Air Transport

According to police, the unexploded ordnance was discovered in the King George V Dock during pre-planned construction work.

Order is highly significant for the A380 program because it secures production of the aircraft for another 10 years.

The cause of the crash is not yet known, but investigators seem to believe that a terrorist attack is unlikely.

Rival Japanese LCCs are also planning fleet growth over the next few years.

Testing has shown that drag of the airframe and the thrust-specific fuel consumption of the PW1200G engine are matching targets. There is time for improvement.

The FAA’s fiscal 2019 budget request of $16.1 billion is about 1.9% down from fiscal 2017’s approved level and includes a hefty cut in its research, engineering and development (RE&D) funding.

The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration seeks to improve airport checkpoint efficiency.

HNA Group subsidiary Tianjin Airlines has received an additional CNY400 million ($63.3 million) investment from the Tianjin Bonded Zone Investment Co., representing Tianjin’s municipal government.

Russian carrier Saratov Airlines has grounded its Antonov An-148 fleet after one of the aircraft, registered RA-61704, crashed Feb. 11, killing all 71 people on board.

Airbus hopes to generate more sales for its A350-1000 among Asia-Pacific airlines as it continues a 12-country tour through the Middle East and Asia-Pacific with one of the test aircraft, partly to showcase the aircraft in potential markets.

Boeing cut its staff employees by at least 6% in 2017, or about 9,700 workers altogether, according to information the company provided in its latest annual regulatory filing.

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) will take delivery of the first of four Boeing 777-200ER this week, a spokesperson in Kiev confirmed to Aviation Daily’s sister publication ATW.

Ireland-based ASL Aviation Holdings is ceasing operations of its Madrid-based operation, ASL Airlines Spain.

PARIS–Air France is facing a widespread strike on Feb. 22 after salary negotiations reignited long-running tensions with the unions representing its workforce

WASHINGTON—The Star Alliance is rolling out its promised digital services platform (DSP) as the Frankfurt-based global airline alliance aims to channel data to its 28 members.

UAE LCC Air Arabia recorded a net profit of AED662 million ($180 million) for 2017, a 30% increase on its 2016 figure of AED509 million.

Panama-based Copa Airlines and Lufthansa Group have agreed to expand the scope of their existing codeshare to allow Copa to commercialize and market the Panama City–Frankfurt route, which is operated by Lufthansa.

Ireland-based LCC Ryanair may force UK shareholders to dispose of their shares in the airline in the event of a breakdown in the talks between the UK and the EU over the UK’s departure from the bloc.

BEIJING—The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) says it plans to approve the setting up of an airline for the first time in more than two years.

Air Sénégal has firmed up a MoU signed with Airbus in November last year, for the order of two A330-900s, reports ch-aviation.

Once the new constellation of 66 Iridium Next satellites is in place, Aireon plans to begin providing oceanic surveillance service.

Engineers are focusing on the data’s update rate, availability, stability, coverage, latency and position accuracy.

Airbus has decided to stop accepting additional Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines after a series of inflight shutdowns and aborted take-offs were reported its A320neo family airliners.

Readiness to start “Long Range” (LR) operations with launch customers of the most capable and flexible A321neo version to date – the A321LR – has moved a significant step closer with recent joint EASA and FAA approval of the aircraft to operate with up to three underfloor Additional Centre Tanks (ACTs), including for ETOPS operation.

The global air transport sector supports 65.5 million jobs and $2.7 trillion in global economic activity, according to new research released today by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG).