While Air France-KLM appears to have held discussions with Malaysia Airlines’ owners, it has rejected speculation that it is bidding to buy a major stake in the Malaysian carrier.
The Chinese health authority has reported a threefold spike in confirmed cases of the Wuhan pneumonia, now known as the Wuhan coronavirus, prompting tighter actions from air travel stakeholders around the globe.
Boeing is conducting taxi and final system tests of the 777-9 at its Everett, Washington site where, depending on weather and other factors, it hopes to conduct the long-awaited first flight of its new long-range 777X flagship family as early as Jan. 23.
The Civil Aviation Committee (CAC) of Kazakhstan has rejected an appeal by Bek Air, which called the suspension of the airline’s air operator’s certificate (AOC) illegal after its Fokker 100 crash at Almaty Dec. 27, 2019.
Airbus will build another final assembly line for the A321neo in Toulouse, a consequence of high demand for the aircraft and serious production problems at its Hamburg site.
South African Airways (SAA) is disposing of nine Airbus A340s, as part of its switch to more fuel-efficient A330s and A350-900s to contain its operating costs.
JetBlue Airways notified the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Jan. 16 it will return over a dozen frequencies to Havana that it received in 2016, following moves by the government that further restricted air travel to Cuba.
China Southern Airlines plans to fly Airbus A380s daily between Beijing Daxing International and London Heathrow airports beginning June 18, adding 43% to the seat capacity between the cities.
Vinci Airports is studying ways to charge variable aircraft-use fees based on carbon-dioxide emissions, as part of a broader environmental strategy that already has showed results.
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier Flynas plans further expansion in the Indian subcontinent, the Caucasus and Central Europe in 2020, as its passenger volume continues to grow.
South Africa-based regional airline Airlink plans to end its franchise agreement with struggling national carrier South African Airways (SAA), in a move Airlink says will allow growth in both routes and frequencies.
Moves underway at New York JFK and Miami International Airport (MIA) could enhance the value proposition of the newly-cemented partnership between LATAM Airlines Group and Delta Air Lines.
Boeing stakeholders may find out more information about the costs of the 737 MAX fiasco during the company’s Jan. 29 report on 2019 financial results. While Boeing previously identified $5.6 billion in pretax customer compensation for aircraft operators, and added $3.6 billion to the 737’s program accounting block-cost, financial analysts, consultants and others see those figures as just a beginning.
hales is deploying its air traffic management (ATM) systems at Shanghai’s Hongqiao and Pudong airports and gearing up for installation at Guangzhou Baiyun airport, after having put some of the equipment into service at the new Beijing Daxing airport.
Confusing local terminology contributed to a pair of identical incidents in which easyJet crews used thrust settings that were too low because their departure performance data calculations used the wrong runway takeoff points, a UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report said. The incidents, which highlight the larger issue of takeoff-performance error risks, has led to changes at the airport.
A series of high-profile airline failures in 2019 caused the proportion of impacted passengers to reach more than double the nine-year average, according to a study prepared for the European Commission.
National carrier Thai Airways has appointed Chaiyapruk Didyasarin as its new chairman. Didyasarin, who was vice chairman became acting chairman when Ekniti Nitithanprapas resigned on Nov. 1.
