Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Eurocontrol DG Eamonn Brennan warned that urgent action is needed to avoid European flight delays nearly doubling by 2040, as record traffic growth continues.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus and TAP Portugal have begun flying the first production A330neo to demonstrate its readiness for airline operations, as the program is in the home stretch to certification.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Airports body ACI Europe said the region’s airports must be ready for change, as the European Union (EU) air travel market continues to boom against a backdrop of challenges.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Norwegian CEO Bjørn Kjos believes his LCC is reaching the critical mass it needs to succeed, as several European heavyweights voice their potential interest in the business.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Delta Air Lines signed a firm purchase order for 20 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets, with deliveries scheduled to start late this year and continue until 2020.
Air Transport

By Vincent Chappard
National Aviation Services (NAS) announced a joint venture agreement with Rwanda’s national flag carrier, RwandAir.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick, Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
With about 140 Boeing 737-8/-9s delivered to almost 30 operators since its commercial debut 13 months ago, the 737 MAX is quickly setting an industry record for the fastest introduction ever of a new jet transport.
Air Transport

FedEx Corp. has ordered 24 more Boeing freighters, comprising 12 767Fs and 12 777Fs.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Airports Council International (ACI) defended airport privatization as one “viable solution” to solving the expected capacity crunch at major airports.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Liebherr Aerospace & Transportation has partnered with automotive giant General Motors (GM) to develop an auxiliary power unit (APU) for future single-aisle aircraft based on a fuel cell.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Turkish LCC Pegasus Airlines is expanding its Middle East presence with two new routes to the Gulf.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Most Air France unions have called off strikes planned for June 23-26 in the latest twist in a months-long conflict with staff over pay that has so far led to 15 strike days, the resignation of the former Air France-KLM group CEO and a financial cost of around €400 million ($462 million).
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Recent incidents involving unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) near Oslo Gardermoen Airport led to a stiff warning from Norwegian airports authority Avinor.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, recorded a reduced net loss for its 2017-18 financial year ended March 31, with the company CEO reporting most parameters improving.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
PSA Airlines has “stabilized” its computer systems and plans to steadily ramp up its schedule following nearly a week of disruptions that triggered cancellations throughout the American Airlines subsidiary’s network, including its entire June 19 morning schedule, American said.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr called for greater cooperation between airlines and airports in the face of an upcoming capacity crunch, likening current strained relations to a sibling rivalry.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Ethiopian Airlines may announce a Bombardier C Series or Embraer E2 order at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow in, as well as a follow-on deal for Boeing 787s.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Adrian Schofield
Alaska Airlines, fortifying its West Coast-Hawaii presence and ramping up competition in Northern California, plans to launch nonstop service between Sacramento and Kona International Airport (KOA) this December.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
An “information report” by a French senator is blaming the country’s air traffic control (ATC) for disproportionate flight delays in Europe, citing obsolete equipment, inadequate human resource management and frequent strikes.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air is on track to increase its Bombardier C Series fleet to 10 aircraft this year, and is preparing to debut the type on short-haul international routes.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific plans to introduce its first Airbus A350-1000 to commercial service on July 1 on the carrier’s route from Hong Kong to Taipei.
Air Transport

More than 50 local airlines have emerged and collapsed since Nigeria’s independence in 1960 and, as Chukwu Emeke reports, the cycle looks set to continue.
Air Transport

By Bernie Baldwin
Africa represents less than 10% of the world’s available seat miles, but that is about to change, and manufacturers of crossover narrowbody jets are taking note.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Flights at NASA Armstrong used a Gulfstream III to flight-test airport noise reductions from wing-flap and landing-gear modifications.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Air traffic management optimization is gathering speed throughout Europe, thanks to improvements at the airport level.
Air Transport