Minneapolis-based LCC Sun Country expects to have 10 Boeing 737-800 converted freighters operating on behalf of Amazon by the end of this summer, the airline’s president and CEO said at Routes Americas.
Boeing continues to refine its updated 737 MAX fight control computer (FCC) software and proposed simulator training, addressing new issues that have cropped up in testing and pilot evaluations and analyzing the risks of a wiring issue that may require modifications.
Boeing predicts transatlantic passenger air traffic flow to grow 2.8% annually over the next 20 years in terms of RPKs, indicating one of the world’s most popular air traffic corridors still has plenty of room to grow, Routes 2020 Americas delegates heard.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has hinted of a new regulatory regime around aircraft certification leaning on lessons learned from the ongoing Boeing 737 MAX debacle.
Spirit Airlines will prioritize increasing network connectivity over adding new destinations in 2020, marking a shift in strategy amid signs of route maturation across its network.
Russia’s Aeroflot Airline will launch 5X-weekly Moscow Sheremetyevo-Singapore service from Oct. 25, the first step in a strategy to develop its Europe-Asia network.
Dominican Republic-based ULCC Flycana hopes to launch operations during the 2020 fourth quarter and has ambitions to more than double the destinations it serves from the Dominican Republic by its fifth year of operations.
The Chinese Lunar New Year is traditionally one of the strongest periods for Chinese airlines, where millions of Chinese citizens travel across the country to return home for the festive season.
EASA published an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) Feb. 6 requiring a liquid-prohibited zone in Airbus A350 cockpits, following two inflight engine shutdown incidents.
United Airlines has purchased a Phoenix-area flight training academy to feed into its pilot pipeline, part of the carrier’s efforts to hire more than 10,000 new pilots by 2029.
Panasonic Avionics Corp. said Feb. 5 that it will supply the inflight entertainment (IFE) system for Kuwait Airways’ new Airbus A330-800neo widebodies.
AVENTURA, Florida—Bloomberg Intelligence analysts expect Boeing’s next product launch to target the larger narrowbody market and see the new midmarket airplane (NMA) as all but doomed thanks in large part to Airbus A321XLR orders by some of the NMA’s most likely customers.
Wall Street remains dubious that aircraft subsystems provider Woodward and composites supplier Hexcel can provide one of the main benefits they promised from their recent merger, particularly as the commercial aviation sector reels from the Boeing 737 MAX production halt and both companies lower their 2020 guidance as a result.
Demand for global air freight fell 3.3% year-on-year, hit by global trade tensions that made 2019 the worst year for the industry in a decade, IATA said Feb. 5.
Cathay Pacific Airways has asked its 27,000 employees to take three weeks of unpaid leave to “preserve cash,” as the Hong Kong-based carrier deals with the widespread Wuhan coronavirus in China, following seven months of anti-government protests that have severely affected the airline.
Air navigation service provider Airways New Zealand has entered into an agreement with a UK company to build on a proof-of-concept drone detection system currently being tested at Auckland Airport (NZAA).
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that Ryanair advertisements, claiming it is Europe’s greenest airline, are misleading and banned the Irish LCC from repeating the ads in their current form.
Emirates Airline is quickly transitioning its Boeing 777 fleet to a new, customized airframe maintenance program based on its own operational data, and is already reaping benefits from the ambitious project, a senior executive from the airline said.
VIENNA—German leisure airline TUI fly announced the first long-haul destinations for its new Boeing 787-8 fleet, which will begin services from Dusseldorf, Germany to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic on Nov. 4.
American Airlines and United Airlines both announced on Feb. 4 plans to suspend their Hong Kong operations through Feb. 20, citing lower travel demand caused by the spread of a novel coronavirus in China.
[DEVELOPING STORY] A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 skidded off a runway after landing at Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Turkey, on Feb. 5.
After several years of lagging aircraft retirements, there are signs that an expected wave of removals is imminent if not underway, which will provide much-needed used-parts feed for several popular engine platforms.
