Canadian North and First Air have finalized their plan to merge, paving the way for the combined carrier to integrate operations as part of a strategy to serve 24 Arctic communities.
By Sean Broderick, Adrian Schofield, Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Airbus A380 operators affected by a new inspection requirement are not anticipating any disruptions resulting from the checks, nor have early results turned up any new issues.
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Steve Dickson to head the FAA, setting the stage for a showdown on the Senate floor over whistleblower allegations that surfaced recently regarding his tenure as Delta Air Lines SVP-flight operations.
A group of bipartisan House lawmakers assembled on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol June 10 alongside unions representing pilots, flight attendants and technicians to announce legislation that would renew stalled efforts to target so-called “flag of convenience” carriers.
The grounding of its 24 Boeing 737 MAXs cost American Airlines $185 million in pre-tax second quarter (Q2) income and dented its growth and unit-cost projections, the airline said July 10.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is offering to reward foreign airlines with more and better runway slots if they move to Beijing Daxing International Airport, due to open in September.
Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has sold its five remaining Fokker 100s, as well as spare engines, parts and tooling, to Alliance Aviation Services Ltd., parent of Australia’s Alliance Airlines.
Incoming and outgoing flights at London’s Gatwick Airport (LGW) were suspended for about two hours July 10 due to an unspecified air traffic control (ATC) systems issue in the airport tower.
Real estate and retail conglomerate Vingroup has announced the launch of an airline unit, Vinpearl Air, which would be Vietnam’s fifth operational airline, after Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Bamboo Airways.
The French accident investigation bureau has determined that some abnormally long Airbus A340-300 takeoffs from Bogota El Dorado airport were due to improper pilot practices.
Boeing delivered just 90 aircraft in the second quarter and 239 for the first half of 2019, as the 737 MAX grounding and related delivery suspension cut into the manufacturer’s totals.
A month-long review of Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) turned up nothing that suggests the operator is unsafe, the Australian regulator announced.
UK budget carrier easyJet said it was launching three new routes this winter from its Manchester base to Hurghada, Egypt; Rovaniemi, Finland and Verona, Italy.
France plans to introduce an “eco-tax” on flights departing from French airports from 2020, transport minister Elisabeth Borne said July 9, sparking criticism from Air France and the French airport industry.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is continuing to upgrade its fleet as it receives more of the new aircraft types that have been introduced by the carrier this year.
The German aerospace cluster of Berlin-Brandenburg plans to fly a technology demonstrator for low-emission hybrid-electric propulsion systems for future 19-seat regional airliners.
Reports of nuisance stall warnings triggered by frozen angle-of-attack (AOA) vanes has led FAA to mandate replacement of the parts on Boeing 757s, 767s, and 727s.
LCC Norwegian is to cull several transatlantic routes, switch some to a seasonal-only basis and move others from Oakland International Airport to San Francisco International as it continues to try to shore up its balance sheet.
The leadership of the U.S. House Transportation Committee has called on the U.S. Transportation Department to hasten its regulatory process to require that drones be capable of being identified from the ground.
