Allegiant Air announced a new order for 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with options for up to 50 more, in a move that injects a second aircraft type into the ULCC’s long-term strategic growth plans for the first time and gives Boeing a much-needed sale to a loyal Airbus customer.
Although unruly passenger rates in the U.S. continued to trend downward from a peak in early 2021, investigations of those incidents for the full year remain elevated compared with historical levels.
Changes to how pilot training standards are evaluated during commercial aircraft certification do not cover large business jets or other general aviation aircraft.
Hong Kong continues to take stiff measures to control the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, temporarily banning passenger flights from eight countries.
South Korean regulators are drawing closer to a final decision on the proposed Korean Air-Asiana Airlines merger, as Korean Air assesses an initial report from the country’s competition authority.
New travel restrictions introduced by the Indian state of West Bengal will dramatically cut airline capacity on one of the busiest domestic routes in the country.
Operators of certain Engine Alliance-powered Airbus A380s must conduct more frequent inspections of engine fan hubs and add a new check after regulators mandated manufacturer-recommended revisions.
AT&T and Verizon have agreed to delay deploying 5G wireless services using C-band spectrum for two weeks beyond the scheduled Jan. 5 start date, giving the FAA more time to prevent airspace system disruptions arising from the potential of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.
European travel regulations for air passengers—and others—have continued to change at a dizzying speed, with new measures and restrictions introduced in several countries immediately prior to, or during, the holiday period.
By Ben Goldstein, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield
The global airline industry’s long drawn-out recovery from the COVID-19 crisis is now being hindered by the omicron coronavirus variant but how much of an impact it will have during the first quarter remains unclear.
Cathay Pacific said it will fly a “skeleton passenger flight schedule” in January and has cancelled all cargo flights through at least Jan. 6 due to new regulations in Hong Kong.
Technical cooperation in aviation affairs between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) will be strengthened following the signing of an agreement between the two sides.
Airbus has unveiled Airbus Atlantic, a wholly owned subsidiary that starts off as the No. 2 aerostructures provider in the Western business world as measured by annual sales.
Brazilian regulators have approved GOL’s acquisition of MAP Linhas Aereas (MAP), paving the way for GOL to expand its presence at one of Brazil’s most strategic airports, Sao Paulo Congonhas.
Behind the scenes of the aviation and telecommunications industries’ clash over 5G wireless transmissions, aviation standards organization RTCA is developing performance specifications for a new generation of radio altimeters that would be hardened against 5G interference.
Large U.S. defense prime contractor L3Harris Technologies has reorganized to include just three main business divisions, with Aviation Systems and its top unit executive no longer part of the company’s structure.
The FAA has codified new protocols that expand how proposed pilot training for new aircraft is evaluated during certification, issuing guidance based on procedures used during the Boeing 737 MAX’s re-approval effort that also satisfies a U.S. Congressional mandate.
Telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon have refused a high-level U.S. government appeal to delay activating new 5G wireless networks on Jan. 5 as scheduled, offering instead to draw temporary exclusion zones around certain airports to protect against the possibility of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.
As ZeroAvia prepares to fly its modified Dornier 228 hydrogen-electric propulsion system testbed, details of the mobile refueling system that will support flight testing are emerging.
