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Airlines Look To Passengers in Fight for ATC Reform

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes notes airlines can warn hundreds of millions of passengers of pitfalls of current ATC system.

ATC

September 14, 2016

Boeing Says China To Become First Trillion-dollar Market

Market outlook projects demand nearly 7,000 airplanes over the next two decades

Aircraft

September 13, 2016

Thales, SES Team on New In-flight Broadband Venture

Associated satellite launch planned for 2020

Airlines

September 12, 2016

Southwest Engine Probe Reveals Fatigue Crack in Fan Blade

Investigators yet to find missing piece of broken fan blade

Accidents

September 12, 2016

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ACI Reports Fastest Rate of Passenger Traffic Growth Since 2010

Busiest airports get busier

Airlines

September 9, 2016

Botched Go-around Appears To Have Led to Emirates 777 Crash

Pilots applied engine thrust just three seconds before impact

Accidents

September 7, 2016

Chinese Airlines Partner With Local Government To Expand

Xiamen Airlines and Hunan government to form new regional carrier

Airlines

September 6, 2016

Engine Supply Delays To Slow C Series Deliveries

Bombardier cuts 2016 production projection from 15 to seven

Aircraft

September 6, 2016

Airbus Collects $6.5 Billion in Deals from Vietnamese Airlines

Contracts signed during state visit by French president Francois Hollande

Aircraft

September 6, 2016

Rolls-Royce To Replace Turbine Blades Early on All Trent 1000s

Fatigue cracking leads to flight cancellations at Japan’s ANA

Aircraft

August 31, 2016

Latam Takes Its First A320neo

Geared turbofan-powered narrowbody to arrive in Brazil on August 31

Aircraft

August 30, 2016

Mitsubishi Seeks To Restart Aborted MRJ Ferry Flight

MRJ pilots returned the first prototype to Mitsubishi's base in Nagoya after encountering issues with the regional jet's air management system.

Aircraft

August 29, 2016

IATA Presses Egypt To Release Blocked Airline Revenues

IATA says that Egyptian foreign currency exchange restrictions have resulted in $275 million of airline revenues being trapped in the country.

Airlines

August 29, 2016

Embraer Adds Third Prototype to E190-E2 Flight-test Program

Embraer will use four prototypes to complete type certification for the E190-E2 airliner by the end of the first half of 2018.

Aircraft

August 29, 2016

Japan's ANA Grounds Some 787s for Engine Inspections

The carrier cancelled several domestic flights, reportedly due to concern over turbine blade corrosion of the 787's Rolls-Royce engines.

Aircraft

August 26, 2016

Staffing, Screening Issues Addressed, TSA Tells Airline Pilots

The Transportation Security Administration has plugged staffing gaps that caused long lines at airport security checkpoints this summer.

Regulations and Government

August 26, 2016

Stratasys Rolls Out New 3D Printing Demonstrators

With some input from Boeing, Stratasys's new approaches to 3D printing and additive manufacturing are set to break through the technology's limitations.

Aircraft

August 24, 2016

First LM-100J Commercial Freighter Nears Completion

Lockheed Martin expects to finish assembling the civil variant of the C-130J Hercules in the next few months and to fly the aircraft next year.

Aircraft

August 24, 2016

Cost-cutting Drives Record Profits at Qantas

The Transformation Qantas initiative to reduce costs has resulted in an impressive turnaround in the fortunes of the Australian carrier.

Airlines

August 24, 2016

Flight Tracking Technology Is Ahead of Regulators, Says Panasonic

Panasonic's FlightLink and eXConnect satcom platforms can provide flight tracking capability, but ICAO standards for this are not applicable until 2021.

Safety

August 22, 2016