As Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines—one of the largest remaining Fokker 70/100 operators worldwide—works on replacement solutions for the aging aircraft, German media outlets are reporting the Lufthansa board is nearing a decision on a long-haul aircraft order. The announcement, which will reportedly be for a mix of 50 Boeing 777Xs and Airbus A350s, is expected Thursday.
The European Parliament has called for a cap on the use of traditional or so-called “first generation” biofuels (produced from food and energy crops) and a speedy switchover to new advanced biofuels sourced from seaweed or certain types of waste,
Footnotes: * International only. 1. January - June. 2. January - May. 3. Includes Regional operations. 4. Combined American Eagle, Executive Airlines and American Connection. 5. Combined traffic for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. 6. YTD 02013 from 4/26/13
Bombardier's first CSeries airliner landed around 12:20 p.m. Montreal local time after capping a successful first flight with a slow flyby over Mirabel Airport runway.
Ryanair has committed to engage in talks with long-haul carriers as part of a deal that will see it grow its London Stansted base from 13.2 million to over 20 million passengers annually over the next 10 years.
European Commission VP-Transport Siim Kallas has again come down hard on Europe’s political fraternity for its role in delaying implementation of the Single European Sky (SES).
Lufthansa chairman and CEO Christoph Franz is planning to leave by May 2014 to take up a new position as chairman of Swiss healthcare firm Roche, where he is a board member.
Air France is preparing to roll out a fresh wave of restructuring measures, including further voluntary redundancies, to combat continued weakness in its cargo, short- and medium-haul flying.
A surge in orders for commercial E-Jets is fueling a rebound in Embraer's backlog after a painful downturn, but the top executive at the Brazilian aircraft builder says there are no plans to raise production levels anytime soon.
Harbin Hafei Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, has begun delivering elevators for the A350 XWB program.
Flybe has completed the entire revamp of Flybe’s senior management following the Sept. 13 departure of UK managing director Andrew Strong, outsourcing solutions managing director Mike Rutter and director of corporate strategy Mark Chown.
Chengdu Airlines and the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) have signed a cooperation framework agreement for the 150-seat trunk liner C919 aircraft.
US airlines (passenger and cargo) collectively employed 484,877 full-time workers in July, slipping 1.8% from July 2012, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
