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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Fitch Sees Stability among North American Carriers Next Year

Intense competition and substantial capacity growth will offset healthy air travel demand

Airlines

November 28, 2017

Airbus To Lead BAe 146 Electric Propulsion Demonstration

Partnership with Rolls-Royce, Siemens aims to fly first test bed in 2020

Aircraft

November 28, 2017

Switzerland’s Darwin Airline Ceases Operations

Federal regulators pull airline’s certificate due to its precarious financial situation

Airlines

November 28, 2017

South Africa’s Airlink, Safair to Merge

Companies hope to gain regulatory approval during next year’s first quarter

Airlines

November 27, 2017

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Switzerland's Darwin Airline Files for Insolvency

Marks latest casualty of a European airline once tied to Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways

Airlines

November 27, 2017

IATA Urges African States to Release Blocked Airline Funds

Most countries on the continent slow to repatriate revenues

Airlines

November 23, 2017

Asian T-Prop Group Sees PBN as Answer to Infrastructure Crisis

Asia Pacific Turboprop Safety Forum promotes performance-based navigation as a major safety benefit

Aircraft

November 21, 2017

Airbus A350-1000 Gets EASA, FAA Approval

First production airplane scheduled for delivery to Qatar Airways by year-end

Aircraft

November 21, 2017

Singapore Airlines Chooses Airbus for A380 Interior Retrofits

Fourteen aircraft now in service to receive airline’s new cabin products

Aircraft

November 20, 2017

Second Indian-built Do 228 To Fly in March

HAL sees 20-year market for 100 of the 19-seat turboprop

Aircraft

November 20, 2017

FAA To Allow Own-ship Display on EFB Apps

The FAA's move adds significant value to powerful EFB moving-map applications.

Avionics

November 15, 2017

Boeing, Airbus Sign Major Late Deals at Dubai

Flydubai takes 737 Max jets; Indigo Partners inks MoU for 430 A320neos/A321neos

Aircraft

November 15, 2017

Ethiopian Inks Firm Order for Four Boeing 777Fs

Deal doubles commitment for two airplanes announced at Paris Airshow in June

Aircraft

November 14, 2017

ATR Says China Market Looks Promising

European turboprop manufacturer recently recorded major order with Fexex ordering 50 ATR-600F freighters, launching the variant.

Aircraft

November 14, 2017

Bombardier Inks LOI for 24 C Series Jets with Egyptair

Canadian manufacturer expects to conclude firm deal for 12 of the airplanes by the end of the year

Aircraft

November 14, 2017

MC-21 Flight Testing Accelerates in Zhukovsky

All systems operating normally during more than 20 missions in Irkutsk and at the Gromov research center outside Moscow.

Aircraft

November 13, 2017

Flydubai Puts First 737 Max 8 on Show

The aircraft will serve the most distant destinations in Flydubai's network.

Aircraft

November 13, 2017

Embraer Sees Airbus’s C Series Play Stimulating E-Jets

E2 probably represents the only legitimate challenger to Canadian product.In Middle East Embraer will continue promoting right-sizing potential.

Aircraft

November 13, 2017

Boom Could Be Built in Gulf

CEO Scholl sees 500 "economically viable" routes for the jet, with the UAE as possibly the ideal place to build the aircraft

Aircraft

November 13, 2017

Emirates Signs 777X Satcom Antenna Contract With Esterline

The CMA-2200SB satcom antenna is light weight and low drag.

Cabin Interior and Electronics

November 13, 2017