London Heathrow Airport remained fully operational Sept. 13 despite attempts by environmental activists to disrupt flights by flying small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within the airport’s exclusion zone.
The ramp-up in Boston Logan International Airport by both Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways could end up benefitting both carriers as they gain loyal customers and other operators scale back, Cowen & Co. analysts suggest.
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren plans to formally launch the airline’s new direct hotels partnership later in 2019 and sees opportunities to expand existing bases to create economies of scale.
More than 20 European aerospace stakeholders have urged European Union (EU) institutions and member states to finally fulfill long-held plans to implement the Single European Sky (SAS) air traffic control (ATC) initiative.
The proposed tie-up of Raytheon and United Technologies is being billed publicly as a potential catalyst for new technology some day in the future, but executives are acknowledging the deal may be better known as a cash generator for investors in the nearer term.
Groupe Dubreuil, the parent company of Air Caraïbes and French Bee, is interested in the Paris Orly slots belonging to Aigle Azur, the company’s top executives said Sept. 12.
Airline entrepreneur David Neeleman has started the process of setting up another airline in the U.S. in addition to the planned Airbus A220 operator Moxy.
Azul Brazilian Airlines plans to double in size over the next five years as the carrier continues to grow its Embraer E2, Airbus A320neo and A330 fleets.
Frontier Airlines was the most fuel-efficient U.S. carrier in 2017-2018, boosted by large investments in Airbus A320neo aircraft, according to a study released Sept. 12 by the International Council for Clean Transportation (ICCT).
After an initial flurry of interest in blockchain, the secure database that underpins Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies, panelists at the recent World Aviation Festival in London said relatively few aviation use cases actually justify the complexity of blockchain.
Environmental activists plan to disrupt flights at London Heathrow Airport for at least five days from Sept. 13 by illegally flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, within the airport’s exclusion zone.
Boeing is warning that escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China, its largest single market, may soon threaten prospective aircraft sales, particularly those of the company’s lucrative twinjet 777 and 787 families.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg remains confident that regulators will clear the 737 MAX to fly again this year but suggests that the volume of requests and growing variance between regulators is making that target more difficult to meet.
Chile’s LATAM Airlines Group has announced longtime CEO Enrique Cueto will step down Mar. 31, 2020, to be replaced by current chief commercial officer (CCO) Roberto Alvo.
A deadline for Alitalia’s rescue consortium to present a business plan looks set to be pushed back once again, the latest delay in a long-running bid to map out a relaunch strategy for the bankrupt airline.
A U.S. federal appeals court has revived a class action lawsuit against Florida-based Spirit Airlines that alleges the ULCC deliberately misled passengers about whether carry-on items were included within the price of airfare.
A twin-engine Convair 440 cargo aircraft crashed into the parking lot of a truck repair facility in Toledo, Ohio early Sept. 11, an FAA spokesperson told Aviation Daily.
Cathay Pacific is reporting substantial drops in passenger traffic for August—its first monthly results to detail the effects on demand from Hong Kong’s continuing civil unrest.
