The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) has voiced concerns over the growing number of close encounters involving commercial aircraft and drones and called for tough penalties for those users of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) who recklessly endanger airliners.
Millions of passengers flood US airports each year, leaving behind waste, recycling and compostable items in bins scattered throughout airport facilities.
Setbacks in China and Northeast Asia are unwinding some of the airline’s progress in 2011-15, when Beijing progressively allowed more of its citizens to visit Taiwan. Low-cost competition is proliferating in the Japanese and South Korean markets.
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft technical teams have been in Mexico since late December conducting repair work on 11 Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft grounded by Mexican airline Interjet, the only SSJ100 operator in the Americas.
The British government has launched a consultation concerning the safety and privacy of unmanned aerial systems as it looks to widen their use in society.
Fast-expanding low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian plans to take nine Boeing 787-9s and its first 737 MAX in 2017, using some extra capacity to add its first long-haul, low-cost flights between the UK and non-US destinations.
Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)—which took delivery of its fifth Bombardier CS100 on Dec. 30, 2016—expects to receive a minimum of 12 CS100s, as well as the larger CSeries variant CS300, in 2017.
China’s Commercial Aircraft Corp. (COMAC) is planning a 2017 first quarter inaugural flight for the C919 narrowbody, although no more specific date has been given.
Delta Air Lines said Dec. 27 it had reached an agreement with Boeing to cancel an order for 18 Boeing 787s that the Atlanta-based airline assumed in 2008 as part of its merger with Northwest Airlines.
