Air Transport

With a £74 billion turnover, UK is one of the major players in global aerospace sector.

Delta will be the next new operator, with fourth-quarter delivery.

NASA has laid out a three-phase program to collect data on public acceptance of reduced sonic booms using the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works-developed low-boom demonstrator, which has been designated the X-59A QueSST.

Southwest Airlines is adding about 15 daily flights, including nonstop service to six new markets, out of Dallas Love Field (DAL) early next year, crediting schedule-optimization for creating room to fly out of its already-crowded headquarters airport.

Over 23,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to their passengers by 2027, up from 7,400 in 2017, a report by satellite market research specialist Euroconsult said, consolidating forecasts made by connectivity service and hardware providers.

The Norwegian government has sold its remaining stake in Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).

The UK government urgently needs to hammer out a withdrawal agreement from the European Union to avoid massive disruption to the aerospace industry on both sides of the Atlantic, said Michael Huerta, the former FAA administrator.

China Southern Airlines has received approval to fly to London from Beijing’s new airport, to be opened next year, the company told shareholders.

The number of Bombardier C Series deliveries in the first half of the year is well short of the pace needed to hit the company’s full-year target of 40, but recent improvements suggest the mark could still be within reach.

Leigh Clifford, the long-serving Qantas chairman, plans to step down in October and will be replaced by Richard Goyder.

Airline flight operations have been disrupted by the eruption of the Mt. Agung volcano on the popular resort island of Bali, Indonesia.

European aviation industry groups gave a cautious welcome to news that the ICAO Council has agreed on a set of standards for the planned Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has made a financing agreement with lessors GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Novus Aviation Capitol to cover the acquisition of four Airbus A321neos.

Air France-KLM’s temporary management is expected to choose an air transport industry professional to replace Jean-Marc Janaillac as CEO.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian reaffirmed his interest in Boeing’s potential new mid-market aircraft (NMA), which he referred to as the 797, but is far less certain of the need for another potential new airliner that Boeing unveiled this week—a Mach 5 hypersonic aircraft.

The air transport industry’s global emissions scheme progressed one step further this week when a set of standards was agreed at an ICAO Council meeting in Montreal.

Embraer prepares to present its E2 family at the Farnborough Airshow.

Meeting on June 27 for the first time as an independent federal advisory group to FAA, the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) discussed actively engaging local communities over noise concerns that loom as a major challenge to the agency’s coming Northeast Corridor initiative.

China’s Hainan Airlines is selling the remainder of its stake in Azul Brazilian Airlines—part of Hainan parent HNA Group’s continuing efforts to raise cash and pay down debt.

New York-based JetBlue Airways in November will launch Saturday Boston-Havana flights and add a second daily Fort Lauderdale, Florida-Havana service, as the carrier ramps up its commitment to the U.S.-Cuba market even as other U.S. airlines pull back.

African LCC Fastjet warned it may not be able to survive without equity fundraising, and said it was talking to its major shareholders about such an operation.

Japanese LCC Peach has achieved its fifth consecutive annual net profit, although its profit was down from the previous financial year.

An Australian court deciding on penalties for the last two airlines involved in a long-running cargo price-fixing case imposed an A$15 million ($11 million) penalty against Air New Zealand.

Egyptian exports rely heavily on the freight system. Alan Peaford met with Captain Bassim Gohar to explore how the EgyptAir cargo division is meeting expectations.

Airbus is vocal about post-Brexit plans and its UK holdings. It and many smaller manufacturers will face severe disruption in the aftermath of a “hard Brexit.”