Government proposals to improve competitiveness in the French air transport sector do not go far enough, the FNAM industry body representing French airlines said March 11.
Ryanair said UK nationals would not be allowed to buy Ryanair shares in the event of a no-deal or “hard” Brexit as part of updated guidelines for ensuring the Irish LCC remains majority European Union (EU)-owned.
A series of legal challenges to the planned expansion of London Heathrow Airport has got underway in the UK High Court, with London mayor Sadiq Khan and environmental organization Greenpeace joining local authorities in a bid to stop plans to build a third runway.
China, Indonesia, Ethiopian Airlines and Cayman Airways have temporarily grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 8 following a second crash of the type in less than six months.
China, Indonesia, Ethiopian Airlines and Cayman Airways have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 8 until more is known about the March 10 Ethiopian fatal crash in Addis Ababa—the second fatal accident involving the aircraft type in less than five months.
Fourteen people were killed March 9 when a Douglas DC-3 operated by Laser Aereo Colombia crashed near Villavicencio, Colombia, after declaring an emergency.
The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed on the morning of March 10 had issued a distress call, according to comments made by Ethiopian Airlines group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.
The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed March 10 issued a distress call, according to the airline’s group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in New Jersey briefly closed its runways March 9 after the pilot of an Air Transat Boeing 737-800 requested an emergency landing because of reports of smoke or fire in the aircraft’s cargo hold.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) operated its first Airbus A340-300 with a completely refurbished interior on its first revenue flight from Zurich, Switzerland to Japan’s Tokyo Narita on March 7.
Swedish regional carrier Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) plans to automatically include “climate compensation” for all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its flights in its ticket prices, from April 1.
With demand for air services in Africa growing rapidly, the continent’s airports should respond to the challenges of rapid growth by investing in non-aeronautical and commercial revenue streams, according to Airports Council International (ACI) World.
The growing concern among airlines about vertical consolidation in the MRO industry is likely to spur a reaction from carriers, and may even prompt smaller airlines to cooperate more to establish MRO networks, a veteran industry executive predicts.
Southwest Airlines is content with plans to re-balance its fleet by adding more higher-capacity Boeing 737s, but could envision accelerating deliveries of the new MAX-family aircraft to reap benefits of the newer technology more quickly, CEO Gary Kelly said.
ATR is expecting to find operators for its aircraft in China, despite the country’s long history as a difficult market for foreign suppliers of turboprop airliners.
Acting FAA administrator Dan Elwell said the agency faces an “unprecedented challenge” implementing the multi-year FAA reauthorization act passed by the US Congress in October, adding that the comprehensive bill “contained everything that everyone and anyone ever wanted to do with the FAA and the aviation system.”
Japan Airlines (JAL) has officially established its new medium- to long-haul LCC and has also revealed the first international routes it will launch in 2020.
American Airlines pulled 14 recently modified Boeing 737-800s from service because of “quality” issues with the new interior work and is inspecting them, the airline said March 7.
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr believes that lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) would have more impact with European regulators if unions were involved with the body.
