Many industries use data to cater to individual customers, but airlines have barely begun.

Curved approaches with a range of glidepath angles are among the benefits of ground-based satellite landing systems on display in China.

The legacy portion of the airline industry claims it is favoring further liberalization, but its actions indicate the opposite.

Ethiopian Airlines' fleet renewal and growth continued this week with the delivery of a new Boeing 737-800 from Seattle. Routing through Washington-Dulles and then Dublin, Ireland, the latest 737NG is Ethiopian's 16th. Since 2010, the East African carrier has taken delivery of 25 Boeing 737/777/787s as well as 13 Bombardier DHC8-Q400 regional turbo aircraft. One of the fastest-growing and most modern of African airlines, Ethiopian also has a burgeoning MRO business.

The first flight-test version of the XWB-97 for the A350-1000 is taking shape at Rolls-Royce

Trent 1000 production will complete transition to Singapore as XWB line revs up in the U.K.

Qatar’s buy of Rafale jets seems to be linked to Qatar Airways’ new traffic rights to some of France’s regional airports.

Better pay for regional pilots would help, but it is unlikely to be a panacea.