American Airlines plans to equip 320 Airbus A321s to display nearby air traffic on the flight deck via Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In (ADS-B In), spearheading the industry’s next step after the 2020 mandate to equip for ADS-B Out position reporting.
Michael Huerta, whose five-year term as FAA administrator ended in January, said the effort to spin off U.S. air traffic control (ATC) from FAA failed because it became too focused on the structure of a proposed ATC entity instead of detailing solutions for making air traffic management more efficient in the U.S.
In-line with the Government plans to implement international best practices in business, Oman has adopted the International Air Transport Association’s electronic airway bill (e-AWB) standard in replacement of the paper airway bill - the contract of carriage for international airfreight shipments.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) joined air transport businesses and associations to reaffirm its commitment to a sustainable future as the aviation industry marked ten years since agreeing an ambitious joint strategy for reducing carbon emissions.
Liberty Hall Partners, a private equity investor with an aerospace focus, has acquired AeroCision, a supplier of complex engine components and assemblies.
Key players in the Russian aerospace industry have unveiled a roadmap to substitute all the foreign composites on the Irkut MC-21 narrowbody airliner’s airframe with equivalent, locally produced materials.
Drone delivery provider Zipline has introduced a faster unmanned aircraft system (UAS) as part of an overhaul of its logistics system to speed the supply of blood for transfusions to remote clinics in Rwanda, and soon Tanzania.
MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, responding to surging demand for narrowbody engine maintenance, is making room for more overhaul work that will add some shop capacity near-term and increase it by 50% by 2021.
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build an X-plane to demonstrate that sonic booms can be reduced to a noise level low enough to enable the ban on civil supersonic flight over land to be lifted.
Closer cooperation between Japanese aerostructure manufacturers should occur as quickly as possible, said Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), which has promoted the idea as formation of a “Japanese Airbus.”
Safran believes in-service feedback from CFM Leap engines powering Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft could help it certify a future counter-rotating open rotor (CROR) engine.
A repair station seeking maintenance instructions from a manufacturer seemingly reluctant to provide them has been told by FAA that it is legally entitled to the documents. But after more than a year, the agency has not enforced its decision—and a recent court ruling determined FAA has no obligation to do so.
Even though current American Airlines CEO Doug Parker was CEO of US Airways when the latter carrier ordered 22 Airbus A350 aircraft in 2007, his management team at American has signaled their uncertainty about the order since the American-US Airways merger closed in late 2013.
Rwandair has appointed Yvonne Manzi Makolo as its new chief executive. She has been deputy CEO and head of marketing since joining the airline last year from MTN Rwanda where she was chief marketing officer.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing a rebound in traffic growth following the slower demand experienced in January, which was owing to temporary factors including the later timing of the Lunar New Year in 2018.
Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde (TACV/Cabo Verde Airlines) is struggling with debt and a sub-optimal fleet. Now, as Alan Dron reports, it has turned to the seemingly unlikely location of Iceland to help it improve the situation.
