Boeing has completed one of three key simulator review sessions required to validate its changes to the 737 MAX and maintains that initial regulatory approvals and resumption of deliveries could still happen by year-end 2019.
Airlines will manage the capacity spike that the Boeing 737 MAX’s return will create, helped in part by what is shaping up to be a phased return, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly said.
Philippine Airlines Holdings (PAH) newly appointed president and COO, Lucio Tan Jr., passed away suddenly Nov. 11 after collapsing during a basketball match Nov. 9; he was 53.
Southwest Airlines is set to extend its Boeing 737 MAX-less schedule through Mar. 6, 2020, a strong indication that it does not expect FAA to approve the grounded model’s return before year-end 2019.
Alaska Air Group has announced a series of leadership changes, splitting the president and COO role at Alaska Airlines and naming a new president to the group’s regional subsidiary Horizon Air.
Rising demand for the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM is the key reason for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) setting up an advanced factory at Nagasaki to exclusively build the combustor for the engine, which is used on the Airbus A320neo family.
Embraer’s board of directors has elected Antonio Carlos Garcia to be the company’s new finance chief, replacing outgoing CFO Nelson Salgado, who will take over as the Brazilian manufacturer’s chief operating officer Jan. 1, 2020.
Indonesian LCC Lion Air has discovered cracks on two of its Boeing 737NGs, each aircraft having fewer than the 22,000 flight cycles stipulated by FAA’s threshold for inspection since cracks were discovered on other airlines’ aircraft.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is revising downwards its capacity planning for the next three years as it looks at ways to bring more functions up to the group level from its operating entities.
Cathay Pacific has decided to divert half of the group’s Airbus A321neo orders to its subsidiary Hong Kong Express, representing a major vote of confidence in the newly-acquired LCC.
Following a 14-month designation process, the FAA approved beyond-visual-line-of-sight UAS flights within an 8 x 4-mi. section of airspace near Griffiss International Airport.
Nine European finance ministers have called on the incoming European Commission for progress on a Europe-wide aviation tax as part of efforts to reduce the airline industry’s environmental impact.
Former Boeing executive Roei Ganzarski, CEO of electric motor developer MagniX, has also become chairman of electric aircraft startup Eviation Aircraft.
Travelers are increasingly considering airlines’ sustainability efforts when they select a carrier, attendees at a conference on aviation’s environmental impact were warned.
Irish LCC Ryanair reportedly has withdrawn three of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft from service after the discovery of cracks located between the aircraft’s fuselage and wing.
Facing intense competition from LCCs in Vienna and rising fuel prices, Austrian Airlines saw a steep drop in earnings for the first nine months of 2019 and warned of a possible loss for the financial year.
After a period of accelerated expansion, Finnair said it will now focus on growing “in line with the market, targeting sustainable and profitable growth” as the airline updated its 2020-2025 strategy.
