Bombardier's first CSeries airliner took off for up to a 2.5 hour first flight from Montreal-Mirabel airport just before 10:00 a.m. local time Monday, Sept. 16.
Solena Fuels hopes to enter negotiations with Qantas after completing a joint study showing the feasibility of building a waste-to-biofuel facility in Sydney.
SITA has been awarded a seven-year contract by Harris Corp. to provide the equipment for deploying an FAA-approved aircraft ground station network in the US that will enable air to ground digital data communications.
Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group has reached a new agreement with United Airlines that extends the term for 20 Bombardier CRJ700s to 2019 and adds 30 United-owned Embraer E-175s over the next two years.
Air France-KLM leisure carrier Transavia France has struck a seasonal lease deal with Canada’s Air Transat, covering the use of up to nine Boeing 737-800s by 2019.
Airlines for America (A4A) VP-environmental affairs Nancy Young said Thursday she was confident that significant progress will be made at the upcoming ICAO Assembly toward achieving a single, global market-based measures agreement for airlines.
Alternative aviation fuels provide the best opportunity—as compared to technological and air traffic management solutions—to decrease airlines’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) executive director Steve Csonka.
Jetstar Hong Kong chairman Pansy Ho has defended the carrier’s license application in response to objections from local carriers, including Cathay Pacific Airways, on grounds it is not a Hong Kong-based airline.
South African Airways’ (SAA) has presented its long-term turnaround strategy to the National Assembly in Cape Town following ongoing financial difficulties and a management exodus.
Moscow Domodedovo Airport has announced that Dmitry Kamenshchik is its beneficial owner, with 100% shares in the companies that own and manage the airport.
Finnair has entered into a 12-year agreement with Japanese aircraft leasing company NBB for the sale and leaseback of two new Airbus A321 sharklet-equipped aircraft.
