The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted draft approval for Virgin Australia’s (VA) comprehensive alliance with Singapore Airlines (SIA).
Engine giants Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are forming a new joint venture to develop engines for next-generation mid-size aircraft in a deal that restructures their long-standing International Aero Engines partnership.
Boeing delivered the first 747-8 freighter to Cargolux (CV) Wednesday at a ceremony in Everett, Wash., that took place several weeks later than planned.
The criminal trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in a US federal court in Detroit ended on just its second day Wednesday when the defendant abruptly declared his guilt on all counts, explaining in a detailed statement how he tried to bring down a Northwest Airlines A330 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009.
Emirates Airline will launch daily Boeing 777 Dubai service to Dallas/Ft. Worth (Feb. 2) and Seattle Tacoma (March 1). Allegiant Airlines will launch 2X-weekly Moline, Ill-Orlando Sanford service Feb. 17. GOL and Aerolineas Argentinas have signed an MOU to begin a codeshare agreement.
ST Aerospace Technologies (Xiamen), the joint venture between ST Aerospace and Xiamen Aviation Industry Co., opened a $78 million engine MRO facility in Xiamen.
Boeing and Italy's SELEX Systemi Integrati signed a memorandum of collaboration to work toward compatibility of global air traffic management systems, with a particular focus on ensuring that the US's NextGen ATC initiative and Europe's Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program are congruent.
Air New Zealand (ANZ) CEO Rob Fyfe has warned that approximately half of air travel is discretionary, making airlines highly vulnerable to the health of the economy as well as external events and shocks.
Southwest Airlines (SWA) has reportedly warned AirTran Airways' 1,600 pilots that voting against ratification of a tentative agreement to combine the merging airlines' pilot seniority lists could force a reevaluation of SWA's merger strategy.
Willis Group Holdings has named Rolls-Royce Group director of risk Mark Wilford chairman of the Willis Group-Aerospace division. Wilford will replace chairman Andre Clerc, who is retiring at the end of this year. It also named Philip Smaje CEO and Garrett Hanrahan president of the division. Smaje and Hanrahan have been with the group since 1988 and 2008, respectively. Iceland Express has re-appointed Birgir Jonsson as CEO after a five-year break. Jonsson previously held the position from 2004-2006.
Boeing has partnered with Lion Air (JT) and Indonesia’s DG of Civil Aviation to perform validation flights to test tailor-made required navigation performance (RNP) procedures at two terrain-challenged airports—Ambon and Manado, Indonesia. JT is the 737-900ER launch customer.
Building on the Greener Skies Over Seattle project, Boeing has been awarded a $3.1 million task order by the US FAA for "Green Skies Initiative 2," to maximize performance-based navigation capabilities across the US
Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS) CEO Steve Ridgeway said the carrier is interested in acquiring loss-making British Midland (bmi) from Lufthansa (LH) Group.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has denied media reports that it will launch its new budget long-haul, low-cost subsidiary airline in April with one Boeing 777-200 aircraft
American Airlines (AA), which has struggled financially more than any US carrier over the past 18 months, said its fourth-quarter mainline capacity will be down 3% year-over-year.
American Airlines (AA), which has struggled financially more than any US carrier over the past 18 months, said its fourth-quarter mainline capacity will be down 3% year-over-year.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has denied media reports that it will launch its new budget long-haul, low-cost subsidiary airline in April with one Boeing 777-200 aircraft.
