UK airline passengers could be better protected if their airline collapses under proposals set out following a review of airline insolvency commissioned by the Department for Transport in the wake of Monarch Airlines’ 2017 collapse.
Allegiant Air’s fast-tracked shift to an all-Airbus fleet is paying dividends, according to numbers from its first full quarter since it parked its last McDonnell Douglas MD-80.
The Trump administration’s decision to put the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) back in business is good news for aviation lessors, according to credit analysts.
The US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will consider former Delta Air Lines executive and Air Force veteran Stephen Dickson’s nomination for FAA administrator May 15, paving the way for the agency to receive its first permanent leader since January 2018.
Each year, a handful of cities, counties or states contemplates higher taxes on jet fuel to raise funds for projects that do not benefit the flying public or shippers, such as construction at airports used solely or predominantly by owners and operators of private aircraft.
The head of a group representing US flight attendants wants the FAA to form a working group to develop solutions that ensure carry-on baggage will not present an obstacle to emergency aircraft evacuations.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 turboprop was severely damaged after a hard landing at Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport on the evening of May 8.
Nigeria and Burkina Faso have become the latest African states to sign the memorandum of implementation (MOI) for the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), removing all bilateral restrictions on intra-African flights.
Qantas says it is on track to fully offset higher fuel prices with revenue improvements in its current financial year, and the Australian flag carrier has a generally positive demand outlook.
Scandinavian LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle is offering staff part-time working and unpaid leave in a bid to get around a temporary crew surplus at London’s Gatwick Airport.
Russian regional carrier Yamal Airlines will not take the last of 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s) from an order of 25, Yamal CEO Vassily Kryuk reportedly told the Interfax newswire this week.
The FAA has assembled a new, multi-agency Technical Advisory Board (TAB) to review the proposed software fix for the Boeing 737 MAX’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS), the flight-control law implicated in two crashes of the aircraft type that killed 346 people over a five-month period.
Emirates Airline’s 2018-19 profits have fallen 69% to AED871 million ($237 million), under the strain of high fuel prices, “cut throat” competition and unfavorable exchange rates.
Despite the loss of revenue from 18 days of grounded Boeing MAXs at the end of last quarter, WestJet posted a C$45.6 million ($33.8 million) profit, up 30% from $34.2 million in the year-ago period.
French air traffic controllers (ATCs) are set to begin a 35-hour strike from 7 p.m. May 8, the third national ATC strike in Europe this year, according to Airlines for Europe (A4E).
The FAA “cannot confirm the legality” of using technologies designed to detect small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, the agency stated in updated guidance sent to US airports.
The US Senate voted to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors, providing the export credit agency a quorum for the first time since 2015.
Privately owned Polish carrier Enter Air has agreed to acquire 49% of Germania Flug, the former Swiss charter unit of Berlin-based leisure carrier Germania.
Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) has launched a narrowbody passenger aircraft and freighter replacement program to include Airbus A321neos and Boeing 777 freighters.
