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Canada Issues Recommendations Following Incursion Study

A Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigation into 27 runway incursions at Toronto Pearson Intl. Airport has led to four recommendations.

Airports

February 4, 2019

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary To Become Group CEO

Europe’s largest low-cost carrier overhauls its corporate structure in an effort to deliver cost and operating efficiencies across its subsidiaries.

Airlines

February 4, 2019

Air Italy Scales Back Intercontinental Network

The airline will end services to Delhi and Bombay, postpones launch of controversial Chicago route.

Airlines

February 1, 2019

Air France-KLM Further Consolidates Airline Brands

The group abandons Hop! brand and livery to integrate it into Air France.

Airlines

February 1, 2019

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ATR Surveys Growth Prospects in U.S. and China

The Franco-Italian airframer sees a bright future for turboprops, as it finalizes STOL and pure freighter variants.

Aircraft

January 31, 2019

Airbus in A380 Talks with Emirates

The European airframer confirms reports of negotiations but declines to get specific.

Aircraft

January 31, 2019

Boeing Dispatches Team to CFM to Speed 737 Recovery

Leap-1B supply deficit continues to hamper Max ramp-up effort.

Aircraft

January 30, 2019

India’s Jet Airways In Dire Financial Straits

The country’s oldest privately held airline has entered talks with lessors to avoid aircraft repossession.

Airlines

January 30, 2019

Thailand Partners With Industry in MRO Training Pact

Airbus leads a group of four companies that aim to nearly double the country’s output of aviation technicians.

Maintenance and Modifications

January 30, 2019

Mitsubishi Countersues Bombardier in Trade Secrets Spat

U.S. subsidiary Mitsubishi Aircraft America claims Bombardier engaged in “anticompetitive behavior.”

Aircraft

January 29, 2019

Kremlin Boosts Funding for MC-21

Western sanctions help drive up costs of the Irkutsk-built narrowbody program to more than triple its original estimate.

Aircraft

January 29, 2019

ANA To Ink Narrowbody Deals, Take Stake in Philippine Airlines

Japan's largest carrier is moving quickly to fulfill a five-year growth plan.

Airlines

January 29, 2019

A330-900 Certified for ‘Beyond 180-minutes’ ETOPS

The first of two A330neo models can fly routes with a diversion distance of some 2,000 nm.

Aircraft

January 28, 2019

In Shutdown Wake, NATCA Remains Wary of Future Funding

NATCA, A4A, and TTD also urged leaders to avert another shutdown in mid-February.

Regulations and Government

January 28, 2019

ATC Staff Shortage Halts Flights at New York La Guardia

Air traffic management program has delayed outgoing flights by more than an hour at nearby Newark Airport.

Airports

January 25, 2019

Bangkok Airways Replaces CEO Fined for Securities Fraud

The Thai regional airline names the son of former chief executive to run the company.

Airlines

January 25, 2019

Delta Delays A220 Service Launch

Government shutdown forces the Atlanta-based airline to shift first revenue flight of the former C Series from January 31 to February 7.

Aircraft

January 25, 2019

Flight Trials Begin at Beijing’s New ‘Mega-airport’

Schedules call for Daxing International Airport to Open on September 30.

Airports

January 24, 2019

U.S. Sanctions Force MC-21 Course Correction

Russian companies insist they can supply the needed raw materials for the MC-21's composite wings.

Aircraft

January 24, 2019

IAG To Sell Its Stake in Norwegian Air Shuttle

The British Airways parent confirms that it does not plan to bid for the low-cost carrier.

Airlines

January 24, 2019