Melbourne Airport (MEL) is pushing ahead with plans to build a third runway to cope with an expected doubling of passenger numbers over the next two decades.
Aftermarket specialist AerSale has chosen Precision Aircraft Solutions to convert six more Boeing 757-200s to freighters, with options on a further four aircraft.
ICAO Council member states have expressed concerns that Belarus may have held back information during the UN agency’s fact-finding investigation into the diversion of Ryanair FR4978 to Minsk in May 2021.
The LMS-901 Baikal light turboprop is seen as a successor to Russia’s ageing fleet of Soviet mass-produced Antonov An-2 piston-engine utility aircraft.
Universal Hydrogen has completed a 1-megawatt iron bird for ground testing of its zero-emissions fuel-cell propulsion system and announced the first customer in France for its regional aircraft conversion.
Qatar Airways has signaled the long-anticipated launch of Boeing’s 777-8F Freighter with a firm order for 34 aircraft as part of a deal which also includes an unexpected agreement covering up to 50 stretched 737-10s.
United Airlines became the first major U.S. carrier to open its own flight school, part of an effort to address a looming pilot shortage that is expected to worsen in coming years.
Aircraft propulsion batteries with three times the pack-level energy density of today’s automotive technology may be achievable in the next decade if enough investment is targeted at aeronautical applications, a new report published in Nature concludes.
The UK’s FlyZero research project has revealed its concept for a 75-seat regional airliner powered by liquid hydrogen as it finalizes its study on how to prepare the country’s aerospace industry to participate in the development of future zero-emissions commercial aircraft.
The surge in omicron coronavirus variant cases damaged Ryanair Holdings’ yields in December and January, but the Ireland-based airline group managed to reduce its fiscal 2022 third-quarter (Q3) net loss to €96 million ($107 million) from €321 million a year earlier.
Airworthiness directives (ADs) mandating 5G-related flight restrictions that go beyond low-visibility operations highlight the complexity of protecting aircraft from potential interference while regulators quantify the risks and work on permanent fixes.
Air traffic management (ATM) organization Eurocontrol and Airports Council International Europe (ACI-Europe) have signed an MOU to increase cooperation as Europe’s air transport sector inches slowly back toward normality.
Incremental growth in the London market will be the focus of JetBlue Airways’ nascent transatlantic operation this year, with additional European destinations coming on board no earlier than 2023.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is increasing its summer 2022 program with additional aircraft capacity and its comeback to the U.S. West Coast.
The holding company behind LCC AirAsia has rebranded itself as Capital A Berhad as CEO Tony Fernandes looks beyond air transport operations for growth.
Southwest Airlines expects to return to consistent profits in 2022, but challenges related to staffing and the omicron coronavirus variant will persist for most of the 2022 first quarter (Q1).
