Icelandair is conducting a review of its long-term fleet strategy, but insists its deliberations are unrelated to the grounding of its Boeing 737 MAX fleet.
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are blaming the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX for a spike of denied boardings in the first half (1H) of 2019, according to the latest U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report.
Delta Air Lines will resume flights to Virgin Atlantic’s London Gatwick and Manchester hubs for summer 2020, while Virgin Atlantic will add Gatwick-New York JFK flights, as part of a transatlantic push and route reshuffle between the two partner airlines.
Russia is reporting progress with two aircraft programs that are key to its efforts to reduce its dependence on imported products: the Ilyushin-designed Il-114-300 regional turboprop and the Il-112V light military transport.
Airbus A350-900 operators will be ordered to inspect Rolls-Royce XWB front engine mount components after revised analysis by Rolls revealed that high stress in certain conditions could significantly reduce the parts’ service life.
The crash of Norway’s first electric aircraft is being portrayed by local media as a blow to the country’s plan to electrify all domestic aviation by 2040.
The U.S. FAA is seeking information from third parties that are interested in administering a new aeronautical knowledge test that recreational drone flyers will be required to pass.
The protests sweeping Hong Kong have caused more fallout for Cathay Pacific, with the airline’s CEO Rupert Hogg and senior executive Paul Loo resigning from the carrier.
The inevitable spike in capacity when the Boeing 737 MAX returns to service will be absorbed by a combination of demand and more retirements, analysts at Canaccord Genuity conclude.
Bogatá, Colombia-based Avianca Holdings is urging investors to give the company more time to execute its “Avianca 2021” strategic turnaround plan, following the release of weaker-than-expected 2019 second-quarter (Q2) earnings Aug. 14.
A Swedish startup is planning an aggressive program to develop an all-electric 19-passenger regional aircraft, backed initially by a government-supported research program looking at the technologies and infrastructure required to introduce electric aviation in Sweden.
The U.S. FAA has granted a team headed by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) a waiver to fly small drones beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) of an operator using an onboard detect and avoid system.
Lion Air’s engineering company Batam Aero Technic (BAT) and Garuda Indonesia’s Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) AeroAsia signed a cooperation agreement Aug. 14 to expand BAT’s MRO facility in Batam Hang Nadim Airport, Indonesia.
An Airbus A321 operated by Russia’s Ural Airlines was forced to land in a corn field Aug. 15 after its CFM International CFM-56 engines ingested a flock of seagulls shortly after takeoff at Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport.
Boeing confirms it is sliding its 777-8 development program back after hitting major delays to the 777-9 flight test and certification campaign. The move comes as Boeing continues to funnel engineering resources to tackle the 737 MAX crisis, and will almost certainly result in first deliveries of the longer-range 777-8 variant slipping into 2023 or beyond.
LATAM Airlines Group narrowed its 2019 second-quarter (Q2) net loss to $63 million, as rising passenger revenues were offset by the ongoing financial crisis in Argentina.
European virtual-reality (VR) inflight entertainment (IFE) specialist Inflight VR has closed its largest equity financing round to date, securing over €4 million ($4.5 million) to support its growth plans.
Travel industry technology giant Sabre on Aug. 14 warned the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) it will close its acquisition of rival Fairlogix, an airline distribution service provider, on Aug. 21.
French air navigation service provider (ANSP) DSNA has joined a consortium of European ANSPs participating in the Iris satellite-based data link program, Inmarsat announced Aug. 14.
The entity that will be the rest of Embraer is on course to become a separate operational unit once Boeing takes over the Brazilian OEM’s commercial aircraft business by the end of the year, company leaders said Aug. 14.
