Taiwan’s China Airlines has moved one of its two daily Los Angeles International Airport [LAX] services to Ontario, California, in the eastern part of the metropolitan area, to get closer to ethnically Chinese people living there.
Seeking to build on its fleet of Boeing 767-300 freighters, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has finalized an order for two 777Fs, which the carrier plans to fly on international routes, focusing on Asia, China and North America.
London Luton Airport will clamp down on excessive noise late at night over the peak summer period, after it breached its night-time noise contour limits.
Following a March 22 cyberattack on the City of Atlanta government, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has temporarily shut down its Wi-Fi system, leaving the airport’s approximately 275,000 daily passengers and 63,000 employees scrambling for internet connectivity.
FAA is projecting significant rises in US air passenger and air cargo traffic, as well as a doubling of the hobbyist unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) fleet in the next five years, according to its annual Aerospace Forecast for fiscal years 2018-2038.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has established an entry-into-service process for its future Airbus A320/321neo fleet.
Ryanair—which agreed to take a 24.9% stake in Niki Lauda’s new Austrian carrier LaudaMotion—also sees the new airline as a test to see if the Airbus A320 would make sense one day for the all-Boeing Irish LCC.
2017 financial results for airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses and net income/losses for each airline's 2017 fiscal year fourth quarter or equivalent, generally covering October-December 2017.
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Italian flag carrier Alitalia have signed a commercial partnership agreement to offer codeshare flights between Japan and Italy and on domestic routes within the two countries from Oct. 28.
Boeing has not appealed the US International Trade Commission’s (ITC) rejection of its CSeries price-dumping claims against Bombardier. Boeing confirmed the March 22 deadline to appeal the Jan. 26 vote passed without it filing an appeal.
The massive fiscal year (FY) 2018 spending bill the US Congress is attempting to push through this week would increase FAA funding nearly 4% over FY17 figures, including a 13.8% jump in Facilities and Equipment (F&E) spending, where most NextGen air traffic control modernization program spending resides, and a boost in airport grant funding.
Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has started work on its new testbed facility in Derby, UK. The building was announced in June 2017 as part of a wider £150 million ($211 million) investment in UK aerospace facilities.
Muscat International Airport has opened its new terminal, a development intended to significantly improve conditions for passengers traveling to and from the Omani capital.
The UK’s Stobart Group has ended talks with UK regional Flybe over a possible acquisition, after Stobart’s board said it had been unable to reach an agreement.
Airbus is positioning the A330neo to operate on true long-haul routes such as from the US west coast deep into Asia or from India to the US east coast—segments similar to those on which the larger A350-900/-1000, as well as the Boeing 777 and 787, operate.
An extended period of sustained demand for global air cargo lift has Boeing optimistic about its freighter product line, including its slow-selling 777F.
Lufthansa—which will transfer five of 14 Airbus A380s from its Frankfurt home base to Munich Airport from March 25—may increase the number of Munich-based A380s because of continued quality issues and high costs at Frankfurt Airport.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines canceled 150 out of 380 flights, or 40%, on March 22 for continued union negotiations, affecting more than 12,000 passengers.
FedEx Corp. posted an unadjusted $2.1 billion net profit for its fiscal 2018 third quarter, as the Memphis-based package delivery company saw a $1.53 billion benefit following US tax reforms enacted in late 2017.
