Air Italy has appointed Neil Mills as COO with immediate effect. He was previously chief planning and strategy officer of failed German carrier airberlin.
House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Democrats, reacting to a CBS 60 Minutes report on safety standards at Allegiant Air and the April 17 inflight engine failure on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, are leaning on FAA to review how it oversees airlines—and low-cost carriers in particular—and brief lawmakers as soon as possible.
LATAM Airlines Group, already facing significant operational disruption dealing with Boeing 787s taken out of service for Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine maintenance, has added a fifth leased aircraft—a 747-400—to help fill gaps and could bring in more supplemental lift depending on the outcome of newly mandated Trent 1000 inspections.
Mitsubishi Aircraft will conduct demonstration flights of its MRJ90 regional jet at the Farnborough Airshow in July, the company said, reiterating its schedule to make a first delivery to All Nippon Airways (ANA) in mid-2020.
The FAA will issue an airworthiness directive (AD) in the next two weeks requiring inspections of certain CFM56-7B turbofan engines, the agency announced one day after the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 engine failure.
JetBlue Airways flight attendants voted to join the Transport Workers Union (TWU), paving the way for negotiations to secure the first contract for the New York-based carrier’s 5,000 flight attendants.
China has taken the surprising step of permitting 30-day visa-free visits to Hainan, a tropical island province in the South China Sea and home of Hainan Airlines.
Airlines in Europe could face claims for compensation over flight delays and cancellations after the European Union (EU) Court of Justice ruled a “wildcat strike,” or spontaneous industrial action, did not exempt an airline from paying out.
United Airlines executives believe they have solved the operational performance problems that plagued the Chicago-based carrier in recent years, but concede that in the aftermath of several high-profile customer-service mishaps, strong operational performance is not enough.
Ireland’s Shannon Airport (SNN) is targeting LCCs that operate or plan to operate Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A321LR aircraft to use the airport for transatlantic flights to the U.S. and Canada, according to a top airport official.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) confirms almost half of its fleet of 64 Boeing 787s will be affected by new restrictions imposed by regulators on certain Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
Scandinavian leisure carrier Primera Air received its first Airbus A321neo aircraft on Apr. 16 and plans to begin using the type soon on services from the UK to Boston, New York and Toronto, the airline said.
While potential tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China on each other remain at the threat-only level for now, one group of industry advisors see clear strategic winners in the long run: Comac’s C919 and Airbus.
NTSB investigators found evidence of metal fatigue in the left engine of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport Apr. 17 after the pilots initially reported an engine fire. A woman died after an apparent engine explosion blew out a window and caused the cabin to depressurize.
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport after an apparent engine failure that caused a passenger fatality.
Eurocontrol signed a 10-year, €50 million ($62 million) contract with BT to provide an upgraded network for air traffic management (ATM) communications across 47 countries.
Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions will install and remotely operate “digital towers” at Scandinavian Mountains Airport, a new airport being built outside Sälen, Sweden, near that country’s border with Norway.
Air France has presented a new “growth pact” pay proposal to unions in a bid to put an end to a series of strikes that has led to flight cancellations and disruptions.
Lufthansa Group’s bid for Alitalia has emerged as the front-runner, but the carrier’s fate remains unclear weeks after the Italian general election and almost a year after the struggling carrier filed for bankruptcy.
Air New Zealand is being forced to reshuffle its widebody fleet and seek more leased aircraft as it grapples with new operational restrictions for the Boeing 787s used on its long-haul routes.
