Air Transport

Japan Airlines is working with startups H2Fly, Universal Hydrogen and ZeroAvia to explore the retrofit of its regional aircraft with zero-emission powertrains.

With the fallout of orders from the recent Dubai Airshow, this week's Flight Friday looks at those operators who ordered more than 30 aircraft at the show.

To encourage its operators to use performance-based navigation, ATR has released compelling numbers related to safety improvements.

Malaysia Airlines has received the first of its leased Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, after recently expressing frustration at delivery delays.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

After four days of intense back and forth over a potentially large order for Airbus A350-1000s, Emirates has agreed an order for 15 of the smaller A350-900s.

Dubai Airshow exceeded all expectations when it came to Advanced Aerial Mobility. And, the Gulf region demonstrated a clear commitment to embracing the development of the sector from eVTOLs to vertiports.

WestJet will fly the YYT-LGW route will 3X-weekly from May 1, 2024, to Oct. 25, 2024, with a Boeing 737-8 aircraft.

Trade body ACI Europe has hit out at the planned tax, saying the levy threatens the competitiveness of Denmark’s aviation industry.

China Eastern Airlines is to resume passenger flights to Africa for the first time since 2008.

David Dufros, Aviation Development Director at Groupe ADP, covers recent successes and what it means to be named the Overall Winner of the 2023 Routes Awards.

The slow rebound in travel from mainland China has prompted some carriers to focus elsewhere.

Over 50 years, GPS has evolved and inspired the development of similar systems by other nations.

BEOND launched operations (Munich-Dubai-Maldives) with 44-seat A319-100 (2119; ex-Sundair) leased from BBAM.

AIRJAPAN (ANA Holdings) plans Feb 2024 startup of Tokyo Narita-Bangkok/-Seoul with 324-pax, all-economy 787-8s.

BOEING delivered the 1,000th Dreamliner, a 787-10 (60266) to SINGAPORE; it ended October with 750 on backlog.

UNITED announced $1.9b Terminal B Transformation Program at Houston IAH to handle projected 36m pax per year.

LUFTHANSA has pulled A380-800 (070) from storage in Teruel, leaving only two (038/041) of eight remaining in storage.

ERAA added VAN AIR Europe, Czech Republic, which operates 19-seat L410s, as its 57th member.

ALASKA AIRLINES plans March 14 to begin daily Portland, OR-Nashville (737).

EMIRATES says it has effectively ruled out an order for Airbus A350-1000s if Rolls-Royce does not come up with major improvements to the Trent XWB-97 engine, including a significant thrust increase, according to reports in Aviation Week.

WESTJET plans May 1 to begin three-times-weekly St. John's-London Gatwick (787).

LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS was selected by Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Air to supply an integrated operational suite, including Lido Flight 4D, NetLine/Ops ++, NetLine/Crew and NetLine/HubControl solutions, in preparation for startup in 2025.

FLYDOCS, UK has 5-year Etihad Airways contract to provide digital records and lifecycle asset management services to support technical records dept.

Einar Már Guðmundsson to Managing Director of Icelandair Cargo.