Twenty Airbus A350s have been grounded by the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, turning one of the manufacturer’s most important customers, Qatar Airways, into a very unhappy one for the time being.
Spanish carrier Volotea is seeking an equity loan of up €185 million ($209 million) from a government fund, in order to balance its accounts affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce says it is seeing large engine flying hour increases as airlines restore long-haul flights, but the pace of recovery is uneven.
After losing its wet-lease contract with Austrian Airlines and with parent Eurowings not operating a Vienna base, Eurowings Europe is looking to pastures new.
The agreement with Heart Aerospace for the G3000 integrated avionics suite represents a further expansion by Garmin into the regional air transport market as well as into electric aviation.
Southwest Airlines said it expects to return to profitability in the 2021 fourth quarter (Q4) and remain profitable throughout 2022, indicating the impact of the omicron coronavirus variant on travel demand may not be as severe as initially feared.
A coalition of aviation industry groups is calling for further delay of 5G network deployments by telecommunications companies, warning of the potential of “significant disruptions” to passenger, cargo and special-mission helicopter flights over interference concerns.
Start-up carrier Connect Airlines has unveiled plans to become the first zero-emissions U.S.-based airline following the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) with new propulsion company Universal Hydrogen.
In their long and winding road to modernization, European players in air traffic management have made progress toward a more efficient use of airspace.
Alitalia successor ITA Airways has added two new codeshare partnerships with Etihad and KLM, building on other recent agreements with Air Europa, Air Malta, Air Serbia and TAP Air Portugal.
The proposed airworthiness directive (PAD) is to ensure affected aircraft do not have two production-quality problems that, when subjected to an intense lightning strike, could create a fuel tank vapor ignition source.
South African Airways (SAA) is pressing ahead with rebuilding its network and has signed a new interline agreement with privately owned South African regional carrier CemAir.
IATA is calling for governments to swiftly remove the latest travel restrictions imposed in response to the omicron coronavirus variant, saying the measures do not have an impact on virus transmission.
ST Engineering’s prototype Airbus A320 passenger to freighter (P2F) aircraft made its maiden flight on Dec. 8, nine months after its conversion process began.
The airline portfolio includes HNA's flagship carrier Hainan Airlines as well as Air Changan, China Xinhua Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines, Lucky Air, Shanxi Airlines and Urumqi Air.
The Biden administration is skeptical about the benefits of immunized joint ventures (JVs), but even it will be hard-pressed to deny the merits of the proposed tie-up between Allegiant Air and Viva Aerobus.
The FAA on Dec. 7 released airworthiness directives (AD) requiring operators of helicopters and passenger-carrying airplanes to prohibit certain operations requiring radio altimeter (RadAlt) data when in the presence of 5G wireless transmissions.
The poor rate of recovery of African passenger traffic–and thus revenues–“is a direct threat to the survival of the African aviation industry,” according to its main representative body.
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, arguably the architect of modern airline consolidation in the U.S., is retiring in March 2022, the company announced Dec. 7.
The engine sales and Rate-Per-Flight-Hour (RPFH) services contracts were announced during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Saudi Arabia on Dec. 4.
