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.

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Airbus Wins Qantas’s Project Sunrise Competition

The European airframer will supply a longer-range version of the A350-1000 for flights between Sydney and London and New York.

Aircraft

December 13, 2019

IATA Preliminary Data Reveal Airline Safety Improved in 2019

Most regions experienced a decline in the number of accidents and the global fatal accident rate so far this year stands at six.

Accidents

December 13, 2019

Southwest Reaches Max Compensation Deal with Boeing

The U.S. LCC has committed to a $125 million profit sharing disbursement to employees based on Boeing’s compensation for the 737 Max grounding.

Aircraft

December 12, 2019

CR929 Partners Complete Latest Phase of Wind Tunnel Tests

Russia’s TsAGI and UAC report good progress on CR929 development.

Aircraft

December 12, 2019

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Wizz Air To Launch Low-Cost Unit in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Airport will see the launch of two low-cost carriers, helping to draw more point-to-point traffic.

Airlines

December 12, 2019

Embraer E175-E2 Begins Flight-test Campaign

Embraer's E175-E2 made its first flight today from the company’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil, kicking off a 24-month flight-test campaign.

Aircraft

December 12, 2019

Surplus of Locally Trained Pilots in Thailand and Malaysia

The global pilot shortage has not translated into jobs for candidates trained at some schools in Southeast Asia.

Airlines

December 11, 2019

737 Max Certification Process Will Run into 2020

FAA administrator Stephen Dickson pledges to fly the airplane himself before clearing it for service entry.

Accidents

December 11, 2019

IATA Again Cuts Airline Profitability Outlook for 2019

The global airline group sees slower economic growth, trade wars, and social unrest contributing to a less profitable year than originally expected.

Airlines

December 11, 2019

FAA Projected MCAS Could Cause 15 More Max Crashes

U.S. authorities concluded that 99 of 100 flight crews could successfully react to MCAS alerts within 10 seconds.

Accidents

December 11, 2019

South Africa Exerts Last-ditch Effort to Rescue National Carrier

South African Airways now operates under bankruptcy protection.

Airlines

December 10, 2019

United Airlines Helps Trigger Avianca Restructuring Effort

United Airlines and Kingsland Holding provide Avianca Holdings with $375 million in new financing.

Airlines

December 10, 2019

First PD-14-powered MC-21 Takes Shape

China has also expressed interest in the Aviadvigatel engines as an alternative to the Leap-1C.

Aircraft

December 10, 2019

ACSS SafeRoute+. Using ADS-B In Information to Streamline ATC Operations

Flight crews will also be able to make better real-time decisions, which will aid ATC in optimizing traffic flow in all visual conditions

December 10, 2019

Harbour Air's Electric Beaver Achieves First Flight

Canadian airline Harbour Air aims to be operating electrically-powered scheduled flights within two years

Aircraft

December 10, 2019

Boeing Exec Sees Limits to ‘Flight Shame’ Movement

The U.S. OEM’s vice president of marketing, Randy Tinseth, points to “flight pride” in developing economies.

Airlines

December 9, 2019

EU Removes Gabon from Air Safety List

While clearing Gabon’s airlines to resume flying into the EU, the bloc has put Armenia’s civil aviation committee under heightened scrutiny.

Regulations and Government

December 9, 2019

African Airline CEOs Highlight Connectivity Challenges

A failure to address high taxes and bilateral air service agreements continue to hamper airline profitability in Africa.

Airlines

December 6, 2019

UAL President Scott Kirby To Replace Munoz as CEO

Oscar Munoz will step down as CEO of United Airlines in May 2020.

Airlines

December 5, 2019

United Order for Airbus A321XLRs Strikes Blow to NMA

UAL expects to take first delivery of Airbus’s longest-range narrowbody in 2024.

Aircraft

December 4, 2019