Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will reduce flight operations from Nov. 15-20 to upgrade the radar and air traffic management systems.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) inspector general (IG) has initiated an audit of the FAA and industry program to provide timely, automated authorization of drone flights near airports.
Qantas and aviation IT provider SITA are trialing a new biometric identification system at Brisbane Airport that will allow passengers to store their passport details on smartphones.
Air Tahiti Nui has taken the first step in its planned widebody fleet transition with the commercial debut of its first Boeing 787-9, which was delivered in early October.
Turkish Airlines reported a $755 million net profit for the first nine months—nearly tripled from a net profit of $263 million for the year-ago period.
Panelists at the Aviation Carbon conference voiced confidence that airlines are ready to start monitoring and reporting their international flight emissions from Jan. 1, when the first stage of the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) comes into force.
France’s civil aviation authority the DGAC has seized a Ryanair aircraft at Bordeaux-Merignac airport in a bid to force the LCC to pay back public funds that were judged illegal by the European Commission (EC) in 2014.
Rolls-Royce will replace turbine blades on some Trent 700 engines powering the Airbus A330 because of corrosion issues the company says are unrelated to the similar, but more widespread, problem affecting operators of Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s.
Latvian carrier airBaltic is planning to open its first aircraft bases outside of the Baltics after 2020 and is nearing a decision on its Airbus A220 options.
The strategic partnership signed by Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and GMF AeroAsia in October could see more widebody MRO capability in Southeast Asia shifting to Indonesia.
Southern African carrier Air Botswana has taken delivery of the first of two ATR 72-600 turboprops, which were ordered immediately before the Farnborough Air Show in July.
Volotea, a Spanish LCC specializing in point-to-point service between Europe’s secondary cities, plans on steady growth in fleet, network and revenues next year
Bombardier plans to sell the Q400 regional turboprop program to Longview Aviation Capital, parent company of Canada’s Viking Air, which previously acquired the rights to out-of-production de Havilland Canada types.
China will need more than 7,400 new passenger and freight aircraft over the next two decades, accounting for nearly 20% of the global demand for 37,400 new aircraft expected by 2037, according to the latest Airbus China Market Forecast.
A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER was damaged when the aircraft’s wing struck a pole while taxiing to the runway at Bengkulu Fatmawati Airport, on the evening of Nov. 7.
The latest in a long series of calls for improved air traffic management (ATM) in Europe has come from Airlines for Europe (A4E), whose 15 members account for 70% of the continent’s air travel.
International Airlines Group’s (IAG) Iberia is moving out of survival mode and looking to Latin America as a key pillar of the Spanish flag carrier’s future strategy.
The Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. is working on improvements to the MRJ70, which will be the second version of the MRJ regional jet to enter service, and is looking increasingly important.
Franco-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR has released its first-ever market forecast focused on China, estimating the thus-far-nonexistent market for regional turboprops will need 1,100 aircraft, worth $25.6 billion, by 2037.
