Air Transport
News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.
Aircraft
Boeing 737 Max On Course To Meet Reliability Goals
Teething pains remain isolated to new systems
Airlines
Regulators Ground South African Express
CAA also suspends regional airline’s maintenance approvals
Airlines
Korean Long-haul LCC Air Premia To Launch Service in 2019
Airline to be led by former Jeju Air president
Engines
Pratt & Whitney To See Major Part of $15 Billion UTC Investment
Expenditures to come over five years and include 35,000 more hires in U.S.
Regulations and Government
Airbus Takes Steps To Comply with WTO Ruling
The European airframer moves to avoid U.S. sanctions
Accidents
Mexico Suspends Damojh Airlines Operations Following Crash
Death toll from May 18 accident rises to 111
Airlines
Silkair To Merge With Singapore Airlines
Boeing 737 cabin upgrade to herald combination in 2020
Airports
Fuel Facility Completed at New Russian AIrport
Ahead of next month's World Cup Tournament, Platov International Airport near Rostov-on-Don now has a state-of-the-art fuel facility.
Avionics
American Airlines To Equip A321s with ACSS’s ADS-B In
Installation to support ACSS/FAA agreement to implement SafeRoute suite in U.S. airspace
Avionics
APiJET Completes Icelandair Data Service Deployment
First applications appear on Boeing 757s and 767s
Airlines
Brexit Starts To Ring Alarm Bells for UK Aviation Sector
Aviation lawyers say delays in clarifying what Brexit will mean, with the deadline looming, could cause chaos for UK aviation.
Aircraft
Air Italy Accepts First Boeing 737 Max
Delivery ceremony in Seattle marks start of fleet renewal
ATC
NATS Takes $69 Million Stake in Aireon
UK air navigation services provider becomes Aireon’s sixth shareholder
Accidents
Windshield Failure in Sichuan Airlines A319 Injures Pilot
First officer partially sucked out of airplane
Airports
India To Take Long View Toward Airport Development
Needs infrastructure to accommodate 1 billion trips per year within 15 years
Airlines
Astral Aviation To Launch Africa’s First Cargo Drone Operation
Freight hauler targeting oil and gas, agricultural industries
Aircraft
WTO Ruling Calls on EU To Correct Airbus Subsidy ‘Errors’
Appeals body finds that Europe did not fully address improper loans for A350, A380
Airlines
Japan Airlines To Launch Long-haul LCC
Plans to start international services by summer of 2020
Avionics
GE Buys Into Avionica, Forms Joint Venture
GE and Avionica form joint venture to further airborne data collection and analysis.
ATC
Harris Wins Contract To Modernize India’s ATM System
$141 million deal calls for upgrade of 90 ATC operations sites
Aircraft
Airframers Brace for Fallout of U.S. Withdrawal from Iran Deal
U.S. company awaits government lead on “next steps” while Europeans assess their own circumstances
Airlines
EU and U.S. Close to Deal over Reciprocal Wet-lease Terms
But planned signing delayed due to ‘linguistic issue’
Airlines
North Korea Keen To Open Pyongyang FIR to South
Thawing relations could see first flights from South Korea since armistice
Avionics
CMD Secures New Brazil ADS-B Out STC
A new Brazil ADS-B Out STC adds to CMD Flight Solutions's long list of approvals for Part 23 and 25 aircraft.
EC OK of Collins/UT Combo Paving Way for Super Supplier
Analyst Ron Epstein believes such consolidation will alter OEM/supplier partnerships in the future.
Airlines
White House Blasts China for Taiwan Demands of Airlines
People’s Republic retort calls for respect of its sovereignty
Accidents
NTSB: Southwest Airlines Followed Engine Inspection Protocol
Fractured blade in failed CFM56 underwent visual and fluorescent penetrant inspections during overhaul in 2012
