Norwegian Air Shuttle is temporarily withholding ticket sales for its routes normally operated by the Boeing 737 MAX to ensure it can “meet customer expectations” in its latest update since the aircraft type’s grounding by aviation authorities around the world.
Cathay Pacific is poised to enter Asia’s LCC market, after announcing a deal to purchase 100% of Hong Kong Express (HKE) and operate it as a subsidiary.
The identification of in-service issues with the Boeing 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) does not signal errors made during the system’s design and risk analysis, FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell will tell the Senate Wednesday.
SINGAPORE/FRANKFURT—China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) has signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Airbus for 290 A320 family aircraft and 10 A350s in one of Airbus’ biggest deals for its narrowbody aircraft.
Boeing is confident that sales of its Boeing 777X family, which it views as solid, will move at a steady pace, underscoring airlines’ shifting widebody ordering patterns.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsia has restricted Nordwind Airlines air operator’s certificate (AOC) from Mar. 25, canceling its ETOPS permits.
AirAsia X is working with Airbus on the details of a potential order for longer-range versions of the A321neo, with discussions covering issues such as configuration, quantity, timing and variant.
Boeing’s 767-based tankers use a version of the pitch augmentation system that grounded the 737 Max 8 fleet, the manufacturer and U.S. Air Force officials say.
FAA does not want to be the first regulator to lift its 737 MAX operations ban and is working with other agencies to find consensus on joint approval of the model’s return to service, but the agency is prepared to act alone if the authorities cannot agree, sources with knowledge of the agency’s thinking tell Aviation Daily.
Nav Canada began space-based tracking of aircraft flying in the eastern part of its Edmonton flight information region (FIR) Mar. 25, marking the first operational use of the Aireon surveillance system carried by new Iridium Next satellites.
Norwegian Air Shuttle said it was delaying the potential sale of six Boeing 737-800 aircraft and preparing to wet lease capacity to make up the shortfall created by the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX.
Alitalia unions went on strike Mar. 25 as part of a wider walk-out in the Italian air transport sector as the long-drawn out process aimed at saving the bankrupt carrier looked to be advancing with the news that a new industrial plan should be presented by Easter.
Ethiopian Airlines group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam has reaffirmed his belief in Boeing in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash that claimed the lives of all 157 people on board.
Jet Airways chairman and founder Naresh Goyal has stepped down from his position, clearing the way for the Indian carrier’s major creditors to execute the next stage of its bailout.
Boeing is scheduling a meeting in Renton, Washington on March 27 to update airlines and aviation regulators on its actions to address concerns about the 737 MAX. The manufacturer said it has “invited more than 200 airline pilots, technical leaders and regulators for an informational session” in Renton. “This is part of our ongoing effort to share more details about our plan for supporting the safe return of the 737 MAX to commercial service,” the carrier said in a statement.
The fate of Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air seems to increasingly to lie with its creditors, after talks with Icelandair Group collapsed. The two Icelandic carriers resumed talks March 21 following an almost four-month hiatus after negotiations regarding Icelandair’s acquisition of WOW Air ended without agreement. In the intervening period, U.S.-based private equity fund Indigo Partners stepped in, looking to take an initial 49% stake in WOW Air. However, Indigo, which has major stakes in several other LCCs, withdrew from the talks last week.
