Southwest Airlines has pulled its Boeing 737 MAXs through the end of the year and made several tactical changes—including route cuts and major fleet-plan modifications—to help compensate for the model’s prolonged grounding, the carrier said July 25.
Latvian carrier airBaltic has placed €200 million ($223 million) in bonds, which will be listed on the Euronext Dublin stock exchange, generating funds for the airline’s general liquidity and fleet expansion.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed a contract to use the Aireon space-based surveillance system to track aircraft in the oceanic airspace regions off Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, Aireon announced July 25.
Wizz Air made a strong start to its financial year, with a combination of firmer fares and the growing number of new-generation aircraft in its fleet, allowing the Central and Eastern European LCC to turn around its financial figures.
American Airlines is betting on having its Boeing 737 MAXs back for the year-end holiday peak travel season, expressing confidence in Boeing’s latest time line that sees the grounded fleet cleared to return starting early in the fourth quarter.
The U.S. FAA will reduce aircraft separations in U.S. oceanic airspace by 2022 based on more frequent aircraft position reporting instead of “space-based” automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) signaling, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported.
As aviation moves towards more electric and hybrid electric propulsion for general aviation and regional aircraft, researchers in Europe are developing a prototype superconducting motor which could enable electric propulsion for future large civil aircraft.
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport warned of ongoing flight disruptions for July 25, a day after a fuel supply fault prevented aircraft from being refueled, triggering over 400 flight cancellations.
German leisure airline TUI fly is continuing to adjust its fleet schedule as the global grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX continues, TUI fly CEO Oliver Lackmann said.
Boeing may temporarily pause its 737 MAX production line if circumstances continue to delay the narrowbody’s return, the company’s chief executive said July 24.
Managing its environmental footprint is the air transport industry’s “number one challenge” in a world where people’s mindsets and expectations are changing fast, the head of Europe’s transport ministry told a Washington DC audience.
Britain’s aerospace industry has cautiously welcomed the appointment of new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson but worries remain about the threat of a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31.
Boeing will accelerate assembly of 777 freighters in 2020 to offset the impact of a slowdown on the 777X after acknowledging longer-than-expected delays to the first flight of the 777-9.
The U.S. Senate voted along party lines July 24 to confirm Steve Dickson as FAA administrator, providing the U.S. civil aviation regulatory agency with a permanent leader for the first time since January 2018.
Ryanair’s Ireland-based pilots are deciding whether to go on strike over pay, after the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA), a branch of the Forsa trade union, launched a strike ballot.
British Airways (BA) on July 23 failed in a legal attempt to block a planned strike action by pilots, but immediately said it intends to appeal the decision.
