In 2020, easyJet will base two more aircraft in France and open up seven new routes—four from Bordeaux, two from Toulouse and one from Nice—as the UK LCC continues expansion plans in the French market.
IATA has again revised downward its forecast for the net profit that the world’s airlines will post in 2019—describing it as a “tough year”—but is optimistic for an uptick in 2020.
Australian LCC Jetstar Airways announced flight changes and cancellations in preparation for limited strikes by most of its pilots announced for the coming weekend.
Collins Aerospace, China’s Aviation Data Communication Corp (ADCC) and Thailand’s AEROTHAI air navigation service provider inked an MOU Dec. 11 to jointly study and develop a solution to track tarmac movements across airports.
The advent of two-pilot crews in long-haul operations—without a third pilot for rotation during the flight—may be as close as five to six years from now, according to Groupe Dubreuil’s chief airline executive.
Avianca Holdings has completed a major debt restructuring and landed up to $125 million in new financing from a group of investors, giving it additional flexibility to execute its turnaround plan.
Boeing says formation flight tests conducted with FedEx Express using two 777F freighters confirm the potential for reducing fuel consumption by up to 10% by flying in the wingtip vortex of the lead aircraft.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced plans to buy an undisclosed quantity of used cooking oil-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Finnish company Neste, which will supply flights from Amsterdam Schiphol on a drop-in basis.
British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce said Bradley Singer, the chief operating officer of activist investor ValueAct Capital and Rolls-Royce’s largest shareholder, left the board of directors Dec. 9.
Canadian seaplane airline Harbour Air has flown a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver converted to electric propulsion and powered by a 540-kW (750-hp) motor developed by MagniX.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies (ATI) and GE Aviation have reached agreement on several new long-term contracts worth a total of around $2.5 billion to ATI for the supply of iso-thermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines, the companies announced Dec. 10.
Swedish airport operator Swedavia has issued a “green bond” loan worth SEK1 billion ($105 million) to fund projects and investments in climate-change adaptation and sustainability.
The European Commission has decided to closely monitor Armenia, following its latest European Union (EU) Air Safety List update, which also removed a blanket ban on Gabonese airlines.
Melbourne, Australia-based LCC Jetstar’s main pilots’ union has announced strikes for the coming weekend following a stalemate in contract talks with the airline.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies (ATI) and GE Aviation have reached agreement on several new long-term contracts worth a total of around $2.5 billion to ATI for the supply of iso-thermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines, the companies announced Dec. 10.
Proposed updates to the Boeing 737 MAX master minimum equipment list (MMEL) reflect the increased redundancy that Boeing is adding to the model as part of mandatory flight control system logic updates and extends several of the changes to earlier 737 versions.
Non-profit standards organization RTCA announced on Dec. 9 that it has formed a committee of industry and government experts to develop requirements for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) to protect airports and other sites from rogue drones.
LATAM Airlines Group and International Airlines Group (IAG) have decided to abandon plans for an immunized joint venture (JV) between LATAM and IAG subsidiaries British Airways and Iberia, LATAM announced in a security filing Dec. 6.
Commercial aircraft order cancellations and lower-than-expected new orders for 2019 will drive down commercial aircraft production to around 1,450 units, Deloitte has projected in a new report.
Santiago-based SKY Airline has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 10 A321XLRs, confirming the Chilean LCC was behind the undisclosed Sept. 30 order for 10 of the new-generation narrowbodies.
Lufthansa Group has concluded a purchase agreement with Swiss catering specialist gategroup, which will acquire the European business of Lufthansa catering division LSG Group for an undisclosed sum.
Italy has named a new special administrator to oversee Alitalia, after plans for a consortium of investors to put forward a rescue plan for the bankrupt carrier failed to materialize.
