Iceland’s airport and air navigation services operator Isavia is re-opening Keflavik airport for the limited use of crosswind flight testing of new aircraft.
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is in the process of reducing its shares in LCC Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines (GX Airlines) as part of the airline’s restructuring plans.
Indian stock exchanges have announced they will restrict trading of Jet Airways shares, in another sign that the prospects of resurrecting the grounded airline are increasingly bleak.
On the eve of this year’s Paris Air Show, Boeing Commercial Airplanes senior leadership is downplaying the likelihood of major orders or product announcements while the company remains laser-focused on ungrounding the 737 MAX.
As part of a major shake-up of its regional jet strategy, Mitsubishi Aircraft has rebranded the former MRJ90 as the SpaceJet M90 and has announced details of the stretched MRJ70 redesign which will now be called the M100.
American Airlines’ recent removal of the Boeing 737 MAX from its schedules for two more weeks was made to ease the carrier’s pilot and cabin-crew bidding process, rather than due to signs of continued delay in getting the grounded fleet cleared to fly, CEO Doug Parker said.
Revelations of a second whistleblower allegation of management retaliation during Steve Dickson’s tenure as Delta Air Lines SVP-flight operations are further complicating his once-clear path to head the FAA.
JetBlue increased the bottom end of its projected Q2 RASM guidance, aligning with both the carrier’s short-term outlook of an increasing revenue environment and bigger-picture trends that show strong demand and pricing.
CFM International said it is redesigning the bearing in the radial drive shaft of the LEAP-1B—which powers the Boeing 737 MAX—after five incidents in which an engine was shut down inflight following activation of the oil filter bypass light indication in the cockpit.
Virgin Atlantic executive Mark Anderson will lead the revamp of Flybe after being appointed CEO of Connect Airways, the consortium that has taken over the British regional airline.
Boeing’s full-scale Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype has crashed during unmanned flight testing at subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Virginia.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his cabinet to implement plans to transfer general aviation and some domestic flights from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Sangley Point air base in an effort to ease congestion at the airport.
The U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee will hold its second hearing into the status of the Boeing 737 MAX on June 19, which will feature testimony from groups representing airlines, pilots and flight attendants.
Irish LCC Ryanair is purchasing Maltese start-up airline Malta Air, adding another brand to its portfolio as it continues with plans to transition to a holding company structure overseeing separate airline brands.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA)—which had planned to take delivery of three Boeing 737 MAX 8s beginning in mid-April—is considering switching from Boeing to Airbus aircraft as a long-term fleet strategy step.
South African Airways (SAA) has appointed its general manager for operations, Zuks Ramasia, as acting CEO following the resignation of CEO Vuyani Jarana.
China Southern Airlines is expecting savings in service time of 30–40 minutes thanks to the location and layout of the new airport due to open in Beijing in September 2019.
In a bid to increase competition in Indonesia’s domestic aviation market and drive airfares lower, Indonesian President Joko Widodo is proposing opening the country’s domestic routes to foreign carriers.
