Singapore Airlines (SIA) has flown the first commercial Airbus A380 flight into India following the relaxation of restrictions imposed in 2008 by the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Bombardier has grounded the CSeries flight test program while it investigates an engine failure that occurred May 29 on flight test aircraft FTV1 during ground testing.
Auckland Airport, Airways New Zealand and the Board of Airline Representatives New Zealand (BARNZ) have released a draft report on the SMART Approaches flight path trial at Auckland Airport for public feedback.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said the underwater search area in the southern Indian Ocean where it has been focusing since detecting acoustic signals in early April can “now be discounted as the final resting place of [Malaysia Airlines] MH370.”
Global premium air travel demand weakened in March, growing 1.9% year-over-year, down from February’s 4.1% increase, according to IATA’s March Premium Traffic Monitor.
London mayor Boris Johnson has warned the Airports Commission it “would be letting the country down” if it continued to focus on what was needed in the short term and “failed to look to the longer term.”
Norwegian Air Shuttle, parent of Norwegian Air International, has described as “outrageous” claims by flight attendants unions that its recruitment policies could undermine safety.
Aviation biofuels is a sector moving at two speeds: quickly on the technical side of developing and approving new fuels, but slowly on the commercial side of scaling up production and reducing cost.
Denver-based Frontier Airlines has become the latest US airline to embrace the “ultra” low cost-carrier (ULCC) model, joining fast-growing Spirit Airlines and Allegiant Air.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is studying whether missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may have been navigating between waypoints in the southern Indian Ocean when the aircraft’s satellite communications system last exchanged “handshakes” with an Inmarsat satellite and ground station in Perth, Australia, as it descended, most likely after running out of fuel.
Three leading flight attendants’ unions have joined forces to lobby the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to deny Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign air carrier permit.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called on FAA to “reevaluate” the risk of an “internal short circuit” in lithium ion batteries currently operating on in-service Boeing 787s.
Honeywell is moving ahead with development of its Electric Green Taxiing System (EGTS) for narrowbody aircraft and is talking to COMAC about potentially making the system an option on the C919.
Gulfstream Aerospace recently enhanced its sales and marketing efforts in Africa with the appointment of a representative to assist with new aircraft sales transactions.
The European Commission said there is increased consultation and transparency in the setting of airport charges in Europe, but insists more needs to be done to ensure a level playing field across the region.
In response to the European Commission’s (EC) report on the application of the airport charges directive, four European airline associations said they are “deeply disappointed” the EC does not propose enough concrete steps to address the failings identified in the report.
