Air Transport World

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has selected the second of two sites for the pilot training academy it is establishing to help address growing pilot hiring needs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s air accident investigation agency said it has found part of the engine of an Air France Airbus A380 in Greenland, opening up the possibility of learning more about what happened almost two years after the engine failed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Pilots at Air France regional subsidiary Air France HOP may strike because they want to be moved onto Air France contracts.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
A new group of investors reportedly is interested in buying a significant stake in Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB), although such a move would conflict with the airline’s own recovery proposal.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Universal Avionics is developing a supplemental type certificate (STC) for an enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) on the Airbus A320, paving the way for operators to retrofit aircraft with a technology that enables low-visibility landings.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Aircalin, the national airline of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, is planning acomplete replacement of its fleet with the delivery of new Airbus widebodies and narrowbodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Pacific Island carrier Air Kiribati plans to extend its reach to international tourist markets with the introduction of Embraer E190-E2s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways plans to increase capacity to three of its significant Asian destinations in a response to growing traffic on the routes.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Australian regulators have given interim approval to a partnership between Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic that will see them cooperate in the Australia-UK market.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Aerospace company Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has repurchased a 4% shareholding that was held by Emaar Properties PJSC, returning the company to state ownership.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Oneworld member Royal Jordanian (RJ) has expanded two codeshare agreements with Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Etihad Airways is seeing a leap in demand for the services of its pilot training division, Etihad Aviation Training (EAT), the Abu Dhabi-based carrier said June 27.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Seeing demand from the growing Chinese market, Korean Air has announced that it will launch Incheon-Nanjing, Hangzhou and Zhangjiajie in the remaining months of 2019.
Airports & Networks

Garuda Indonesia low-cost subsidiary Citilink is considering long-haul flights to Frankfurt and Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah, after receiving new Airbus A330neos toward the last quarter of 2019.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Italian infrastructure group Toto Holding has emerged as the latest possible member of the consortium that will relaunch bankrupt airline Alitalia.
Airlines & Lessors

Spanish LCC Volotea made a €15 million ($17 million) investment ahead of this year’s summer season to implement measures that include coordinating flight operations with standby aircraft, adding more crews and improving passenger service.
Airlines & Lessors

Four unions representing US aviation safety inspectors and mechanics wrote to Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary Elaine Chao urging the Department to implement three long-delayed Congressional directives intended to boost oversight of foreign repair stations that work on US aircraft.
Maintenance & Training

By Helen Massy-Beresford
SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM) sees the 100 projects it had already completed by February 2019 as instrumental in reducing European air transport delays by 6.2 million min. by 2030.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft startup Zunum Aero is again trying to raise funds to continue developing its 12-passenger ZA10, after earlier fundraising efforts failed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The climate impact from aircraft contrails will triple by 2050, increasing faster than aviation can reduce its carbon emissions, a new study by researchers at German aerospace center DLR concludes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Recaro Aircraft Seating has set a new strategic target to become the dominant player in business class seats now that it is firmly established as the leading seat provider in the economy class market.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Aeroflot Airline and Ural Airlines were forced to cancel or delay flights to Prague July 2 because of an unsolved dispute over Trans-Siberian rights between Russia and Czech Republic.
Airports & Networks

By Michael Bruno
Momentum from the Paris Air Show is fading, and Wall Street analysts are quickly taking a sobering financial view of the Boeing 737 MAX issue now that an extended grounding of the aircraft and halt in deliveries could drag into the fourth quarter, at least.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
African LCC fastjet CEO Nico Bezuidenhout will leave the company at the end of September after three years to rejoin his previous company, South African LCC Mango Airlines, to lead its turnaround program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The popular Fiji leisure market is seeing some significant changes as Fiji Airways plans to suspend an Australian route and Korean Air terminates flights to Fiji.
Airports & Networks