs. and 4 min.
The office of Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner said Nov. 5 it will commence an investigation of Cathay Pacific following a recent high-profile data security breach that affected millions of customers.
Acting FAA administrator Dan Elwell wants to see funding reform from Congress, noting the current practice of appropriating through continuing resolutions complicates planning and budgetary efforts at the agency.
Only three of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) nations have signed up for the voluntary CORSIA global aviation carbon offsetting scheme that begins in 2020, although IATA says there is no particular reason why they are holding off.
China’s state-owned Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) is in advanced testing of a 35 ton-thrust turbofan engine demonstrator for a future widebody aircraft, the company told Aviation Daily Nov. 6.
The China-Russia International Aircraft Co. (CRAIC) consortium will issue the next batch of requests for proposals (RFPs) from suppliers for the CR929 widebody within weeks, as it assesses engine and landing-gear offers already received, United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) President Yuri Sluysar said.
The head of IATA, in a speech to Arab airlines and aviation organizations, continued his advice to governments to be cautious about turning to the private sector to solve their aviation infrastructure challenges.
Maintenance services provider Werner Aero Services is studying the possibility of providing solutions for widebodies and Embraer’s E-Jets as part of the company’s expansion plans for the Asia-Pacific region.
