Air Transport

TransDigm has signed a new master contract agreement with leading customer Boeing, representing the key aerospace and defense parts provider’s acquiescence to the latter’s Partnership for Success (PFS) supply chain cost cutting effort.

Cathay Pacific significantly narrowed its loss for the six months through June 30, and the airline signaled its multi-year recovery and restructuring effort remains on track.

Kenya Airways has revamped its catering service as part of the airline’s strategy to review and enhance its service delivery across all touch points, with the aim of making it 'more relevant, authentic and true to its brand proposition'.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), rose 2.7% in June 2018, compared to the same period the year before, with African carriers seeing freight demand for the month contract by 8.5%.

Egyptair Cargo has taken delivery of a A330-200 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion from Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) - the joint venture between ST Engineering Aerospace and Airbus - following the successful completion of test flights in June and awarding of Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) in July.

Kenya Airways recently collaborated with Brazil's Embraer S.A., to demonstrate the capabilities of Embraer’s passenger jet, the E190-E2 'Shark', in Nairobi.

Keeping Canadian passengers from opting for lower-cost U.S. airports will be key to new ULCCs’ success.

Emirates helps make seat selection a more accurate experience for its passengers via an immersive, 3D, online process.

Military and cargo carriers will fly without pilots first, but commercial airlines will follow.

A coalition of aviation stakeholders is urging the leadership of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee to refrain from attaching additional amendments regulating aircraft noise to the chamber’s version of the FAA reauthorization bill.

Mexican LCC Interjet Airlines expanded its passenger connections across the Pacific Aug. 7 with the announcement the carrier has established a bilateral interline agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL).

Edmonton, Canada, police are investigating a near miss involving an unidentified drone and a WestJet Encore Bombardier Q400 turboprop on approach to Edmonton International Airport July 31.

Belgian carrier VLM Airlines plans to suspend all but two of its scheduled routes, intending to concentrate instead on charter and ACMI work.

The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 approved a $17.7 billion budget for FAA for the U.S. government’s 2019 financial year starting Oct. 1 (FY2019).

ATR delivered five ATR 72-600 aircraft to Iranian carrier Iran Air just before U.S. sanctions came back into force, meaning the carrier has now received 13 out of an order of 20 aircraft, the Toulouse-based manufacturer said.

DHL Global Forwarding and Ethiopian Airlines have formed a joint venture company – DHL-Ethiopian Airlines Logistics Services Ltd. – aiming to build the Leading Cargo Logistics provider JV company in Africa, with the company based in Ethiopia and doing business across the entire African continent, enhancing Ethiopia’s logistics infrastructure and connections.

Uganda's new national carrier, Uganda National Airlines Company (UNAC), signed a firm order with Bombardier last month for four new CRJ900 regional jets.

Testing of new flame suppressants to assess their effectiveness against lithium battery fires is needed, the FAA says.

Electric light aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel leads European-funded project to develop and test modular hybrid-electric propulsion architecture.

Despite Airbus’ new orders and commitments for about 475 commercial aircraft gained at the Farnborough Airshow, the Toulouse-based manufacturer registered just one firm booking—for eight A350-900s—in its July orders and deliveries report released Aug. 6.

Air France-KLM and fellow SkyTeam member Air Europa intend to extend their existing codeshare into a joint venture (JV), covering flights between Europe and Central and South America.

International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh has said the group has no plans to retain its shares in Norwegian, should it fail to acquire the LCC.

Chinese maintenance operator Ameco, owned by Air China and Lufthansa, is operating normally, a month after the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) ordered it to suspend most activities because of alleged safety violations.

Oman Air said that its upgraded cargo hub facility at the new Muscat International Air Cargo Terminal is already seeing a significant uptick in business.

Ethiopian Airlines and freight specialist DHL Global Forwarding have agreed to form a new Ethiopia-based joint-venture (JV) company, with the aim of creating the leading cargo logistics JV in Africa.