Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
After an initial delay, WestJet is poised to launch its first capacity-purchase agreement (CPA) next month, the first of what are expected to be several deals that will expand the carrier's network into smaller communities.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace fasteners and machined parts provider Wesco Aircraft, which also provides supply chain management services, has unveiled a business turnaround plan that includes management and plant cuts, investment in automation for inventory management and office administration, and other business focus changes.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), broadening its reach into data-driven flight operations and maintenance services, rolled out an updated data-management offering centered around the company’s Aircraft Interface Device (AID).
Air Transport

Bill Carey
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines will test “paired approaches” to parallel runways using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) In flight deck displays to guide pilots, an FAA official said.
Air Transport

ICAO Secretary General Dr Fang Liu addressed government and industry safety experts in Bucharest last week when she helped to launch the UN aviation agency’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Cybersecurity in Civil Aviation Summit.
Aerospace

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD) have forged a new agreement to enhance the contribution of civil aviation to the social and economic development of the African Continent and to promote related aviation infrastructure development and capacity-building in aid of sustainable air transport for Africa and Africans.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
What the KLX Aerospace acquisition says about Boeing, future acquisitions and the aftermarket
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Describing its Elevate initiative as a “forcing function” for urban air mobility, Uber is taking on challenges across a wide front. Photo: Uber
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
Simultaneous solicitations for payloads and flight services could return U.S. to the lunar surface as early as 2019.
Space

By Adrian Schofield
Airlines are using advances in aircraft and engine technology to offer ultra-long-haul flights—and are pushing OEMs to stretch aircraft capabilities further.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
To create the 777X, Boeing is not only introducing the world's largest all-composite wings, but it is transforming the way it builds and assembles the 777 from which it is derived.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines does not have strong enough finances to renew its long-haul fleet in the near future, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr told Aviation Daily sister publication ATW.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
UK-based regional airline Flybe will focus its fleet on the Bombardier Q400 turboprop for the foreseeable future, the airline said.
Air Transport

Ben Goldstein
UK air navigation service provider (ANSP) NATS became the fifth ANSP to take an equity stake in Aireon, the space-based aircraft surveillance provider that is expected to begin live operations of some of its services later this year.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
APiJET, a newly announced joint venture between winglet specialist Aviation Partners and aerospace data processing company iJET Technologies, is introducing a real-time data and health monitoring system that can be tailored to suit specific airline needs across fleets of varied types and ages.
Air Transport

New Austrian carrier LaudaMotion will postpone its plan to operate from Zurich, as the carrier will not have enough aircraft available, a spokesperson confirmed to Aviation Daily sister publication ATW.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
A strong summer-season demand environment has U.S. majors holding steady on capacity plans even as fuel continues to rise, with likely—and some say needed—reductions expected to come in time for the winter season.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
United Airlines, broadening its focus on boosting hub flow, is adding flights on 17 routes out of Newark, New Jersey (EWR) and shifting some regional-jet routes to its Washington Dulles (IAD) gateway as part of its winter schedule.
Air Transport

Guy Norris
Boeing is confident assembly of wings for the initial batch of ground and flight test 777Xs will be completed on schedule from this summer onward, despite delays and production challenges associated with the new aircraft’s all-composite wing.
Air Transport

By Kevin Michaels
Booming demand, tariffs and geopolitics jeopardize aluminum and titanium supply for aerospace manufacturing.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
The Trump administration announces 10 local, state and tribal government projects under the UAS Integration Pilot Program.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The first Airbus A330-900 that will be delivered to an airline made its first flight on May 15.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
In what appears to be a divergence from the terms of the diplomatic understanding the U.S. and United Arab Emirates (UAE) reached over their Open Skies agreement, a top White House official told industry stakeholders there is a freeze on adding routes to the U.S.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
The first aircraft in what will become a complete rollover of Air Italy’s fleet has been delivered to the Sardinia-based carrier.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM said CFO Frederic Gagey would take over as interim CEO after Jean-Marc Janaillac stepped down because of a labor relations crisis.
Air Transport