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 A320neo Takes Flight

Maiden mission lasts some two and a half hours

Aircraft

September 25, 2014

Bank Boosts Capital of Two African Regional Carriers

Air Cote d'Ivoire and ASKY are both receiving fresh capital injections from the West African Development Bank

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

September 25, 2014

Japan Fails To Isolate Cause of 787 Battery Meltdown

Final report identifies likely causes but reached no firm conclusion

September 25, 2014

Air India’s Fleet Buy Under Scrutiny

Criticism runs rampant of inprudent spending.

Aircraft

September 24, 2014

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Airliner Demand Worth $4.6 Trillion by 2033, Says Airbus

Deliveries of more than 31,000 new airplanes expected

Aircraft

September 24, 2014

Denel Launches Regional Airliner Project

New airplane would reach the market by 2020 or 2021

Aircraft

September 23, 2014

Aeroflot Welcomes Its First Foreign Pilots

Government order allows Russian airlines to hire 200 non-Russian pilots a year.

September 23, 2014

Aireon To Offer Free Global Aircraft Tracking

Service will be available for search-and-rescue ops in 2017.

ATC

September 23, 2014

UPS Addresses Lessons Learned from Birmingham Accident

A300 crash causes UPS to rethink operations.

Accidents

September 22, 2014

NTSB Announces Flight Data and Locator Forum

October 7 event will look at technological changes over the past 15 years.

Safety

September 22, 2014

ICAO Task Force Assesses Conflict-zone Risks

ICAO to report on preliminary task-force findings next month.

Safety

September 22, 2014

Search Teams Report Possible MH370 Objects on Ocean Floor

Malaysian ship en route to join search in southern Indian Ocean.

Accidents

September 22, 2014

Ethiopia Achieves Level-one Safety Status

FAA inspected Ethiopian infrastructure using ICAO guidelines.

Safety

September 22, 2014

Air France Pilots Extend Strike, Disruptions Continue

Airline forced to cancel more than half of its flights.

September 21, 2014

Week’s Order Take Tops $11.3 Billion Worth of Airliners

Buying spree pads backlog totals at Boeing, Airbus and Embraer

Aircraft

September 21, 2014

Russia Looks To Resurrect Il-114

Western sanctions prompt country's power brokers to reconsider homegrown airplane design.

Aircraft

September 16, 2014

Europe Outlines Action Plan For UAV Policymaking

The EC’s Matthew Baldwin has a broad aviation/transport remit, but now deems Unmanned Aerial Systems as important as any other area, and in need of c

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

September 12, 2014

Airbus Expands in Asia with New Thai Flight Ops Venture

Airbus Flight Operations Services in Bangkok will produce electronic versions of flight operations manuals.

September 10, 2014

Dutch Investigation Says 'High-Energy Objects' Hit MH17

Safety Board still unable to examine wreckage.

September 9, 2014

Bombardier CSeries Resumes Flight Testing

Returns to air after a three-month hiatus

Aircraft

September 8, 2014