Lufthansa subsidiaries Austrian Airlines and LCC Eurowings Europe are collaborating on a new strategy to better position themselves in the Austrian market.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has inked an MOU with SITAONAIR to explore the deployment of space-based VHF voice communications for air traffic management (ATM) in Singapore’s flight information region (FIR).
The new Istanbul Airport anticipates its third parallel runway will open in the 2020 first half, giving it a capability exceeded in Europe only by Amsterdam Schiphol, the airport’s chairman Kadri Samsunlu said Sept. 27.
The Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) began assembling the first airframe in the MA700 turboprop airliner program Sept. 27, aiming for a first flight in 2020 and certification in 2022.
Airbus started flight tests Sept. 12 of the first of 52 UPS Airlines A300-600 freighters undergoing major flight deck upgrades designed to keep the fleet operating until at least 2030.
French airline Aigle Azur will be liquidated as of midnight Sept. 27 after a French commercial court rejected the remaining rescue offers under consideration for the already-grounded airline.
Boeing president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg and two other company representatives, including the 737 chief pilot, will testify before a US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the 737 MAX scheduled for Oct. 30, the committee said Sept. 27.
Air France-KLM will not step in to rescue long-haul LCC XL Airways, which faces liquidation as the deadline approaches for bids for the insolvent airline.
Indian LCC SpiceJet will continue a year of rapid growth by adding 46 more domestic one-way flights, and is also reportedly considering another major aircraft order.
Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion is losing around €1 million ($1.1 million) per week, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said, adding that the purchase of the Austrian LCC has been “very painful.”
Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) First VP Bob Fox told US lawmakers that the pilot union is “deeply dismayed” over the FAA’s lack of follow-through on a directive that would mandate the installation of secondary cockpit barriers.
Etihad Airways will delay delivery of five Airbus A350-1000s until an unspecified future date, a move adhering to the Abu-Dhabi-based company’s business transformation plan.
Fundamental aircraft design assumptions about how pilots respond during system failures and react to flight deck hazard indicators are inadequate and must be reevaluated, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded.
FAA expects to reach a decision on minimum dimensions for seat length, width and pitch by the end of the year, following live evacuation drills in November, deputy administrator Dan Elwell said.
London Stansted Airport aims to provide up to half of the London area’s total long-haul aviation growth over the next decade as Heathrow and Gatwick continue to contend with runway capacity constraints.
State-owned Croatia Airlines will receive a government cash injection, while another southeast European carrier, Adria Airways, is scrambling to find investors and resume full operations.
Qatar Airways reported a fiscal year 2018/19 net loss of QAR2.3 billion ($639 million), widened from a net loss of QAR251.6 million in the year-ago period.
