Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Airline discusses long-range requirements with manufacturers as industry trend for ultra-long-haul flights gathers momentum.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Progress toward completing FAA’s NextGen air traffic control (ATC) modernization program is lagging, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told the Aero Club of Washington in a June 13 address.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is offering a higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW) version of the A350-1000, adding significant range capabilities.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) program became mandatory as scheduled June 12, requiring airlines flying to the U.S. to provide advanced information of cargo shipments to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Irish LCC Ryanair will base three aircraft at London Southend Airport, located around 40 mi. to the east of the city.
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By Victoria Moores
UK LCC easyJet has again voiced its support for London Heathrow Airport expansion, arguing that increased capacity could open the way for LCCs to fly from the London hub.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
London Gatwick Airport will spend an additional £1.11 billion ($1.48 billion) on infrastructure so it can accommodate a predicted 53 million passengers a year by 2023.
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By Victoria Moores
Spanish LCC Volotea announced five equity investors have taken stakes in the company, replacing founding shareholders CCMP and Corpfin.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Aircraft returning from storage in April reached a four-year high, IATA figures showed, suggesting operators are scrambling to support sustained demand for lift and perhaps offset the effects of delivery delays and in-service issues on several key aircraft programs.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet this summer will operate four new routes from Nice Cote d’Azur Airport in southeast France.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s economy ministry plans to present a draft law on June 18 that will pave the way for the state to reduce its stake in Paris airports operator Groupe ADP, part of a wider privatization drive that also includes lottery operator FDJ and energy company Engie.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Frost & Sullivan said the global additive manufacturing (AM) materials market for the aerospace industry will reach $535.1 million by 2024, rocketing with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.3% through 2024.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Union (EU) is urging ICAO to establish the most robust Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) system possible, so the global airline industry can stabilize CO2 emissions at 2020 levels.
Air Transport

Mark Nensel
Boeing logged 40 new commercial aircraft bookings in May, over half for 737 MAXs, lifting the U.S. manufacturer’s total gross orders for 2018 to 361 commercial aircraft valued at about $63 billion, more than doubling the year to-date gross orders (160) and sales ($27 billion) of European competitor Airbus.
Air Transport

Nile Air, Egypt’s largest privately owned airline, is exploring several avenues to ensure its continued growth in the challenging economic climate. Alan Dron reports.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Women are rarely found in air transport leadership positions, and IATA has finally recognized this problem. Now it needs to follow up with action.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines and several other Asian carriers are diversifying with alternative business models, although Cathay Pacific is not yet following.
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What is lacking is broad agreement across the entirety of the aviation and aerospace industry about what the U.S. needs and how best to get there.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Swoop, WestJet’s new ultra-LCC offshoot, has been granted its Transport Canada (TC) air operator’s certificate (AOC), clearing the way for inaugural flights June 20.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Mark Nensel
Recent news from Southwest Airlines that it is scaling back planned growth through year-end will help keep domestic capacity in check as costs rise, but similar moves will be needed by peers to cement what analysts believe is a necessary market correction.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The scheduled first delivery of the Sino-Russian Craic CR929 widebody airliner has been advanced by two years to 2025, with the first flight now scheduled for 2023.
Air Transport

Alan Dron
ADS, the trade body representing the UK aerospace industry, has urged talks to ensure aviation safety arrangements between the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the UK‘s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are hammered out before the UK leaves the European Union (EU).
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission (EC) has given the green light for UK global investment manager AMP Capital Investors and Spanish airports operator Aena Internacional to acquire joint control of London Luton Airport.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Ireland-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital posted a $319.4 million full-year pre-tax profit and is aiming to transition the majority of its fleet to new-technology aircraft by the mid-2020s.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia Group CEO John Borghetti announced he will leave the company in 2020, sharpening the focus on who his successor will be.
Air Transport