Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
WASHINGTON—Boeing’s price-dumping charges against Bombardier failed because the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) could find no evidence that the U.S. manufacturer had lost orders or revenue in the two sales campaigns investigated, at Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
BEIJING—China’s smaller airlines are facing a loss of municipal subsidies on domestic routes under a contemplated policy change that would force commercial air transport capacity to the west of the country.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Southwest Airlines will go head-to-head with Delta Air Lines in the Nashville-Atlanta nonstop market starting Aug. 7, dropping in five-times-daily frequencies during the week and three roundtrips on Saturday and Sunday.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Southwest Airlines will go head-to-head with Delta Air Lines in the Nashville-Atlanta nonstop market starting Aug. 7, dropping in five-times-daily frequencies during the week and three roundtrips on Saturday and Sunday.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
PANAMA CITY—Copa Airlines is in a growth mode—it plans to increase its fleet by 25% by 2020—with the first of 71 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft arriving in August.
Air Transport

By Mark Nensel
Air Canada posted a 2 billion Candian dollars net profit ($1.6 billion) for 2017—more than doubling the carrier’s C$876 million net income in 2016—driven by an 11.3% increase in passenger traffic producing a 10.7% rise in revenues.
Air Transport

Niki Lauda, who bought former airberlin subsidiary NIKI in January and rebranded it into Laudamotion, plans to team up with Lufthansa LCC Eurowings and German leisure carrier Condor when enough aircraft become available.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Oneworld member carrier Finnair has posted a €169 million ($202.4 million) net profit for 2017, driven by rapid growth and buoyant demand, almost doubling the €99 million profit that it recorded for 2016.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
LONDON—LCC Norwegian will offer free Wi-Fi on long-haul operations, mirroring the service on its short-haul European fleet, although there will also be a faster, paid option.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Israeli national airline El Al plans to launch a new scheme under which it will carry out pilot training in the U.S.
Air Transport

Russia’s Saratov Airlines resumed Antonov An-148 operations Feb. 16 after additional technical inspections were completed following the earlier grounding of the fleet.
Air Transport

By Mark Nensel
Passengers traveling through the non-public, post-security area of Munich Airport’s Terminal 2 in coming weeks will be met by a humanoid robot offering airport directions and information.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
FRANKFURT—Ryanair is allowing connections on 27 additional routes through its bases in Bergamo and Rome-Fiumicino, Italy.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Republic Airline pilots who are members of Teamsters Local 357 have ratified a contract extension of their 2015 collective bargaining agreement, the union said.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Alaska Airlines, Virgin America and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) reached a tentative merger agreement for the airline’s 5,400 flight attendants, the organizations announced.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Airline industry stakeholder groups are calling on Congress to allow the FAA to regulate small drones that are flown for recreation.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is in the middle of advanced studies to raise single-aisle production to 70 aircraft per month, and is also looking at increasing output of the A350.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Hong Kong Express is expecting significant delays to the delivery of its remaining Airbus A320neo orders due to further problems with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines.
Air Transport

Bombardier expects to begin delivering C Series aircraft to Delta Air Lines this year, saying there is no longer any impediment to delivering CS100s straight from its Mirabel, Canada, final assembly line to the Atlanta-based airline.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus CEO Tom Enders said he is reasonably confident that Pratt & Whitney can find a quick resolution for the latest technical glitch on its PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engine powering A320neo-family aircraft.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Rolls-Royce North America CEO Marion Blakey will leave her position at the end of June, the company announced Feb. 15.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Closer study of Bauhaus Luftfahrt’s PFC confirms projected fuel savings from BLI, with wind-tunnel testing, higher-fidelity analysis and optimization next.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Data-driven strategy set to go beyond engine support and production, to design and closer integration between future propulsion systems and airframes.
Connected Aerospace

Air Peace has taken delivery of its second Embraer 145 jet in a bid to end the travel difficulties of the nations’s unserved and underserved cities, reports The Afritraveller.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Japan-based low-cost carriers are planning to grow their fleets and expand to new international markets.
Air Transport