FAA plans to make mandatory inspections of Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT) on Boeing 787s, but has not said it will require the devices to be made inert or removed.
Norwegian Air Shuttle and Thomson Airways have removed the emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) from their Boeing 787s pending the outcome of an investigation into the Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport.
Tianjin-based Okay Airways has converted an order for three Boeing 737-800s to three 737-900ERS, making it the first Chinese carrier to order the -900ER.
The US airline industry can expect to maintain profitability through 2013, according to PwC’s June Tailwinds report. Considering favorable metrics such as a 4% increase in load factors since 2008, expectations of easing fuel prices (according to the US Energy Information Agency forecast of $94/barrel average in 2012 dropping to $92/barrel in 2014) and a rebound in consumer confidence, PwC US transportation and logistics leader Jonathan Kletzel said “there’s no question the domestic airline industry is undergoing a renaissance marked by increased revenue and stable profitability.”
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) and Russia’s Rossiya Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement on its roundtrip service from Kiev to St. Petersburg.
Etihad Airways and Korean Air have signed a codeshare agreement, subject to regulatory approval, offering KE codes on Etihad’s daily services between Seoul and Abu Dhabi.
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Cathay Pacific Airways took delivery of its 39th Airbus A330-300 on Friday in Toulouse, marking the 1,000th delivery of the widebody twin-engine aircraft.
Hungary-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air will permanently base its Warsaw flights from the Polish capital’s main Chopin Airport, abandoning its previous home of Warsaw-Modlin Airport.
ICAO is predicting steady air passenger traffic growth through 2015, following the recent release of statistics provided by airlines of ICAO’s 191 member states.
US airlines (passenger and cargo) collectively employed 486,261 full-time workers in May, down 0.3% from May 2012, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has recommended that the Honeywell emergency locator transmitter (ELT) on all in-service Boeing 787s be temporarily made “inert” following a fire on board an Ethiopian Airlines 787-8 last week at London Heathrow Airport.
