The FAA has modified areas in Eastern Ukraine that are off-limits to US airlines and their foreign codeshare partners, citing a stabilization in security conditions in the region.
A Panamanian investment company has purchased the outstanding shares of former Uruguayan flag carrier Pluna Lineas Aereas Uruguayas and, through arbitration, plans to seek financial compensation for Uruguay’s alleged role in wiping the airline out, ATW’s sister publication Aviation Week has learned.
While political tension has been affecting Korean Air’s traffic in some markets, the airline could eventually see benefits from improving international relations, Korean Air president Walter Cho says.
Iridium Communications is targeting Dec. 30 for the eighth and final Iridium Next launch, which would complete the new constellation of satellites supporting space-based tracking of aircraft and flight deck broadband connectivity.
Irish LCC Ryanair has signed an agreement with the Portuguese pilot union SPAC covering seniority and base transfer agreements for its directly employed pilots in Portugal, and paving the way for negotiations on a full collective labor agreement to begin before the end of October.
Air France has reached a pay deal with unions, paving the way for the Air France-KLM group to move on from a months-long labor conflict and focus on its long-term strategy.
Air France-KLM said it would increase winter capacity across its network by 2.5% compared with the previous winter season, with 44 new winter routes across long-, medium- and short-haul destinations.
Boeing continues its cautious talk on whether it will launch a new mid-market aircraft (NMA), reiterating that it must still establish a business case.
Air France is nearing a deal with its workforce in a months-long pay dispute following negotiations between the new Air France-KLM Group CEO Benjamin Smith and the French airline’s unions.
UK-based MRO provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has finalized the terms of its new ownership structure, with a transaction in which UK investment group Greybull Capital becomes the owner of the company.
Cypriot carrier Cobalt Air collapsed after its 49% Chinese shareholder pulled out and a replacement investor failed to come through with the necessary money.
While demand remains strong for Asia-Pacific airlines, yield improvement still lags behind fuel price rises, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) director general Andrew Herdman.
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) director general Andrew Herdman said one key area AAPA members must discuss at this week’s 62nd Assembly of Presidents in Jeju, Korea is the handling of mass service disruptions, along with passenger rights legislations, as the region faces increased natural events such as Typhoon Jebi and the Hokkaido earthquake in Japan.
Turkish Technic has grown its third-party maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) to 25% of its total revenue, up from 15% two years ago, through more efficient use of its existing facilities.
US Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) is a member of the Aviation Subcommittee of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and a leading critic of the US airline industry. In this exclusive interview, ATW asked him about his attempts to re-regulate the industry, and how he plans to move forward following the passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act.
A newly released Aviation Week Intelligence Network 2019 Commercial Fleet and MRO Forecast, shows that the commercial air transport fleet, for which growth is underpinned by multiple macro-economic trends, will experience growth of 2.8% on deliveries of nearly 23,200 turbofan- and turboprop-powered aircraft over the coming decade.
US-based connectivity specialist Air Informatics president & managing director Bruce Jackson believes that airline Wi-Fi connectivity is facing two to three years of volatility.
On-demand electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air-taxi service Lilium is expecting to launch “much sooner” than its 2025 estimate and is scouting out possible downtown locations to start the service.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) wants to stay within the EASA system after the UK exits the European Union (Brexit) next year, but given that the UK government has not determined how it will exit, the CAA is preparing for a hard Brexit, a scenario where no mutually beneficial deal is reached.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has elected Joe DePete, a FedEx Express pilot and the union’s first VP and national safety coordinator, to serve as its 11th president.
Aeromexico reported a MXP617 million ($32.9 million) net loss for the third quarter of 2018, reversed from a MXP344 million net profit in the year-ago quarter.
