A Paris court ruling to allow a referendum on whether Paris airports operator Groupe ADP should be privatized looks set to push back the controversial sell-off of the French state’s stake in the airport operator.
Mitsubishi Aircraft said a stretched redesign of what was formerly dubbed the MRJ70, a regional jet follow-on to the company’s in-development MRJ90, is a “realistic possibility” and expects to release new configuration details over coming weeks.
The FAA has yet to develop a plan for modernizing its Civil Aviation Registry—despite being required to complete upgrades by October 2021—according to a new audit report from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG).
The leak of a study funded by the European Commission has thrown the issue of aviation taxation into the spotlight, with sustainable transport lobby group Transport & Environment (T&E) saying the report shows taxing aviation fuel would significantly cut emissions without affecting GDP and employment.
The backers of rival London Heathrow Airport expansion project ‘Heathrow Hub’ are planning to appeal a High Court judgment that dismissed a series of legal challenges against the government’s third-runway plans.
Air France said May 13 it plans to reduce its short-haul capacity in terms of available seat kilometers (ASKs) by 15% by the end of 2021 and cut 465 jobs—without forced departures—to meet growing competition from high-speed trains (TGVs) and low-cost airlines.
Toronto-based private-equity firm Onex Capital will purchase Canadian LCC WestJet Airlines in an all-cash deal valued at C$3.5 billion ($2.6 billion), the companies announced May 13.
Bristow Group, which operates nearly 300 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a bid to restructure its operation.
A coalition of aviation groups is urging the U.S. Congress to “expeditiously consider and pass” a White House proposal to provide supplemental funding to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to counter the diversion of CBP Officers (CBPOs) from airports to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Delta Air Lines is standing by a campaign to dissuade its flight attendants and baggage handlers from unionizing, saying that a union would interfere with the “direct relationship” between airline management and employees.
At the start of the year, European cargo operators were optimistic after a booming 2018, bolstered by strong demand for transporting fresh fruit fish and flowers, electronics and fashion, as well as pharmaceuticals and more by air.
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French air accident investigation bureau BEA is gearing up for a new search phase in Greenland, still hoping to find a key fragment of the Airbus A380 engine that lost its fan in flight on Sept. 30, 2017.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is soliciting nominees for a new Lithium Battery Safety Advisory Committee to be housed within DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
Collins Aerospace announced that Steve Timm has taken over as president of its avionics business unit, five months after the company merged with UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS).
A simulator session flown by a U.S.-based Boeing 737 MAX crew that mimicked a key portion of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (ET302) accident sequence suggests that the Ethiopian crew faced a near-impossible task of getting their 737 MAX 8 back under control, and underscores the importance of pilots understanding severe runaway trim recovery procedures.
The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will consider Stephen Dickson’s nomination for FAA administrator May 15, paving the way for the agency to receive its first confirmed leader since January 2018.
