Icelandair has selected STG Aerospace to install its next generation saf-Tglo SuperSeal UltraLite (SSUL) photoluminescent floorpath lighting for its Boeing 767 aircraft, becoming the first 767 operator for this newly certified system.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline will add a second daily Airbus A380 flight from Los Angeles next summer, timing the new departure to connect with an early morning bank of departures from Dubai, many bound for India and Pakistan.
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) has denied reports that parent company ANA Holdings has completed a deal to acquire three Airbus A380s that were repossessed from low-cost carrier Skymark Airlines.
For an airline whose primary market is tourism, a military junta and terrorist bombings definitely impact the bottom line. While those events have affected Thai Airways’ financial situation, they are not the main problem.
An investigation by ANSV, the Italian aviation safety agency, has been launched after an Air Italy Boeing 737-300 lost an undercarriage wheel on departure from Catania Fontanarossa airport in Sicily.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline has announced it will begin A380 service from Dubai to Birmingham starting March 27, and to Prague (Czech Republic) and Taipei from May 1, 2016.
Newly manufactured aircraft must be trackable, even when severely damaged, and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recordings will be extended to 25 hours under a new set of regulations adopted by the European Commission.
The fatal crash of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 in December 2014 was precipitated by a fault in the aircraft's rudder warning systems, according to a report just released by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC).
Real-time weather services in easy-to-understand graphical format are coming to pilots’ electronic flight bags (EFBs). Some services will work, to a limited degree, with traditional VHF radio communication, like aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS).
Mexican low-cost carrier (LCC) Volaris has rolled out new tablet-based technology for pilots, and is studying how it could provide new entertainment options for passengers’ mobile devices, airline executives said at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum.
Airbus will eventually build a re-engined, more efficient neo version of the A380, COO customers John Leahy believes, and entry-into-service could be around 2023.
Emirates wants more airline operational data for the Airbus A350 before making a decision about an order for the type, or for more Boeing 787s, the airline's President Tim Clark said at the Dubai Air Show.
The Airbus A350-1000’s new engine –the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97—has completed its first flight-test aboard a dedicated A380 flying testbed, Airbus said in a statement.
International Airlines Group—parent company of British Airways (BA), Iberia, Spanish low-cost carrier (LCC) Vueling and Aer Lingus—reported a third-quarter net profit of €883 million ($992.8 million), up 39.3% compared to a net profit of €634 million for the same period last year.
Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier said the European aircraft manufacturer is on track to meet delivery targets this year despite delays at several cabin suppliers.
