American Airlines Group has taken delivery of the first of 30 enhanced Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, which will be operated by subsidiary PSA Airlines under the American Eagle brand.
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has called proposed plans by Germany’s air navigation services provider Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) to increase user charges next year “unacceptable.”
LOT Polish Airlines wants to double its fleet size from 50 to 100 aircraft by 2019/20 if the European Commission (EC) decides to lift its growth ban under European Union (EU) state aid rules.
Flughafen München (FMG), which operates Germany’s Munich Airport, has signed an agreement with Airports of Thailand (AOT) to intensify cooperation between the two airport operators.
Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group has received FAA to add the Embraer E-175 to its operating certificate, which it called a “critical accomplishment” in its goal of having the aircraft “on line on time.”
The Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan (GTF) engine that malfunctioned on Bombardier CSeries flight test aircraft FTV1 had been having problems and was repaired just before the low-pressure turbine failed during ground tests, Bombardier executives have told analysts from UBS.
FAA has made “clear and measurable progress” toward completing the technological foundation of the US Next Generation air traffic control system (NextGen), according to deputy FAA administrator Mike Whitaker.
British Airways (BA) and Qatar Airways are believed to be in the early stages of studying ways to increase levels of cooperation beyond their current codeshare links as part of the oneworld alliance.
The threat of a potentially lengthy strike hung over Iceland’s national airline, Icelandair, on Friday after the company’s mechanics announced plans for industrial action.
Satellite operator Inmarsat will roll out a new high-speed inflight broadband service across the European Union (EU) and has named British Airways as a potential launch customer.
United Parcel Service (UPS) chairman and CEO Scott Davis will retire from his chief executive role on Sept. 1, to be replaced as CEO by UPS COO David Abney.
Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has officially opened a £100m ($168 million) advanced turbofan disc manufacturing plant, designed to produce fan discs and turbine discs for the latest generation of the company’s engines.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will further expand its codeshare portfolio to US destinations with an expansion of its agreement with South Korea-based Asiana Airlines.
UK air navigation services provider NATS said more efficient air traffic control procedures, innovative new technologies, and better use of airspace saved a record-breaking 190,000 tonnes of aircraft carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2013.
Pratt & Whitney has made a preliminary determination of the root cause of the PW1500G geared-turbofan engine failure during ground tests on a CSeries and is working with Bombardier “on a plan to resume testing in the next few weeks.”
