Aviation Daily

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The iconic Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-134 regional jet has finally ended commercial operations in Russia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The Council of the European Union has recommended that member states should lift restrictions on fully vaccinated non-EU travelers starting March 1, as it shifts toward a more person-centered approach to COVID-19 prevention.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The board of British ground handler John Menzies has finally backed a takeover proposal from Kuwaiti rival National Aviation Services (NAS).
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Pratt & Whitney is to design a high-efficiency, hydrogen-fueled aircraft turbine engine with funding support from the U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Norwegian discount airline startup Norse Atlantic Airways has chosen the Sheltair Aviation complex at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) as its U.S. administrative headquarters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
United Airlines has made plenty of ambitious moves recently, but its February 2020 decision to operate its own pilot training school may be the most prescient of all.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is mandating new limitations for most older Boeing 737s operating at airports with 5G C-Band deployment, warning that signal interference may cause malfunctions to automated systems that rely on the aircraft’s radio altimeter.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Air Canada now intends to take all 12 Airbus A220-300s from an order it previously canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
An A380 will flight-test a hydrogen-burning turbine engine by the end of 2026 under a collaboration between Airbus and CFM International partners GE Aviation and Safran.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) launched “SAS FORWARD,” a SEK 7.5 billion ($799 million) cost-savings program that aims to keep it remain competitive into the future.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus, Safran and private equity firm Tikehau Ace Capital signed a memorandum of understanding to buy aerospace materials supplier Aubert & Duval from French mining firm Eramet on Feb. 22.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Backed by a rebound in line maintenance business at Changi Airport, SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) posted a net profit of S$33.2 million ($24.5 million) for the third quarter of its 2021/2022 fiscal year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa has told its pilot union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), that it may set up a new wholly-owned airline operating mainline services, should no agreement on substantial labor cost reductions be reached quickly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Airbus has delivered the first A319neo to China Southern Airlines, which becomes the first commercial operator of the shortened A320neo family aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Greater Bay Airlines has been cleared to fly more than 100 passenger routes across the Asia-Pacific region, providing further competition for Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong Airlines.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
A second Swedish start-up airline has announced plans to reconnect one of the country’s regions with the capital, Stockholm.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region are recognizing a changing need among their passengers for inflight data connectivity, according to a provider of satellite broadband to carriers.
Connectivity

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia X has revealed more details about its plans to raise additional funds and progressively return more of its grounded fleet to service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Eurowings says the aim of the move is to eliminate the complexity for employees within Europe, specifically their grievance of double taxation, and to allow for further growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Embraer has decided to pause flight testing and certification of the Embraer 175-E2 for three years in a move that raises further doubts about the future viability of the program.
Crossover Narrowbody Jets

By Chen Chuanren
The twin-aisle aircraft, reg B-58301, is the first of eight A330neo arriving on lease from Air Lease Corporation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has ordered inspections of GE Aviation GEnx-1Bs and -2B fuel metering unit (FMU) parts after an improperly installed valve plug was linked to fuel leakage and an inflight engine shutdown on a UPS Boeing 747-8-F last July near Hong Kong.
Aerospace

By Ben Goldstein
Air Lease Corporation (ALC), building on its recent large order for more than 100 Airbus narrowbodies, is now ordering 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Aviation businesses that make it through the global shock of the last few years will come out seeing some things differently.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Germany green-hydrogen investment platform Hy2gen has completed a €200 million ($226.4 million) fundraising round.
Aircraft & Propulsion