Avic will begin making parts for the airframe major assemblies of the MA700 turboprop airliner this month, following the transmission of design data to the factories in the past few weeks.
United Airlines debuted its first passenger service utilizing a Boeing 737-9 with flight 686 between Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Orlando International Airport (MCO) June 7.
Tensions between increasing passenger numbers and limited airport expansion will lead to airport-based services being further decentralized, according to Lufthansa Group senior director-product management ground & digital services Bjorn Becker.
An arbitrator's binding interim order has paved the way for WestJet's ULCC Swoop to launch later this month with pilots recruited from outside the company, but the Air Line Pilots Association will become the pilots' representative by September.
Lufthansa passengers flying from Frankfurt to Dubai on flight LH630 were the first to experience the airline’s new prototype “VR Moving Map”, while on board the Airbus A330.
Boeing’s commercial, air-breathing hypersonic airplane pursuits could mean partnering with legacy large commercial aircraft engine makers initially, then ultimately including rocket motor makers, a Boeing scientist noted recently.
GE Aviation announced the formation of a new subsidiary called AiRXOS to support development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management system (UTM) initiatives.
South African Airways (SAA) CEO Vuyani Jarana said the airline has identified necessary measures needed to restructure the loss-making national carrier.
The world’s passenger fleet will more than double to 48,000 aircraft in 20 years with traffic growing at a resilient 4.4% per year, driving a need for 37,390 new passenger and freighter aircraft according to Airbus’ new Global Market Forecast 2018-2037.
Close cooperation between the unmanned-aircraft industry and aviation authorities is advancing delivery by drone from laboratory trials to real-world experience.
Airbus added firm orders for 24 commercial aircraft in May to lift its year-to-date gross total of 160 aircraft orders, including an end-of-month booking from an unidentified customer for 15 A350-900s valued at approximately $4.8 billion.
Airbus said the BelugaXL has passed the ground vibration test (GVT), a requirement for certification of the aircraft that paves the way toward its maiden flight this summer.
Norwegian air service provider Avinor and Spanish air traffic management equipment provider Indra have completed the first test in a series of validations to simultaneously manage traffic in multiple airports from a single remote position.
Six European countries have written to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) expressing concerns about the sustainability criteria of the CORSIA aviation emissions offsetting scheme as members prepare to meet to try to finalize its regulations.
Ryanair said it had signed its first cabin crew recognition agreement, with the ANPAC and ANPAV unions in Italy, paving the way for them to represent the LCC’s directly employed cabin crew in Italy.
