Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines has turned the corner through restructuring under Jaan Albrecht’s leadership. New labor agreements and a reunification with regional carrier Tyrolean Airways are among the company’s successes.
In a letter to the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), an Indian professional pilot association has warned of possible risks to passenger safety due to the continuing operation of old decades-old aircraft by flag carrier Air India.
Air France-KLM has placed a firm order for 15 Embraer E-175s and two E-190s for its Dutch regional arm KLM Cityhopper, with options on a further 17 E-Jets for Cityhopper, or Air France regional HOP!
Investigations are underway into why an Air Canada Airbus A320-200 landed short at Stanfield International Airport at Halifax, Nova Scotia, severely damaging the aircraft.
Germanwings parent Lufthansa has created a new group safety pilot position, effectively immediately, and is updating its cockpit rules after Tuesday’s fatal Airbus A320 crash, which killed all 150 people on board when it went down into the southern French Alps on a scheduled flight from Barcelona to Düsseldorf.
A French prosecutor said information from Germanwings flight 4U9525’s cockpit voice recorder (CVR) indicates the co-pilot “through a voluntary act” descended the Airbus A320 into the French Alps.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has approved an April 22 election date for the more than 3,000 workers at Boeing’s 787 production facility in South Carolina to vote on unionization, according to a statement by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
French investigators reached the scene of the Germanwings Airbus A320 accident late in the afternoon local time and have recovered one of the aircraft’s two recorders, although whether it was the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder was not announced.
Air France-KLM freight airline Martinair Cargo has confirmed plans to drastically scale back its fleet to four Boeing 747 freighters by June 2016, affecting 330 jobs.
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is licensing a new technology that allows airports to track rideshare drivers, including ones from popular companies Uber and Lyft, to ensure they’re paying proper fees when accessing airport roadways.
A second member state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has moved against the use of mini-UAVs because of the potential threat they pose to civil aviation.
RwandAir, the flag carrier of the central African state of Rwanda, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for two Airbus A330s, signaling a move into the long-haul market.
A Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800 has completed China’s first passenger flight with sustainable biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China.
The fifth and final test vehicle for the initial CS100 version of Bombardier’s CSeries airliner has begun flying, but additional aircraft will be used in the test program in a bid to meet the target of certification toward the end of the year.
Ask Airbus-VP cabin marketing, innovation & design Ingo Wuggetzer about the current cabin innovation that has the most staying power and he apologizes for giving a “dull” answer: efficient use of space.
