Canada’s second largest airline WestJet is not yet ready to announce flights to Asia after concluding excess capacity remains an overhang in the market.
As the air transport industry increases its focus on sustainability, Boeing is stepping up its ecoDemonstrator technology testbed program, the latest phase of which is getting underway with flight tests of a specially modified 777-200ER.
The FAA is leaving the door open for mandatory simulator sessions as a condition for pilots to return to flying The Boeing 737 MAX, the agency’s top official acknowledged.
Aircraft tracking system provider Blue Sky Network on Nov. 20 announced FAA certification of its autonomous distress tracking (ADT) device on Boeing 737 airliners.
The Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP), responsible for managing air traffic from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, has started using space-based surveillance data from Aireon to track aircraft.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has appointed Jacob Schram as its new CEO, filling the gap left when co-founder and long-standing CEO Bjorn Kjos left the low-cost airline in July.
A start-up airline is looking to disrupt the low-cost domestic air travel market in the U.S. through an innovative business model that would rely on advertising revenue to offset rock-bottom airfares.
UK LCC easyJet used its full-year results conference to announce a series of strategic moves, including the launch of easyJet Holidays, two environmental initiatives and the firming of purchase rights on 12 more Airbus A320neos.
The U.S. NTSB is recommending that Boeing redesign engine fan cowls on 737 NG-series airliners after finding that a fragmented fan blade compromised the structure on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 in 2018, leading to the first fatality on a U.S. passenger airline in nearly a decade.
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, continuing its strong showing at the Dubai Airshow, unveiled commitments for 14 more Dash 8-400s on Nov. 19, pushing its show total to 37 and filling more gaps in its near-term production skyline.
UK LCC easyJet, which on Nov. 19 became the first major airline to offset 100% of its network-wide flight emissions, is forming a new electric-aircraft partnership with Airbus, paving the way towards an all-electric or hybrid fleet in the longer-term.
A cohort of airline pilot unions lauded the Nov. 19 introduction of a bipartisan U.S. House bill that would bring rest and duty-time regulations for cargo pilots into line with their passenger-flying counterparts.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has signed a firm order for 12 new generation Airbus A330neos and 20 long-range single-aisle A321XLRs, Airbus said Nov. 19 at the Dubai Airshow.
South Korea’s primary air hub Seoul Incheon International Airport has begun a multi-stage expansion project aimed at enabling the facility to handle 106 million passengers by 2024.
Japan’s major airlines will use their new slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport with a mix of new destinations, additional frequencies, and flights switched from Tokyo Narita Airport.
Emirates Airline may end up buying more than the 150 Boeing 777Xs it has on firm order, and the airline is considering whether it could add the Airbus A350-1000 to its fleet as it is looking at future options to replace its A380 fleet.
Boeing’s MAX sales resurgence continued on the third day of the Dubai Airshow as the company announced a commitment from Air Astana for 30 MAXs and finalized a firm order behind the scenes for 20 more, Aviation Week confirmed.
South African Airways (SAA) has threatened legal action over union claims that its operations are unsafe, as the airline works to reinstate flights canceled when cabin crews and technicians went on strike.
