The European Commission is joining forces with industry to invest more than €22 billion ($29 billion) over the next seven years in a bid to stimulate growth and employment in the region. &nb
EADS Innovation Works and Rolls-Royce are studying a new type of propulsion system—Distributed Electrical Aerospace Propulsion (DEAP)—to cut noise and CO2 emission levels, as well as dramatically reduce fuel burn.  
Airberlin has rolled out a raft of measures aimed at improving its fuel efficiency, including a tablet-based aerodynamic performance loss tracker and a pilot fuel coaching initiative.  
Alaska Airlines and Hawai’i BioEnergy have signed an agreement for the carrier to purchase sustainable biofuel for its aircraft. Founded in 2006, Hawai’i BioEnergy is a consortium of three of Hawaii's largest landowners and three venture capital companies which plan to use locally grown feedstocks to produce biofuels. The feedstock for Alaska’s biofuel is anticipated to be woody biomass-based and will be consistent with the sustainability criteria established by the Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels.
IATA told the US Department of Transportation (DOT) it is “time to act” on its request for approval of Resolution 787, which created the foundation for its New Distribution Capability.
Boeing confirmed to ATW it is asking specific operators of 717, Next-Generation 737, 747-400, 767 and 777s to inspect aircraft with the Honeywell fixed emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) following the July 12 Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner fire at London Heathrow Airport.
FAA is proposing a $2.75 million civil penalty against Boeing Co.’s commercial airplanes unit for allegedly “failing to maintain its quality control system in accordance with approved FAA procedures.”
The Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 that made a hard landing July 22 at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) landed on its nose gear first, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Outgoing US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Janet Napolitano said the US is moving into its third phase of aviation security since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is planning to adopt a policy of encouraging domestic low-cost carrier (LCC) growth to fend off increased competition from the high-speed rail and foreign LCCs that are flooding the Chinese market.
FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Boeing 787-8 operators to remove or inspect Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT), citing the July 12 Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport.
Boeing remains “highly confident” in the 787 in the aftermath of the July 12 Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner fire at London Heathrow Airport, according to the company’s CEO.
Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that the Boeing 737-700 that suffered a nose gear collapse on landing at New York LaGuardia yesterday entered service in October 1999 and was last inspected July 18, just four days before the incident.
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.
A Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft touched the runway with its landing gear retracted during a test flight at Iceland’s Reykjavik Keflavik Airport Sunday.
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.”
European Boeing 787 operators will be instructed to remove their emergency locator transmitters (ELT) following concerns raised by an investigation into a 787 fire at London Heathrow 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.
