U.S. airline regulators blame contractor for travel chaos for the FAA outage
US air safety officials say that the glitch that led to travel chaos at airports last week was actually caused… Read More »
Airbus changes A350 design amid $2 billion dispute with Qatar Airways
New reports suggest that European aerospace manufacturer Airbus has implemented design changes on rear-section parts of A350 wide-body passenger aircraft…. Read More »
ZeroAvia completes flight with hydrogen-electric powertrain
ZeroAvia, a startup developing hydrogen powertrains for aircraft, completed the first flight of its Dornier Do228 demonstrator on January 19…. Read More »
Airlines need the Boeing 737-10 Max to replace older 757s
Boeing’s supportive hand from the US government came late in 2022. As important as this was for Boeing, it is… Read More »
Uzbekistan Airways orders a dozen A320neo aircraft
Uzbekistan Airways has placed a firm order with Airbus for a dozen A320neo Family aircraft (split into 8 A320neo and… Read More »
Embraer Phenom 300MED receives FAA and EASA certification
Embraer’s Phenom 300MED has received the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the FAA and EASA. The STC was performed at… Read More »
Can China’s C919 passenger jet unsettle Airbus and Boeing’s duopoly?
China’s first homegrown passenger jet, the C919, manufactured by China’s state-owned COMAC, could splinter the duopoly of Airbus and Boeing… Read More »
Rates of runway incursions double over the past decade in Canada
American aviation regulators are investigating after two planes full of passengers nearly collided on a runaway in New York last… Read More »
NASA selects Boeing to build a sustainable single-aisle demonstrator aircraft
NASA and Boeing will collaborate on building and test-flying a single-aisle commercial aircraft demonstrator using a truss-braced, high-aspect-ratio wing scheduled… Read More »
JetBlue plane hits the tail of another parked aircraft at JFK airport
Two JetBlue planes have lightly bumped into one another on the runway of New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK)… Read More »
Another Qantas 737 incident, plane diverted over ‘potential mechanical issue’
A Qantas flight bound for Fiji’s Nadi International Airport (NAN) was forced to turn back to Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International… Read More »
Southwest Airlines pilots vote to strike in wake of operational meltdown
Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) announced that the pre-eminent union of the airline’s pilots will vote on whether to strike… Read More »
Planes’ Minor Collision Occurs Days After Similar Close Call at JFK
Just days after last week’s near-collision of two planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), reports rolled in about… Read More »
Jamco streamlines seat maintenance using AR
Commercial aircraft interior and services provider, Jamco America, has co-developed an augmented reality (AR) training tool designed to enable more… Read More »
airBaltic to equip entire A220 fleet with SpaceX’s Starlink
Latvian low-cost airline, airBaltic, has announced that it will equip its entire fleet of Airbus A220-300 aircraft with SpaceX’s Starlink… Read More »
United Airlines upgrades its Inflight Training Center
United Airlines has opened its upgraded Inflight Training Center in Houston which, following a US$32 million expansion project that has… Read More »
Which colours could influence 2023’s cabins?
In what has become an annual tradition at Mankiewicz, a paint manufacturer that develops products for spaces including aircraft interiors,… Read More »
Royaljet to fly Honeywell JetWave connectivity
RoyalJet Abu Dhabi, a private aviation operator, has signed a letter of intent with Honeywell to add Ka-band connectivity services… Read More »
STG Aerospace expands sales team
Aircraft cabin emergency exit marking and lighting systems manufacturer, STG Aerospace, has appointed Michael Savidge as its new regional sales… Read More »
Nippon Cargo Airlines responds to government maintenance warning
Freighter operator Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) was late last year given a “stern” warning from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,… Read More »
Cargolux and GE agree long-term support deal
GE Aerospace is to provide long-term support for the GE9X engines that power Cargolux’s new fleet of 10 Boeing 777… Read More »
Lufthansa submits offer to acquire a stake in ITA Airways
Lufthansa has confirmed it aims to acquire a minority stake in Italian national carrier ITA Airways with options for a… Read More »
IATA completes revisions to air transport industry manuals
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has completed the annual review of its air transport industry manuals for cargo, ground… Read More »
Pegasus Airlines to receive first ever sustainability-linked aircraft-secured term loan
Pegasus Airlines has closed the first ever sustainability-linked aircraft-secured term loan (“SSL”) for the financing of ten new Airbus A321neo… Read More »
ZeroAvia completes first test flight of hydrogen-fuell cell 19-seat aircraft
ZeroAvia has achieved a world first, successfully flying the world’s largest aircraft powered by a hydrogen-electric engine at the company’s… Read More »
Raytheon Technologies expands Bengaluru Operations
Pratt and Whitney has opened its India Engineering Centre (IEC) in Bengalaru. The IEC meets the LEED Platinum certification and… Read More »