UK air traffic services provider NATS has completed a 10-year, £164 million ($262 million) program to upgrade or replace the 23 main radar stations that make up the UK’s radar network.
Boeing plans to expand its manufacturing site in Helena, Mont. by nearly 50%—a $35 million expansion of over 55,000 sq ft, boosting the Boeing Helena facility to a total of 167,099 sq ft.
Source: ATW Research Passenger, RPK and FTK figures are Year-to-Date, except where noted * International only 1. January – July 2. January – June 3. Includes Regional operations 4. Combined American Eagle, Executive Airlines and American Connection 5. Combined traffic for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines 6. YTD from 4/26/13 7. Subsidiary of IAG 8. Combined British Airways, Iberia and Vueling
Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, former partners in the International Aero Engines (IAE) joint venture (JV), have pulled out of plans to form a new JV that would have developed engines for future narrowbody aircraft.
Lufthansa has announced a highly anticipated order for 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s, plus 30 options, to renew its future long-haul fleet.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called for air passenger rights to be tightened up to stop airlines from exploiting an “extraordinary circumstances” clause to avoid paying them compensation for delays or denied boarding.
Chinese carriers earned a collective net profit of CNY6.4 billion ($1.04 billion) in August, up 8% compared to a net income of CNY5.93 billion in the year-ago period.
The Russian government is considering Ramenskoye Airfield and Yermolino Airport as possible airports for low-cost carriers (LCC) in the Kaluga region, Kommersant newspaper has reported.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will re-launch services to Europe in November, after a 15-year break when all Philippine carriers were included on the European Commission’s so-called blacklist banning operations in European airspace.
Volaris Aviation Holding, parent of Mexican Low-cost carrier Volaris, has launched a simultaneous $346 million initial public offering (IPO) Sept. 18 at the New York Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange.
French leisure airline Transavia France has signed a contract with Toulouse-based software solutions specialist Open Airlines in a bid to reduce fuel burn.
In July, US airlines reported 13 domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours and three international flights with a tarmac delay exceeding four hours, according to the recent US Department of Transportation (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report.
Lufthansa Group’s Supervisory Board has approved the purchase of 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s with a total value of $18.7 billion at list prices.
As a follow-up to the July 12 fire in a parked and unoccupied Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 at London Heathrow Airport, FAA on Wednesday issued a final rule and airworthiness directive (AD) for US airlines to inspect 3,832 Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) installed on US aircraft.
