Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is working with Pratt & Whitney through a modification program for the geared turbofans that power its fleet of Bombardier CSeries.
Vietnamese LCC Vietjet plans to become the third airline to enter the nonstop Vietnam-Australia market, starting with a route not yet served by either of the incumbent carriers.
UK company Virgin Atlantic Group posted a £48.5 million ($67.6 million) net loss for 2017, reversed from a £187.3 million net profit for the year-ago period.
The European Cockpit Association (ECA), which indirectly represents over 38,000 pilots across Europe, has signed a protocol, which it says will give pilots at Irish LCC Ryanair a pan-European voice.
Pratt & Whitney aims to complete re-delivery to Airbus of the last of 55 rectified PW1100G geared turbofans affected by the recent knife edge seal issue by the end of April, but acknowledges the problem has cost the engine maker $50 million.
Boeing test pilots completed a 3-hour, 10 min. first flight of the 737-7, the third and smallest member of the 737 MAX family, when the aircraft landed at Boeing Field, Seattle, on March 16.
million ($18.9 million), a nearly tenfold increase over the airline’s C$2.4 million net profit in 2016, driven by revenue generated by increased long-haul ACMI flying and chartered hurricane relief flights to the Caribbean.
South African Airways (SAA) said it is taking “urgent steps” to address concerns raised by the country’s Auditor General (AG) in a report on the financially troubled carrier.
Air Canada is confident that joint-venture (JV) talks with Air China will be wrapped up this year, laying the groundwork for even closer cooperation between the two airlines, a top executive for the Canadian flag carrier said.
Netherlands flag carrier KLM has revealed its first Airbus A330-200 with a completely renovated cabin, designed to improve the traveling environment for long-haul passengers.
Laudamotion, the rebranded bankrupt airberlin Austria-based subsidiary NIKI, will launch March 25 with an interim branding on former airberlin aircraft.
Lithuanian leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines said it would add six Airbus aircraft to its fleet in 2018, taking the total up to 28, and expects to become the largest carrier in the Baltic States in terms of passengers, fleet and revenue this year.
Ryanair said it would offer all its pilots in Germany direct employment contracts after the agency that has been supplying many of them up until now said it would stop providing them.
United Technologies (UTC), which is in the process of buying Rockwell Collins, has signed an agreement with ultra-important customer Boeing, representing a green light for UTC’s acquisition and consolidation of major aerospace and defense suppliers.
United Airlines is “actively pursuing” more used aircraft and sees its recently activated strategy of adding second-hand lift to be a long-term play that provides more fleet flexibility, a top executive said.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has called on Dubai-based Emirates Airline to pay compensation to delayed passengers after the country’s Supreme Court refused the airline permission to appeal against an earlier ruling.
