A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 pushing back from the gate struck a parked JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 Tuesday morning at Boston Logan International Airport.
Ireland-based low-cost carrier Ryanair is seeking an explanation from an Italian ground handling company as to why one of its aircraft was left without chocks at Rome Ciampino Airport and rolled into a building, damaging its port stabilizer.
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has called proposed plans by Germany’s air navigation services provider Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) to increase user charges next year “unacceptable.”
Emirates SkyCargo now has the capability to store and retrieve ULDs from high-bay racks and move them easily within a cargo terminal using one and the same transport vehicle - following the integration of Unitechnik's X-Mover system.
The Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan (GTF) engine that malfunctioned on Bombardier CSeries flight test aircraft FTV1 had been having problems and was repaired just before the low-pressure turbine failed during ground tests, Bombardier executives have told analysts from UBS.
FAA has made “clear and measurable progress” toward completing the technological foundation of the US Next Generation air traffic control system (NextGen), according to deputy FAA administrator Mike Whitaker.
The threat of a potentially lengthy strike hung over Iceland’s national airline, Icelandair, on Friday after the company’s mechanics announced plans for industrial action.
UK air navigation services provider NATS said more efficient air traffic control procedures, innovative new technologies, and better use of airspace saved a record-breaking 190,000 tonnes of aircraft carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2013.
Pratt & Whitney has made a preliminary determination of the root cause of the PW1500G geared-turbofan engine failure during ground tests on a CSeries and is working with Bombardier “on a plan to resume testing in the next few weeks.”
Swiss European Air Lines has agreed to a new collective agreement (CLA) with its short-haul pilots, paving the way for the introduction of its Bombardier CS100s and Boeing 777-300ERs.
New Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) developed by Lufthansa and German Air Traffic Control in Munich are proving to save around 100 liters of fuel on a long-haul flight and around 50 liters per short-haul flight in tests at Munich Airport.
Tensions between Austrian Airlines and its unions have erupted to a new high, with the airline pulling its proposed labor deal, Fokker fleet renewal and long-haul expansion in response to a strike threat.
Air Canada president and CEO Calin Rovinescu assumed his role as chairman of the IATA board of governors Tuesday as the organization announced that its 2015 annual meeting will be held in Miami.
A group of airlines chiefs, including IAG CEO Willie Walsh, is calling for a review of how air transport communications and IT specialist SITA is structured and governed.
Recommendations from an IATA task force created to find options for better global tracking of airliners will not be mandatory and may not be “one size fits all,” the organization’s head of safety and flight operations said Tuesday.
Bombardier Aerospace’s president and COO believes the company will soon have a better understanding of the possible cause of the engine failure that occurred May 29 on the CSeries flight test aircraft FTV1 during ground testing at Bombardier’s Mirabel, Quebec, facility.
Emirates president Tim Clark, whose airline operates the world’s largest fleet of Boeing 777s with 136 of the type, has questioned moves to potentially change airliner flight tracking in the wake of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777,which disappeared March 8 while operating flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, until more is known about what happened to the aircraft.
The commercial airline industry needs a global mindset to unlock its full future potential, the head of IATA said in his opening address Monday at the organization’s 70th annual meeting in Doha.
IATA has announced three new pilot programs to test its New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard, with Aeroflot, Aer Lingus, Qatar Airways and JR Technologies among those participating.
The government of Venezuela “takes the top prize for willful irresponsibility,” for wrongly withholding some $4 billion of airline funds, IATA’s top executive said Monday.
