Aviation has taken climate change to heart, and while critics say the industry is not doing enough and not doing it fast enough, there is evidence that aviation is making significant progress.
United Airlines is one step closer to placing an order for new small narrowbody aircraft, after a key union committee voted on Dec. 22 to approve a proposed two-year contract extension.
A Kalstar Aviation Embraer E-195 overran the runway at El Tari Airport in Kupang on Dec. 21 and suffered substantial damage, including a landing gear collapse.
Russia’s Ingosstrakh insurance company has paid out $23 million in the aftermath of the Metrojet Airbus A321-200 crash over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31.
[UPDATED] Pegasus Airlines said an explosion at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 2:05 am local time on Dec. 23 killed one cleaning staff member and injured another who was on board a Pegasus aircraft.
CAE’s full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Bombardier CS100 has gained regulatory approval from Transport Canada, FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Year-over-year changes at US airlines with over 1000 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees, ranked by increase/decrease in employees. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the launch of AVIC Cargo Airlines, paving the way for the Chinese manufacturer’s sale of its MA600 freighter.
Final preparations are underway to create a new European airline association, called Airlines for Europe (A4E), which is expected to launch around the third week of January 2016.
Boeing has agreed to pay the US government $12 million as part of a safety compliance settlement with FAA that also includes a pledge by the manufacturer to improve its certification processes.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has taken the next step in developing a regulatory framework for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the publication of its “technical opinion” on the safe use of unmanned aircraft in Europe’s airspace.
In a test of remote-controlled camera drone technology, LAS, Fraport and DFS gathered operational experience for potential use of drones at Frankfurt Airport.
US President Barack Obama would very much like to go to Cuba, he told media in December, one year after the US announced it was starting to re-establish diplomatic relations with Havana.
Managing director of marketing and product development Mark Krolick outlined the “end-to-end branding experience” United Airlines is preparing roll out starting in 2016.
The rate of change in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as year-over-year percentage growth or losses. Differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
[UPDATED] Cuba and the US have reached a bilateral arrangement to establish scheduled air services between the two countries, the US State Department said Thursday.
Boeing and Alaska Airlines are partnering to power all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) with sustainable aviation biofuel.
