Air Transport

By Garrett Reim
Wisk envisions one “multivehicle supervisor” managing three air taxis at once from a remote location by 2030.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The COMAC C919 was not certified on Sept. 19 as had been anticipated by some, while Boeing will now remarket some 737 MAX destined for Chinese customers as Beijing keeps the type grounded.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Malaysia Airlines explores a partnership with Spirit AeroSystems for composite repairs.
MRO Asia

By Ben Goldstein, Sean Broderick, Joe Anselmo
Bryan Bedford, Republic Airways CEO, chats with Aviation Week about the FAA and his hunt for more pilots.
Maintenance & Training

Aviation Week Network Staff
Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, on Sept. 19, utilizing all three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying.
Advanced Air Mobility

REPUBLIC AIRWAYS was rejected by FAA to reduce required training for first officers from 1,500 to 750 flight hours.
Air Transport

BRITISH AIRWAYS took delivery of its third 787-10 (60642) out of order for 12; second was delivered in June 2020.
Air Transport

ITA AIRWAYS took delivery of new A350-900 (285) on lease from ALAFCO; aircraft was originally destined for Hainan.
Air Transport

SPICEJET has furloughed 80 pilots after being forced by DGCA to scale back operations until finding additional funding.
Air Transport

QUICKJET, India signed aircraft fuel supply agreement with Indian Oil in prep for 2022 restart with two 737-800BCFs.
Air Transport

NAV CANADA reports traffic decrease of 12.1% in Aug 2022 vs Aug 2019.
Air Transport

REAGAN NATIONAL says it is exceeding 2019 capacity levels at airport with American up 16%, JetBlue up 11%, Frontier up 5% and Alaska at even.
Air Transport

WIZZ AIR GROUP sold second new A321neo to Sato Aviation Ireland for leaseback as part of overall deal for four.
Air Transport

AZUL is removing 12 E195-E1s from its pax fleet by end of 2023: five are being sold to AZORRA AVIATION, four are being returned to lessors and three
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
A deepening shortage of qualified pilots will force carriers to pare back service to small communities, fueling further consolidation in the years to come.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has finalized a new rule that gives credit for certain military and Part 135 flight hours towards minimum requirements for Part 121 airline pilots.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Keeping innovation going in a complex industry requires planning, listening and partnering with many colleagues to answer questions that haven’t been asked.
Interiors & Connectivity

LEASEWORKS was selected by Novus Aviation Capital to provide Aeris Asset software to streamline finance, technical, contracts and operations.
Air Transport

ASL AVIATION HOLDINGS had €43.6m net income on €1.1b revenues in 2021 with cash reserves growing 46.3% to €193.2m; group has fleet of 130 aircraft
Air Transport

Kevin Mathison as Vice President-Enterprise Planning of JetBlue.
Air Transport

SWISS-AS was selected by Air Greenland to provide AMOS MRO management software solution to support mixed fleet of fixed/rotary wing aircraft.
Air Transport

BOEING secured All Nippon Airways as launch customer for its Insight Accelerator (IA) cloud-based digital solution employing artificial intelligence
Air Transport

CATHAY PACIFIC agreed to purchase 38m gallons of SAF at San Francisco from AEMETIS in 2025-2032.
Air Transport

ROYAL JORDANIAN leased ex-Aeroflot A320-200 (4160) with CFM56s from BOC Aviation.
Air Transport

AIR CAIRO leased ex-IndiGo A320-200 (4510) with CFM56s from BOC Aviation.
Air Transport