Azul revealed the agreement has now been terminated and the airline has instead hired advisors to explore industry consolidation opportunities in the region.
UAE hybrid carrier flydubai will start recalling furloughed staff in June as it increasingly restores services as the coronavirus pandemic ebbs in some parts of the world.
The start of services by Nigeria’s planned new national carrier has been postponed until the 2022 first quarter, according to the country’s aviation minister.
Garmin International announced on May 25 that it has acquired AeroData, a provider of aircraft performance software to airlines and business aviation operators, for an undisclosed price.
Eurocontrol is working with the European Union and individual member states to put into place decisions made by the European Council to isolate Belarus airspace.
The aerospace and defense industry is dividing—not between commercial aviation and defense work, but between new markets that are focused on product innovations, such as in space and urban air mobility, and those more focused on business innovation.
Skyborne Airline Academy, the new owners of FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, has begun training its first 150 students there, officials say.
Mexico’s MasAir Cargo Airline has signed on to take the first two Airbus A330-300 converted passenger-to-freighters (P2Fs) from lessor CDB Aviation’s portfolio.
The forced diversion of a scheduled Ryanair flight by the Belarusian government over the weekend received swift condemnation from all corners of the international aviation community.
American Airlines and United Airlines are to increase service to Spain after the European country’s government confirmed that borders would reopen from June 7 to travelers who have been fully vaccinated.
Speaking at an online interview May 24 at the virtual version of the Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai, Clark said he still had little visibility on either the performance of the 777X—of which Emirates has 126 on order—or when the carrier might start to receive them.
Some European airlines are changing flight paths to avoid Belarus airspace after the May 23 incident in which a Ryanair Boeing 737 was forced to divert and land at Minsk, while IATA chief Willie Walsh has praised the “calm and professional” actions of the Ryanair pilots.
Honeywell and Japan-based electric automotive specialist Denso have formed an alliance to develop electric propulsion systems for urban air mobility vehicles.
Indian airline IndiGo has announced an order for 620 CFM International LEAP-1A engines—a move that reinforces the LCC’s intention to take delivery of all of its massive orderbook of Airbus narrowbodies.
The Ryanair Boeing 737-800 with about 170 passengers was on a scheduled flight from Athens Airport in Greece to Vilnius Airport in Lithuania when it was intercepted by a MiG-29 fighter jet that escorted it to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was forced to land.
Supersonic aircraft developer Aerion Corp. on May 21 confirmed that it is ceasing operations of its AS2 business jet program after years of development, citing difficulty in raising the capital needed. to complete production. Employees were told of the development the same day.
The FAA has substantially completed the foundation of the $36 billion NextGen air traffic control modernization but has been challenged in distributing the benefits throughout the national airspace system.
After attracting several investors, including aerospace giant Safran, air-to-ground (A2G) specialist SkyFive is working to create high-speed aircraft Wi-Fi networks in China, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia.
Sensing that customers will continue to crave options to keep costs down and reliability up, Iberia Maintenance has positioned alternative sourcing as a major part of its services portfolio.
