Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss said he is confident there is a sufficient supply of Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan (GTF) spare engines to do necessary on-wing replacements on Bombardier CS300s.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Southern Pacific Flight Training (SPFT), a startup pilot training company in Brisbane, Australia, is to receive the first ATR 72-600 simulator in the country, from manufacturer Axis Flight Training Systems.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Boeing is touting the sales prospects of its proposed new midmarket aircraft (NMA) in the Asia-Pacific market, but the manufacturer will not be pinned down on a formal program launch date.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Comac said it is working toward making the first delivery of the C919 airliner in 2021, though the Chinese state company also implied the milestone might come later.
Singapore Airshow

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is studying a further increase in production of single-aisle aircraft as the manufacturer seeks ways to accommodate continuously strong demand for the A320neo family.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
GE tackling GE9X fix and maintenance issues with CF6 engines powering 747-400 flying testbed before first flight of new engine for Boeing’s 777X.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
African Star Alliance member Ethiopian Airlines and its regional partner, Togo-based ASKY Airlines, have formed a strategic partnership with the Guinean government to establish Guinea Airlines by June.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
A defect that made it through material processing steps without being detected led to an engine explosion on an American Airlines Boeing 767.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
The first privately funded heavy-lift rocket ushers in a new way of doing business.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Airbus is confident the newly certified A350-1000 is in position to grab a large slice of the booming traffic growth in the Asia-Pacific market over the next 20 years.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Boeing is preparing to begin flight tests of the third, and smallest member of the 737 MAX family, the 737-7, following the rollout of the first aircraft at its Renton factory in Washington on Feb 5.
Singapore Airshow

By Thierry Dubois
Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom have completed the ground segment of the European Aviation Network (EAN), to enable the inception of the inflight connectivity service with British Airways, the two companies announced Feb. 5.
Air Transport

Alan Dron
The UK CAA has launched a review of airline-allocated seating polices after it conducted consumer research that showed widespread confusion in the traveling public.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Ever since Boeing Global Services (BGS) was established as the Chicago company’s third business division in 2017—with the goal of reaching $50 billion in annual revenue by the early 2020s—industry and market analysts have wondered how the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer planned to get there.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
German air navigation service provider Deutsche Flugsicherung has completed on-site testing of the Frequentis Remote Virtual Tower system for Saarbrucken Airport (SCN), with plans to start using it for live operations this year, the company announced.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air Austral and Air Madagascar are aligning their fleets, jointly developing their Saint-Denis, Reunion, and Antananarivo, Madagascar, hubs and boosting their long-haul and domestic networks.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
IATA director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac called for urgent attention to the air transport industry’s growing infrastructure bottlenecks, which are increasingly affecting fast-growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The new German government is expected to retain the country’s contentious aviation tax.
Air Transport

The carrier's CEO said Ryanair is “fully prepared to face down” attempted disruptions from labor groups looking to challenge the LCC’s “low cost, high pay/high productivity model,” even if that means enduring strikes.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Group replaced top management at Brussels Airlines on Feb. 5, as the group revamps the airline after taking it over in late 2016.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Australia’s Qantas Airways wants its aircraft of choice to be able to fly anticipated nonstop services from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to London with full passenger loads, CEO Alan Joyce said at the Singapore Airshow Aviation Leadership Summit.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The HNA Group, struggling with debt, is forcing aviation subsidiaries to yield cash, but will not go as far as to imperil their generally healthy operations, industry sources familiar with the group said.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines is continuing to pursue a broader international network through partnerships with other airlines, including carriers inside and outside the Oneworld alliance.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Boeing is preparing to begin flight tests of the third and smallest member of the 737 MAX family, the 737-7, following the Feb. 5 rollout of the first aircraft at its Renton, Washington, plant.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Airbus debuts the newly certified A350-1000 at the Singapore Airshow this week as part of a three-week demonstration tour across the Asia-Pacific region and Middle East.
Air Transport