The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) and Norse Atlantic Airways reached a pre-hire agreement that guarantees job protections for the aspiring airline’s future U.S.-based flight attendants.
The FAA plans to transition a new rocket tracking capability from test to operational status in June, providing a way to reduce flight disruptions as the pace of commercial space launches increases.
Boeing has agreed to evaluate its readiness to safely ramp up 737 production, change several internal process and supplier-oversight procedures, and pay a fine of at least $17 million to settle two 737 production-quality issues that affected nearly 1,000 aircraft.
There is a path for aviation to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but it requires changes in technologies and behaviors far beyond the industry’s traditional incremental pace of progress.
Improvements in profitability are being driven by strong leisure travel demand, which has reached 2019 levels, as well as “modest improvement” in business demand, which is now at roughly 25% of pre-crisis levels.
Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX has partnered with Blade Urban Air Mobility to electrify a fleet of Cessna Caravan seaplanes operated for Blade by Lima, New York, starting in early 2023.
A coronavirus outbreak and lockdown in the Australian state of Victoria has caused the suspension of some important routes in the Australia-New Zealand travel bubble.
Airbus is exploring if and how it could raise production of its A320neo family to 75 aircraft per month in 2025 while also almost tripling output of the A220 to 14 aircraft over roughly the same period.
Following a series of commissioning runs with a Trent XWB turbofan and after almost three years of construction, Rolls-Royce has officially opened Testbed 80 at its Derby, England headquarters.
Boeing has begun taxi tests of the 737-10—the fourth version of the MAX series and the longest stretch of the company’s long-running twinjet program—in the run-up to first flight.
Parts and service revenue in Heico Corp’s commercial aviation-focused business unit jumped 16% sequentially last quarter—further evidence that an aftermarket rebound is underway as flight activity picks up in several regions.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has received a boost to its liquidity from two of its major shareholders, on the same day LCC Norwegian announced it had completed its reconstruction process.
In a bid to find an effective and immediate way to cut aviation’s contribution to global warming, one of the busiest air traffic control centers in Europe is conducting live tests of vertical flight profile-based action to avoid the formation of contrails.
Europe’s aviation regulator believes commercial use of electric air taxis could begin by 2024-25, but that it will take at least five more years to enable autonomous passenger transport, the holy grail for ubiquitous and affordable urban air mobility.
A May 26 meeting in Brussels between the European Commissioner for competition and the Italian Minister of Economic Development has raised hopes that an agreement could be reached on the launch of Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA).
United Airlines sees a steady climb underway that will help continue the post-summer leisure travel surge and deliver positive earnings in the 2021 third quarter.
After an intensive evaluation process, DHL Express has chosen Austria as its location to launch a new company, which will operate mainly European cargo flights with up to 20 Boeing 757PFs.
IATA Director General Willie Walsh does not expect the May 23 interception of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 by Belarus to “set a precedent” for other governments to follow.
The Sri Lankan government has announced it will allow international passengers to enter the country again, after a temporary ban due to increased COVID-19 concerns.
