GE Aviation has signed an agreement to purchase cellulosic synthetic biofuel from the Washington DC-based D’Arcinoff Group, to be used for production and development testing of GE jet engines.
Boeing, the leadership of the company’s largest union and Washington state governor Jay Inslee have tentatively agreed on a range of terms under which the 777X will be built at Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ manufacturing facilities in the Seattle area.
The Russian administration is deciding which regional turboprop—the Bombardier Q400 or the ATR 42/72—will be assembled in Ulyanovsk before the end of the year.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is “very disappointed” about last month’s announcement by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) that it had been awarded only five of 16 additional slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport.
SkyWest Inc., the parent of St. George, Utah-based SkyWest Airlines and Atlanta-based ExpressJet Airlines, has reported a third-quarter net profit of $26.4 million, up 26.1% from the year-ago quarter’s net income of $20.9 million.
Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines is planning to launch a Guangzhou-based low-cost carrier (LCC)—initially to be named Jiuyuan Airlines—to tap into the labor market in the Pearl River region.
Flybe non-executive chairman Jim French has stepped down effective immediately, completing a total management overhaul at Europe’s largest regional airline.
FL Technics Jets has become the first authorized service center for Tronair Ground Support Equipment in Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS and will also distribute Tronair‘s GSE products in the region.
FAA on Tuesday issued a final rule that will give airlines and training providers five years to upgrade flight simulators and begin more comprehensive training of pilots for stall and upset incidents as well as for crosswind and gust events.
Airbus and Boeing are confident demand for their largest aircraft will improve over time, though both manufacturers concede the market segment for the A380 and the 747-8 Intercontinental is significantly weaker than for other widebody passenger offerings such as the A350, 777 and 787.
