Aviation Daily

By Victoria Moores
UK-based maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) said it has secured "significant" funding from its owner, Greybull Capital, after earlier reports its future might be under threat.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Delta Air Lines’ record third-quarter (Q3) revenues received a notable boost from the carrier’s transatlantic performance, with key growth metrics for the region leading the carrier’s network.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick, Michael Bruno
Commercial business will be a relatively small part of the merged Harris and L3 Technologies, but the combined company will have key positions in air traffic management, flight training, cockpit avionics and airport security.
Air Transport

Graham Warwick
Finnish renewable fuel producer Neste and aviation fuel supplier Air BP have agreed to explore opportunities to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuel for airline customers.
Air Transport

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In the days leading up to the vote by the U.S. Senate to reauthorize FAA, Coalition of Airline Pilots (CAPA) president Lee Collins penned a last-minute letter to Senate leaders expressing “grave concern about two glaring omissions” from H.R. 302, the legislative package containing the FAA Reauthorization Act.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
As General Electric prepares to begin the certification flight test campaign for the GE9X engine for Boeing’s 777X, the company is simultaneously ramping up plans to produce, maintain and support the world’s largest propulsion system for entry-into-service 2020 onwards.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
As General Electric prepares to begin the certification flight test campaign for the GE9X engine for Boeing’s 777X, the company is simultaneously ramping up plans to produce, maintain and support the world’s largest propulsion system for entry-into-service 2020 onwards.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus has informed A321neo and A321LR customers of a delivery delay of several weeks.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
TransDigm Group’s proposed $4 billion acquisition of rival Esterline Technologies could cement the former in the pantheon of top-tier western aerospace and defense suppliers and aftermarket providers–but at a higher price, with more new debt and the challenge of incorporating a somewhat different kind of company.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Delta Air Lines will debut its Airbus A220-100s on flights to Boston Logan International (BOS) and Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) out of its New York LaGuardia (LGA) hub starting Jan. 31 and steadily roll the newest narrowbodies out on other U.S. domestic large-hub-to-large-hub routes throughout the summer.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell Helicopter will collaborate with Japanese package-delivery company Yamato on aerial logistics using electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned aircraft, the two companies said Oct. 12.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Six years after its creation, Spanish LCC Volotea has carried its 20 millionth passenger, the carrier said Oct. 11.
Air Transport

Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has relaunched the nonstop Singapore (SIN)-New York Newark service, the world’s longest commercial flight, with its Airbus A350-900 ultra-long-range (ULR) aircraft.
Air Transport

AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss said—as the launch operator of the Airbus A220-300 (formerly the Bombardier CS300)—technical issues with the aircraft are mainly overcome.
Air Transport

Lufthansa Group is making another shift to its regional airline portfolio with plans to transfer Airbus A319s from Lufthansa mainline to Lufthansa’s CityLine regional carrier, starting in 2019.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise’s (DAE) leasing arm DAE Capital completed eight leasing transactions in 3Q 2018 and closed an $800 million revolving loan facility during the quarter, the parent company said in a review of the period released Oct. 11.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Italian unions have welcomed progress on the future of Alitalia and called for attention to be focused on developing the carrier’s long-haul network, particularly flights to the U.S.
Air Transport

TUI Group confirmed that is in talks with German airline investment group Intro Aviation to sell its French leisure airline Corsair International.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor, has acquired Wichita-baseed Aerostructures Acquisition, doing business as The Atlas Group, a manufacturer of complex assemblies for business, commercial and military aircraft.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European pilots called on Irish LCC Ryanair to reverse its decision to close bases in Eindhoven, Netherlands and Bremen, Germany in order to ensure progress in talks with unions.
Air Transport

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By Sean Broderick
Canadian ultra-LCC Jetlines said delivery of its first two aircraft is on schedule for “early” second quarter 2019 following its second set of advance lease payments to lessor AerCap.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Delta Air Lines' push to control costs and generate revenues through its growing inventory of premium products is helping the carrier offset rising fuel expenses, and executives believe the airline is on track to mitigate all of 2019's expected fuel-cost increase.
Air Transport