The acquisition by the Beijing city government of new shares in Capital Airlines—announced Dec. 12—will greatly enlarge the city’s holdings in the HNA Group’s second-largest carrier, industry sources said.
Spain’s Air Europa will begin phasing out its Embraer E195 aircraft in 2021, as part of the airline’s strategy to transition to an all-Boeing fleet by 2023.
The first Boeing 737 finished at the joint Boeing-COMAC completion facility in Zhoushan, China was delivered to its first customer, Air China, Dec. 15.
Israeli startup Eviation says it is making progress with plans to display the first prototype of its Alice all-electric regional aircraft at the Paris Air Show in June 2019.
UK and Swiss authorities have signed a new bilateral air services agreement to ensure the continuation of flights between the two countries post-Brexit.
Conservative 2019 guidance from Delta Air Lines, despite strong macro trends and solid fourth-quarter momentum, suggests the airline—not content with leading its peers—is paying even closer attention to Wall Street.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.)
FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell has appointed former FAA official D. Kirk Shaffer to serve as FAA associate administrator-airports, effective Dec. 17.
Air Astana officially unveiled its first Embraer E190-E2s on lease from Netherlands-based AerCap, making the Kazakhstan flag-carrier the first operator of the type in Central Asia.
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has suspended regional carrier CemAir from operating, following what it called “unacceptable and intolerable behavior” that posed a threat to safety.
The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC)—the body responsible for implementing intra-African Open Skies—has chosen former Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) director general Tefera Mekonnen as its next secretary general (SG).
IATA is signaling that global cargo revenue is forecast to rise more than 5% year-over-year to $116 billion in 2019, driven in part by a continued robust (albeit slower) global economic outlook, as well as the recent substantial fall in oil prices.
A group of 35 U.S. senators have signed onto a bipartisan letter urging FAA to implement a provision from the FAA Reauthorization Bill that will enhance funding for air traffic control (ATC) facilities at rural and small airports across the U.S.
IATA unveiled a data-sharing platform to help airlines avoid turbulence during flights and named Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines as the first contributor.
