As ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) meets in Montreal to discuss which aviation biofuels will be classed as sustainable, international NGO Biofuelwatch has warned that alternative jet fuels cannot be sufficiently scaled up without relying on palm oil, which could have “disastrous” environmental consequences.
Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra has thrown his support behind KLM CEO Pieter Elbers, amid reports that Elbers’ contract may not be renewed by Air France-KLM.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has renewed calls for Congress to scrutinize “flag of convenience” business models that allow carriers to operate out of countries with less-expensive labor markets than their home countries.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary stands to make almost €100 million ($113 million) in bonuses if he can either double the LCC’s profit figures or its share price within five years.
As it prepares for its merger into the parent company, Singapore Airlines (SIA) subsidiary SilkAir has selected UK-based Thompson Aero Seating as the supplier for its Boeing 737 MAX 8 business-class refurbishment program.
Icelandair Group—which includes domestic operator Air Iceland Connect, capacity provider Loftleidir and several tourism-related subsidiaries—recorded a 2018 net loss of $55.6 million, reversed from a net profit of $37.5 million in 2017.
Aerospace and defense components manufacturer Arconic will break up, it’s days-old new leadership announced Feb. 8, with the company’s business sorted into Engineered Products & Forgings or Global Rolled Products, and one of them spun off.
Multinational aerospace engine and component company Safran has finalized the acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s electromechanical systems business unit.
Two key U.S. lawmakers overseeing federal transportation policy have introduced a bill that would keep the FAA fully funded during any future lapse in appropriations.
Aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, the largest subassembly provider to Boeing 737 and other commercial programs, are currently practicing in Wichita, Kansas for a narrowbody production rate of 57 aircraft a month.
Ernst Göhner Foundation, which owns approximately 46% of Swiss freight-forwarder Panalpina, has rejected a Panalpina takeover approach from Danish freight-forwarder DSV.
UK regional carrier Flybe has told shareholders that it had to sell off its operating companies, or face administration, adding that the empty holding company will be wound-up if shareholders do not back Connect Airways’ takeover offer.
Triumph Group is rushing toward the potential climax of its three-year restructuring, the major aerostructures provider’s chief executive indicated Feb. 7, but the supplier is cutting another 600 jobs and looking at a few more business unit divestitures on top of a slew of recently jettisoned work.
Aireon announced Feb. 7 that it has formally received control from Iridium of the final six receiver payloads it has placed on new Iridium Next satellites, completing its space-based aircraft surveillance network.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Brussels Airlines has scrapped its entire schedule of 222 flights for Feb. 13 because of industrial action across various stakeholders operating at Brussels Airport, as part of a wider national strike in Belgium.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Brussels Airlines has scrapped its entire schedule of 222 flights for Feb. 13 because of industrial action across various stakeholders operating at Brussels Airport, as part of a wider national strike in Belgium.
The top executive at Spokane International Airport (CEG) called on the U.S. Congress to lift the cap on Passenger Facility Charge Program (PFC) funds, saying that “the status quo is not working when it comes to funding airport infrastructure.”
At least 24 China Airlines (CAL) flights have been canceled after 500 pilots—represented by the Taiwan Taoyuan Pilot Union—staged a strike Feb. 8, citing poor fatigue management from the airline.
India’s Jet Airways confirms it has been forced to ground four of its aircraft due to defaults on lessor payments, as the airline continues to work on a bailout plan to address its financial woes.
