Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has secured additional funding to take its aEro3 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff and-landing aircraft into pre-production and certification. The funding round was led by Swiss early-stage investor Session.vc.
Norwegian regional operator Widerøe said it expects a repeat of demand patterns from seen last summer, when it recorded one of its best Julys ever, as Norwegians plan domestic vacations amid the ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty.
Conventional wisdom in the industry has it that it is good for legacy airlines to be part of one of the three global alliances, but a new analysis suggests the relationship between alliance membership and competitiveness is not as straightforward as it may seem.
Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) is looking at a potential partial acquisition of SR Technics Malaysia to bolster its narrowbody MRO capabilities as it enters a recovery phase “fraught with risks.”
Malaysia Aviation Group is giving its smaller airline Firefly more flexibility to capture the domestic and regional market while aiming to avoid cannibalization of routes operated by Malaysia Airlines.
Although Allegiant Air could grow its capacity by 20% in the back half of this year, the airline is taking a measured approach to expansion as it evaluates a favorable used aircraft market, which it can continue to access in the future.
Zero-emission startup Universal Hydrogen has made a key hire away from Airbus, naming Mark Cousin, CEO of the European aerospace giant’s Silicon Valley innovation center—Acubed—as its vice president of engineering.
South African Airways’ (SAA) low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary, Mango, has resumed operations, despite payment difficulties that forced the LCC to plan for a flight suspension beginning May 1.
Aspiring startup Connect Airlines will use Flyht Aerospace’s real-time data and situational awareness service on its fleet of De Havilland Dash-8-400s.
Scottish fuel-cell specialist Hy-Hybrid Energy is working with an undisclosed partner on a hybrid-electric propulsion system for aircraft that combines a gas turbine with a battery and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that operates on jet fuel.
A broad coalition of manufacturers, trade groups and travel organizations are pushing U.S. and UK leaders to re-open travel links between the two countries, while moves by pharmaceutical manufacturers to boost vaccine distribution are being lauded as much-needed steps to jump-start global air travel demand.
IATA Director General Willie Walsh sharply criticized governments for the “incredible variation” and generally high cost of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing.
Recent weeks had seen European airlines sounding increasingly gloomy about the prospects for the summer season recovery, the thought of which likely kept many executives going over the lean COVID-hit winter months.
Lufthansa’s shareholders cleared the way for the airline to raise substantial funds through a capital increase, supporting the airline’s efforts to repay government aid before interest rates on loans and participations rise steeply.
Air Austral has postponed the arrival of its first two Airbus A220s to its base on Réunion in the Indian Ocean while it finalizes financing requirements.
The quarantine measure is by far the strictest introduced by any country, with 14 days the standard baseline requirement for self-isolation on arrival.
Malaysia Airlines said it will phase out all its Airbus A380s in 2021 as part of its revised fleet plan, with medium-term plans to place new widebody orders to replace ageing aircraft.
European engineering services company AKKA Technologies is to assist French startup Aura Aero with development of its planned 19-seat Electric Regional Aircraft and Integral E electric aerobatic aircraft.
