MTU Maintenance Dallas, a center of excellence for on-wing and on-site services, has moved to a new facility that expands its engine maintenance and storage capacity.
GE Aviation has several new customers for its flight efficiency services business, which supports airlines in fuel management, flight data analytics, navigation and fleet synchronization.
Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest airline, expects its fast pace of growth to continue over the next several years as it anticipates delivery of both its first Airbus A380 and first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental in 2015.
African low-cost start-up Fastjet will launch international services Oct. 18, with a flight from Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania to Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport in South Africa.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have started final assembly of the first Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) flight test aircraft.
Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Bedek Aviation Group has signed licensing agreements with Boeing to perform modifications of the 767-200/300 and 747-400, including aircraft passenger to freighter conversions.
The European Union’s Council for Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) has agreed to extend the mandate of the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking (JU) until Dec. 31 2024, pending consultation with the European Parliament.
Passenger air traffic in Russia has experienced a slowdown in September after three years of double-digit growth, but industry experts say it is too early to tell if it is a new trend.
Air France’s recent unveiling in Paris of a new coach class seat and other onboard enhancements is emblematic of the airline’s long-term strategic plan to better compete against domestic and international carriers in a tough operating environment.
International Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways and Iberia, said an emergency rescue package for Alitalia includes “manifestly illegal [state] aid” from the Italian government and called on the European Commission (EC) to oppose it.
The second Airbus A350 XWB, MSN3, has completed its first flight from Toulouse Blagnac Airport, which lasted approximately five hours, according to Airbus.
Chinese construction and engineering company Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) will be one of a group of new investors in a development joint venture (JV) at Manchester Airport.
Russia’s Aeroflot has reported a first-half net income $1.5 million, down 79% from $7.1 million in the year-ago period, according to International financial reporting standards (IFRS).
SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, will increase measures to reduce overcapacity on its Boeing 737-800 routes during the winter season.
Dallas-based low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines has announced organizational and executive personnel changes in its commercial, operational and technology groups.
