Meeting on June 27 for the first time as an independent federal advisory group to FAA, the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) discussed actively engaging local communities over noise concerns that loom as a major challenge to the agency’s coming Northeast Corridor initiative.
China’s Hainan Airlines is selling the remainder of its stake in Azul Brazilian Airlines—part of Hainan parent HNA Group’s continuing efforts to raise cash and pay down debt.
New York-based JetBlue Airways in November will launch Saturday Boston-Havana flights and add a second daily Fort Lauderdale, Florida-Havana service, as the carrier ramps up its commitment to the U.S.-Cuba market even as other U.S. airlines pull back.
African LCC Fastjet warned it may not be able to survive without equity fundraising, and said it was talking to its major shareholders about such an operation.
An Australian court deciding on penalties for the last two airlines involved in a long-running cargo price-fixing case imposed an A$15 million ($11 million) penalty against Air New Zealand.
Egyptian exports rely heavily on the freight system. Alan Peaford met with Captain Bassim Gohar to explore how the EgyptAir cargo division is meeting expectations.
Airbus is vocal about post-Brexit plans and its UK holdings. It and many smaller manufacturers will face severe disruption in the aftermath of a “hard Brexit.”
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 vote on June 26, upheld President Donald Trump’s September 2017 directive temporarily banning nationals from seven countries from traveling to the U.S.
Embraer CEO Paulo Cesar Souza e Silva reiterated his complaints about Canadian government funding for the Bombardier C Series at a company event here, as both manufacturers head towards what could be a crucial Farnborough Airshow for that program and the Embraer E-Jet E2.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAW), riding a wave of strong demand across its diverse lines of business, has increased its full-year profit outlook 5% and is now projecting a 35-40% increase over 2017’s adjusted net profit of $133.7 million on revenue of $2.6 billion.
The U.S. Congress likely will leave the federal cap on passenger facility charges (PFC) unchanged at $4.50 per flight segment in the upcoming FAA reauthorization bill, but language in the House-passed bill would alter the program in other ways, according to people familiar with the matter.
FAA and the European Commission have signed an agreement that will lead to lowering fees the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) charges U.S. manufacturers to endorse design approvals, according to the U.S. agency.
Plans to build a third runway at London Heathrow Airport are already facing a legal challenge after a UK parliamentary vote paved the way for Europe’s busiest airport to expand significantly.
Bombardier executives acknowledge that while the large regional-jet space has several participants, the order battles will, for the foreseeable future, come down to the two major players.
Qantas has completed a cabin refurbishment on the first of its turboprop aircraft, as the group undertakes an upgrade program across its Bombardier fleet.
Proposed Vietnamese startup airline Bamboo Airways has boosted its fleet plans with a major Boeing widebody aircraft deal, supplementing an existing agreement for Airbus narrowbodies.
Pending decisions on joint-venture proposals between Hawaiian and Japanese airlines and Qantas Airways and American Airlines would have a major impact on key international markets.
The Trump administration revived a call to spin off U.S. air traffic control (ATC) services from FAA as part of a larger proposal to radically overhaul the federal government.
LCC Norwegian said it would launch a new twice-weekly London Gatwick-Tampa, Florida service from Oct. 31, as it also revealed increased frequencies on other routes in its long-haul winter schedule from Gatwick.
Ethiopian Airlines is planning to launch new airlines in Chad, Guinea, Mozambique and Zambia before the end of 2018, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told Aviation Daily sister publication ATW on the sidelines of the ACI Europe and World General Assembly here.
