Saudi Arabian LCC flyadeal is considering an interim order of aircraft to increase its fleet in the near term while it mulls its decision on a major order for around 50 narrowbodies.
American Airlines has more than 2,000 applicants for its just-launched Cadet Academy pilot pipeline program, and plans to accept 200 candidates this year.
Rising fuel prices may ground some older aircraft if airlines cut capacity, but most airlines are putting off the decisions until after the peak summer season.
HNA’s Fuzhou Airlines is preparing to introduce Embraer E2 E-Jets into service, said an industry source, almost two years after the company signed an unannounced MOU to acquire 20 E190-E2s.
BEIJING and MOSCOW—The Sino-Russian Craic CR929 widebody airliner has grown during development and now requires greater thrust than envisaged before the program’s launch last year. The aircraft, comparable with the Airbus A330-900 in a 2015 concept design, is now larger.
In a sign that European air traffic management centers are gradually adopting new methods to streamline traffic, the Bordeaux area control center (ACC) in France has been using a more flexible system since March to allocate airspace to military and civil aircraft.
JetSuiteX’s short-haul flights between secondary cities fit with Zunum’s strategy for revitalizing regional air transport with hybrid-electric propulsion.
Holidaymakers, business travelers and increased emphasis on creating loyalty in passengers form three of the main pillars of UK LCC easyJet’s strategy for the coming years, its CEO said.
Aviation Engine Corp. of China (AECC) has run its CJ-1000AX demonstrator turbofan engine, part of a program intended to provide alternative propulsion for the Comac C919.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is expecting to see further European airline consolidation through winter 2018, as higher fuel prices begin to bite, creating potential opportunities for the Irish LCC.
American Airlines’ recent 30-aircraft regional jet order is part of the carrier’s strategy to simplify its operations and reduce costs by pulling more feeder flying back in-house.
A U.S.-China Open Skies agreement is an unlikely prospect in the near future, participants in a panel discussion here said, although some on the panel did welcome the principle of such an agreement.
Airbus and its four home countries—France, Germany, Spain and the UK—have made changes to reimbursable launch investment loans that they believe will bring the aid in compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
British Airways (BA) confirmed it is leasing out some of the summer 2018 London Gatwick slots that it acquired from defunct UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines, saying it was unable to use them all.
JetBlue Airways, bolstering its top-level management, promoted Joanna Geraghty to president and COO and put her in charge of day-to-day operations, freeing up CEO Robin Hayes to focus on long-term strategy. Geraghty has been with JetBlue since 2005, most recently serving as EVP-customer experience.
Three U.S. NTSB members, in a 2-1 vote, ruled FAA’s emergency revocation of a Texas-based repair station’s certificate was justified, overturning an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) opinion that FAA over-reacted.
