It has taken unusually long for the first piece of wreckage to be discovered – that is if an aircraft part found on La Réunion island can be traced back to 9M-MRO, the Boeing 777-200ER that operated Malaysia Airlines flight 370.

China’s economy may be slowing, but the country’s flood of new airlines is hardly abating.

Acceptance of Eurowings low-cost platform by union a big step forward in Lufthansa negotiations

Until now, Hainan Airlines and other HNA carriers have lacked a passenger airline at Shanghai with local privileges. When they convert Yangtze River Express, they will have one

Chinese regulators do an about-face on airline strategy; growth is now encouraged in light of straitened fiscal environment.

Rapidly growing Chinese tourism, despite slower economic growth, is driving the increase in international air traffic, especially to other Asian nations.

The number of commercial airplanes flying worldwide is expected to increase from 21,600 in 2014 to 43,560 in 2034. To manage all that extra metal, a series of recruitment and training campaigns have been launched to train more air traffic controllers. Such efforts are well intentioned. Training more controllers is one sure-fire means of alleviating airspace congestion. But it also comes at a cost.

FlightSafety’s G550 simulator Is FAA-approved for upset training, a first in what’s to become universal for airline crews.