Aviation Daily

Mexican ULCC Volaris is forecasting solid capacity growth in the second quarter after facing tougher conditions in the first quarter of 2021.

In stock markets and aerospace executive appearances over the last week the proposal has largely been shrugged off—why?

Energy company Total has begun producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for delivery to French airports beginning in April.

Avelo Airlines has selected Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in southern California as its first base, from where it plans to serve an initial network of 11 destinations across the western U.S.

Electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft have the potential to cover a significant part of the intra-European Union passenger market by 2040 but policymakers need to support the development of aircraft and infrastructure, a new report concludes.

Dublin-based cargo specialist ASL Aviation Holdings said it had closed a new $125 million debt facility with Goldman Sachs.

The airline plans to gradually increase the number of departures and resume more service in Sweden as demand increases and travel restrictions ease.

Three airports in the Netherlands have teamed to carry out tests and learn more about electric flight operations.

LCC Tigerair Taiwan has received its first of 15 Airbus A320neos; the aircraft is also the first of the type on the island.

A flaw in a computer system that misidentified more than 30 adult passengers as children led to a discrepancy in the take-off weight for a holiday flight.

Airbus and Malaysia Airlines have signed an agreement to extend an existing Flight Hour Services Components (FHS-C) contract for another five years.

Air France said it was focusing on leisure destinations as it set out a summer 2021 schedule it hopes will support a gradual recovery in passenger traffic.

Flight tests of an aircraft converted to electric propulsion from piston power have shown noise energy levels at least 100 times lower, highlighting the potential for electric aircraft to reduce airport noise pollution.

Airbus and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) are to develop a terminal for aircraft to receive laser-based communications.

The A350 will replace an A340-600 previously used to measure trace elements and greenhouse gases in the tropopause.

United Airlines is planning to reopen its flight academy this year, part of a new goal to train 5,000 new pilots by 2030.

France plans to help Réunion-based Air Austral survive the COVID-19 crisis by providing a €30 million ($35 million) state-guaranteed loan.

A recent Oliver Wyman projection that U.S. domestic air traffic could be back up to 2019 levels by early 2022 seems to align with data points coming out of the aftermarket side, suggesting aircraft operators believe they will need lift sooner rather than later.

A Swiss research project has been launched with the goal of developing a synthetic kerosene produced from carbon dioxide (CO2) and renewable hydrogen that can directly replace fossil jet fuel without requiring changes to aircraft and engines.

UPS announced on April 7 that it plans to purchase up to 150 Beta Technologies’ Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to augment package deliveries in small and midsize markets.

Airport authorities, air traffic control (ATC) providers and any others in the air transport supply chain that try to exploit the current weakness of airlines will be strongly opposed, IATA’s new director general and CEO warned.

Talks between Italy and the European Commission (EC) over bankrupt airline Alitalia have reached a sticking point.

The latest global airline industry numbers show a diverging business, with air cargo demand growing while passenger traffic declines.

As a second wave of coronavirus infections rages in Brazil, its largest domestic airline GOL continues to brace for weakened demand.

Ryanair warned that its current fiscal year’s traffic levels will be toward the lower end of its previous guidance because of travel restrictions and slow vaccine rollouts in Europe.