Airlines, their passengers and the air cargo market will be far worse off if the industry retreats into protectionism after 40 years of air transport liberalization, the head of the Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) warned Nov. 6.
Israeli startup Eviation Aircraft has selected Hartzell Propeller as a development partner for its small, all-electric regional aircraft named ‘Alice.’
European Commission DG CLIMA adviser Damien Meadows has reiterated the EU’s support for the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), despite EU member states being required to file CORSIA legal differences by Dec. 1.
The stories of Primera Air, Monarch and Air Berlin have highlighted just how competitive the industry has become, particularly in the cut-throat European shorthaul sector.
United Airlines has asked for approval to launch a second daily round-trip between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) in 2020 and asked the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to reject American Airlines’ plan to keep, but not operate, some of the treaty-limited frequencies between the two countries.
Aireon and FlightAware have activated their GlobalBeacon flight-tracking offering for airlines, days before an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) tracking recommendation takes effect, the companies said Nov. 5.
Brazil’s Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, battered by higher fuel expenses and currency fluctuations, posted a steep third-quarter 2018 loss of BRL409 million ($110 million).
Icelandair agreed to buy its local rival WOW Air, the company announced Nov. 5, likely ending a painful battle for dominance at both carriers’ Keflavik home base.
Global air freight demand grew by 2% in September from the year-earlier period, flat from August but less than half the five-year average growth rate of 5.1%.
The first five students of a joint pilot training program created by regional aircraft manufacturer ATR and French state-owned Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) have received their certificates, ATR said Nov. 5.
The Air Transport Services Group (ATSG)-Precision Aircraft Solutions (PAS) joint-venture converting Airbus A321s to freighters could deliver up to 15 aircraft annually once production is at full capacity early next decade, ATSG President Joe Hete said.
All Nippon Airways Holdings (ANA) saw profits drop for the six months through Sept. 30, with costs rising and revenue affected by an earthquake and severe typhoons.
U.S. lessor Aircastle will continue a trend of emphasizing mid-aged narrowbody commercial airliners in its portfolio over other aircraft, especially widebodies, even as pressures rise on worldwide airlines, the company’s CEO said Nov. 1.
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NASA will begin quiet supersonic research flights at Galveston, Texas, Nov. 5 as it prepares for the X-59 QueSST low-boom flight demonstrator now under development by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works.
Aircraft lessor Aircastle—citing program slippage but not soft customer demand—will not take three Embraer EJet E2s as scheduled in 2019, the company’s top executive confirmed.
NASA has rolled out its Grand Challenge plan to help guide, foster and enable the coming generation of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles and is seeking feedback from industry to fine tune and guide the initiative.
