Regulators have banned the use of Dupont’s Kathon FP 1.5 biocide in Boeing 737 MAXs, the first of what is likely to be a series of mandates to protect fuel systems from in-service incidents linked to the anti-microbial fuel system additive.

Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has signed a commitment with Embraer to convert four of its remaining firm E190-E2 orders to the larger E195-E2 variant. 

Airlines are considering the flexibility of introducing a new fleet of smaller regional aircraft as they juggle diminishing passenger demand, cost per seat and falling capacity, Embraer VP of Asia-Pacific Cesar Pereira has said.

Facing a $475 billion loss in commercial aviation manufacturing, the A&D industrial base could suffer aftershocks for years.

In a move to promote tourism spending in Bali, Garuda Indonesia is exploring new long-haul flights from the resort island to Europe, India and the U.S. even though the routes would be unprofitable ones.

A group of 62 environmental organizations have called on the FAA to abandon plans to establish takeoff and landing noise standards for civil supersonic aircraft, arguing that enabling the revival of high-speed air travel would fuel the global climate crisis.

Guillaume Faury is optimistic about a market recovery, but pace and timing are among many aspects impossible to predict.

ANA Holdings, parent company of All Nippon Airways, is cooperating with Japanese startup Aeronext on the development of delivery drones with the goal of beginning commercial operations in 2022-23.