Aviation Daily

Kim Minseok and Bradley Perrett
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) aims to build a foreign civil aircraft under license beginning 2023 while developing its own 60-seat design for sale in 2030, its chief executive said, outlining a plan to start a shift away from military production in 2019.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
The oneworld alliance has “a pipeline of candidates” lining up for its oneworld connect status, alliance CEO Rob Gurney said Feb.1.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
South Korean LCC startup Air Premia has decided to base its fleet on Boeing 787-9s; the carrier intends to start operations in September 2020.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways is prepared to stay in the oneworld alliance as long as there is a chance of resolving its differences with fellow alliance members.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
A move by Qantas to buy a stake in Australian charter and regional carrier Alliance Airlines has raised concerns with rival Virgin Australia, which is a long-standing partner of Alliance.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Groupe ADP, which manages Paris airports, is readying for the consultation phase of a major capacity expansion program at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.
Air Transport

Jens Flottau
Airbus has to become “more aggressive” in pricing the Airbus A380 if it wants to place any additional orders with International Airlines Group (IAG), the company’s CEO Willie Walsh said.
Air Transport

JetBlue Airways requested the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) consolidate antitrust immunity (ATI) applications from the proposed oneworld and SkyTeam transatlantic joint ventures (JV).
Air Transport

Continued deceleration of economic growth in China coupled with sluggish environments in the U.S. and Europe will take their toll on new-aircraft demand, likely leaving Airbus and Boeing with fewer orders than deliveries this year, a Bloomberg analyst warned at Aviation Week’s Aero-Engines Americas Jan. 30.
Air Transport

Thierry Dubois
Turboprop manufacturer ATR’s product development for its wearable enhanced vision system and the ATR 72-600F cargo aircraft ison schedule, CEO Stefano Bortoli said at ATR’s annual press conference in Paris Jan. 31. Additionally, the company is gearing up for the launch of a short takeoff and landing (STOL) variant of the ATR 42, Bortoli said.
Air Transport

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By Jens Flottau
Termination of the contract could force Airbus to shut down the A380 program, a move the manufacturer seriously considered before securing the latest commitment from the type’s—by far—largest customer.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
General Electric (GE) has no plans to sell its market-leading aircraft leasing unit, GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), despite a slew of potential bidders, the troubled industrial giant’s relatively new chief executive said Jan. 31.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Four aircraft retrofit specialists—EAD Aerospace, Envoy Aerospace, Etihad Airways Engineering and Lufthansa Technik—announced Jan. 30 the signing of an MOU to form the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance (IAMA).
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Airbus is investigating a cyberattack on its commercial aircraft business in which the attackers gained unauthorized access to employee contact information.
Air Transport

Chen Chuanren
Philippines LCC Cebu Pacific plans to have a fleet of 83 aircraft by 2022, fronted by 27 Airbus A321neos.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR plans to capitalize on the turmoil affecting its main competitor, Bombardier, by positioning itself as the only company in the sector that can guarantee its products’ longevity.
Air Transport

By Kerry Reals
Ryanair is in talks to open a base at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in southern France, marking the potential next step in a strategy unveiled by the Irish LCC a year ago to expand its presence in the French market.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Indian carrier Jet Airways has denied claims that it has had to ground aircraft at the insistence of a lessor.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
While higher fuel prices weakened Japan Airlines (JAL) profits for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2018, recent easing in fuel price forecasts have helped prompt the carrier to raise its profit outlook.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
EASA has approved a Rolls-Royce request to transfer design authorization from Britain to Germany as a precaution against a possible no-deal Brexit.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
FAA and EASA have agreed to grant extensions to scores of dual-certified repair stations with certificate expiration dates in early 2019, ensuring that the recent U.S. government shutdown will not hold up routine renewals.
Air Transport