Nearly three years of contentious negotiations between ULCC Spirit Airlines and its pilots may be nearing an end, as the carrier’s flight-deck crews prepare to vote on a tentative agreement for a new, five-year contract.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus as prime contractor to develop the next iteration of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
Analysis by ForwardKeys, the company that helps forecast future travel by analysing around 17 million flight booking transactions a day, reveals that flight bookings for travel to the Middle East and Africa grew by 10.5% in 2017 and that growth is set to continue in the first quarter of 2018, as bookings are currently 11.2% ahead of where they were at this time last year.
Korean Air is adding Bombardier CS300s to its narrowbody fleet, and retiring more Boeing 747-400 passenger and freighter aircraft as new widebodies arrive.
Global Eagle aims to launch a Ka-band satellite-based inflight connectivity service to complement its Airconnect Ku service, regrouping after recent travails.
A Qantas Boeing 787-9 has completed a transpacific flight using a biofuel blend, landing in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 30 after a 15-hr. flight from Los Angeles.
EasyJet is adding substantial capacity to European leisure destinations from its new Berlin Tegel Airport base, but is taking a cautious approach toward expanding German domestic flying.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has confirmed the U.S. and Qatar have reached “understandings … on civil aviation” aimed at addressing the concerns of U.S. major airlines about alleged subsidies to Gulf carriers.
France’s BEA may send a team to Greenland in search of engine parts to help shed light on what caused a Sept. 30 inflight powerplant failure on an Air France Airbus A380.
The NTSB says the FAA and industry should determine if improved ultrasonic inspection of engine parts during manufacturing would have found the defect that caused an uncontained engine failure on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300.
Air France-KLM says it is examining potential low-cost/long-haul among business models as it responds to a fast-changing air transport environment, playing down French media reports that it was presenting more concrete plans for a low-cost long-haul carrier to its works council.
Ryanair said it has signed a formal union recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) that makes it the sole representative body for Ryanair-employed pilots in the UK, where 25% of its pilots and fleet are based.
China’s state aero-engine company has built the first test turbofan for its CJ-1000, which is being developed to power the Comac C919 narrowbody aircraft.
Returning to positive unit revenue growth has been a challenge for most of the U.S. airline industry for the last couple of years, but not for Hawaiian Airlines, which reported 6.4% year-over-year (YOY) growth in revenue per available seat-mile (RASM) in 2017.
Structural testing of a critical element of Aurora’s D8 concept composite “double-bubble” fuselage shows the unique Y-joint design has the required strength.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will finalize an agreement Jan. 30 between the U.S. and Qatar in which state-owned Qatar Airways will commit to be more financially transparent and to declare it has no plans to operate fifth-freedom flights to the U.S.
With a growing interest in electric propulsion through its acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences, investment in Zunum Aero and its own research efforts, Boeing is taking a next step and investing in advanced battery startup Cuberg through its HorizonX Ventures unit.
European airports have stepped up the pressure on authorities to swiftly adopt traffic management rules designed to ensure the safe use of drones in and around airports.
China’s three biggest airlines have urged the government to restrict or stop the growth of subsidized intercontinental air services from the country’s secondary cities.
