Air Transport World

Six Middle East airlines are being required by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to implement additional security protocols for air cargo being transported to the US from seven Middle East airports.

Virgin Australia and UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic have gained permission to codeshare on the Australian carrier’s flights from Hong Kong and the US to Australia.

Korean Air expects its planned joint venture (JV) with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines to allow it to compete more effectively for transpacific connecting traffic.

For French-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR (Avions de Transport Régional), consolidated 2017 firm orders and estimated order values, organized by customer name.

The anticipated rise in interest rates, combined with strong underlying demand for aircraft will lead to higher lease rates, Air Lease Corp. (ALC) CEO John Plueger forecasts.

Irish lessor AerCap firmed an order with Rolls-Royce to power 10 forthcoming Boeing 787-9s with Trent 1000-TEN engines—a transaction valued at $450 million at list prices—the UK engine manufacturer said Jan. 22.

Stakeholders at New York JFK International Airport were told to implement new interim emergency operational measures “immediately” to avoid a repeat of the calamities seen at JFK Airport during and after the Jan. 4 winter storm, according to directives issued Jan. 18 by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).

Airport traffic January-December 2017, aircraft values; airline traffic 2017; 2017 Third Quarter Airline and Lessor Financial Results.

China Eastern Airlines and XiamenAir have called on Taiwan’s aviation authority (CAA) to reconsider approving 176 additional cross-strait flights for the upcoming Spring Festival Feb. 2-March 2.

Royal Jordanian is embarked on a five-year turnaround plan that will build on the oneworld carrier’s improving financial position.

Two trends have dominated the North American commercial air transport market for the past two decades: consolidation and the emergence of ultra-LCCs.

China’s big three—Air China, China Eastern and China Southern—are working with foreign competitors to position themselves in an increasingly fierce market.

As the business/leisure travel mix changes, airlines must shift how they sell their products. Bundling ancillary products helps close the revenue gap.

Training and simulator companies are benefiting from continuing air travel growth and growing fleets that drive need for pilots.

Dan Ewell heads into an uncertain flight path as he takes the captain’s seat at FAA.

Air France’s Joon aims to put digital hip into low cost. By summer it plans to have seven Airbus A320s, four A321s and four A340s in service.

Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, has reopened following a five-day suspension of flights amid fighting in the country’s civil war.

Air France-KLM is planning to order new aircraft to update portions of the fleets of regional airline HOP!, Netherlands-based KLM and LCC Transavia, according to CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac.

International Airlines Group (IAG) appears to be taking another serious look at a follow-on order for more Airbus A380s.

The Boeing 787-10, the third and largest 787 variant, has gained US FAA certification, clearing the way for first delivery to Singapore Airlines during the first half of 2018.

Florida-based regional carrier Silver Airways has firmed its intention to take an initial batch of 20 ATR turboprops, from an LOI for up to 50 of the aircraft signed in August 2017.

Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR booked firm orders for 113 aircraft in 2017, a significant bounce-back from 2016’s figure of 36.

The US federal government went into partial shutdown mode on Saturday after a stopgap spending measure was blocked by the Senate.

Buoyed by better-than-expected flight-test performance, Embraer said it is just weeks away from finalizing certification of the E190-E2, the first of the company’s second-generation, re-engined single-aisle airliners to reach this stage.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners will remain working at airport security lanes in the event of a US government shutdown, TSA administrator David Pekoske said.