The IATA is coordinating efforts to ensure airlines, airport operators, air traffic control (ATC) authorities and other key aviation stakeholders communicate critical information better when there is an incident that causes severe operational disruption at a major airport.
Greater New York airports currently handle over 130 million passengers annually, but this figure is expected to rise to 180 million yearly passengers over the next two decades.
The biometric facial-recognition trial at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) has proven so successful and popular that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is actively exploring how widely facial recognition can be used at airports, a senior CBP official said.
Reflecting a 20% year-over-year (YOY) increase in volumes and a 17% rise in full-year revenue, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings posted a $223.5 million net profit for 2017—a fivefold increase over the Purchase, New York-based airfreight carrier’s $41.5 million net income for 2016.
Israeli startup Eviation Aviation has selected South Korea’s Kokam to supply lithium-polymer batteries for its initial Alice all-electric regional aircraft, and hopes to fly a full-scale prototype by early 2019.
Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines will offer nonstop service between Detroit and Leon, Mexico, starting April 30, connecting two major automotive-industry regions and taking another step in leveraging their joint venture (JV).
Mexico City-based ultra LCC Volaris, faced with an extremely competitive low cost market combined with fluctuating currency exchange rates, posted a MXP595 million ($30.2 million) full-year net loss for 2017, a reversal of the airline’s MXP3.5 billion net profit in 2016.
The Qantas Group has confirmed it will take delivery of 18 Airbus A321neo long-range (A321LR) aircraft beginning in mid-2020, which will be used by its Jetstar LCC subsidiary for fleet replacement and growth.
These dates indicate program slippage of more than a year from the 2016 schedule and three years from the targets that Avic set when it launched development of the aircraft at the end of 2013.
Air New Zealand plans to launch a nonstop flight from Auckland to Taipei, Taiwan, as the latest step in its strategy of growing its Pacific Rim destinations.
A solid fourth quarter performance in passenger revenue and cost containment pushed Panama City-based Copa Holdings toward a $370 million net profit for 2017, a 10.6% increase from the company’s $335 million net income in 2016.
PARIS—The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has taken an important step towards building a regulatory framework to govern the use of drones in the region’s airspace.
Declaring that a “compelling public safety need exists,” the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is calling on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to expedite the development of international standards for regulating small drones.
The president of the largest North American airline pilots’ union in a Feb. 21 speech argued that strict pilot training and qualification requirements have helped prevent passenger fatalities among U.S. airlines for nine straight years.
Following the collapse of the Swazi Airways venture before it ever even launched flights, the Swazi government is now courting South African carriers over their interest in connecting Manzini King Mswati III Int'l to various cities across South Africa and even Zimbabwe, reports ch-aviation.
An expert task force is developing a concept of operations for an IP-based communications network serving the world aviation community, with ICAO at the center.
