Determining annual winners and losers based on commercial aircraft order or delivery totals is only slightly less subjective than picking a favorite airplane design, and arguably just as productive.
Widespread flight cancellations sparked by the omicron surge have intensified debate over pandemic-related European slot relief measures, particularly regarding “ghost flights”—in which carriers operate empty flights in order to keep their takeoff and landing rights.
Embraer has agreed to sell its Evora site in Portugal to Spanish aerostructures specialist Aernnova for $172 million in the hope that the facility can attract business from other aircraft manufacturers while reducing Embraer’s exposure in aircraft components.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) hopes to restart flying to Europe in March as it waits for EASA to lift the suspension it imposed on Pakistani airline operations in 2020 following a fatal accident.
The chief executive of Mesa Airlines believes there is an issue facing commercial aviation more dire than COVID, and he’s worried that it is only getting worse.
United Airlines is reporting about 4% of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19, illustrating the operational struggles U.S. airlines are battling as the omicron coronavirus variant washes over the country.
The FAA ordered the ground-stop at around 2:30 p.m. in Los Angeles “as a matter of precaution,” the agency said Jan. 11, adding that it “regularly takes precautionary measures.”
European LCC easyJet plans to support the development of hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion by the UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, providing its perspective on how the zero-emissions technology could integrate with future airline operations.
South African Airways’ (SAA) interim board has pledged to take whatever action is necessary to rid the airline of corrupt staff from what it described as its “shameful past” and to work toward recovering misappropriated funds.
Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) is saying its 2021 air cargo performance was the best in the carrier’s 62-year history, following a pivot to cargo-centric operations while the island remained mostly shut to passenger movement.
Boeing’s December Commercial Airplane activity pointed to positive new-order momentum while deliveries on two key programs, the 737 MAX and 737, continue to struggle.
Delta Air Lines has been forced by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to temporarily suspend its two routes to Shanghai after falling foul of the regulator’s COVID-19 rule.
EquAir has become the first Latin American startup to launch commercial operations in 2022 after receiving its air operator’s certificate from the Ecuadorian Civil Aviation General Directorate earlier in January.
As Eve Urban Air Mobility prepares to go public as an independent entity, it is leaning heavily on its parent company Embraer and that includes access to its customer base.
Airbus is keeping a close eye on the COVID-19 situation in China’s Tianjin, home to the airframer’s only final assembly line in Asia, after authorities ordered a partial lockdown of the city in response to the detection of 40 cases linked to the omicron variant.
Zero-emissions propulsion developer ZeroAvia has selected Paine Field as the location for a flight research center to support development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain for the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.
A U.S. startup that plans to use airships to transport green hydrogen and air cargo has been selected for a business accelerator program run by Dassault Systemes.
Targeting increased supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), specialty chemicals heavyweight Johnson Matthey has introduced a technology to enable the cost-efficient production of synthetic crude oil on scales from small to large.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury opened the new year with strong hints that the Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer will raise A320neo family production above the current 2023 target of 65 aircraft per month in 2024 and 2025.
