FAA reauthorization legislation approved by House and Senate committee leaders contains “the most forward-leaning language from Congress on supersonics since the 1960s,” said Boom Supersonic, the Colorado-based startup developing a 55-seat, Mach 2.2 airliner.
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) appears unlikely to meet its own Sept. 30 deadline for closing the roughly $30 billion acquisition of avionics and cabin interiors giant Rockwell Collins.
ExpressJet Airlines pilots have ratified a new three-year contract, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)—which represents ExpressJet’s 1,100 pilots—said Sept. 27.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary Elaine Chao on Sept. 27 announced the FAA has awarded $205 million in supplemental funding for infrastructure grants to 34 airports.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) plans to mandate swaps of a Fokker Services-supplied electronic flight bag (EFB) component linked to several cockpit smoke and fume events.
British Airways (BA) has invited two unnamed companies to conduct biometric self-boarding gate trials at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), building on existing pilot projects at Los Angeles (LAX) and Orlando (MCO) international airports.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and biometric technologies have emerged as key themes in the latest survey of technology trends performed by aviation information-technology (IT) provider SITA.
Ryanair said it would open two bases in Bordeaux and Marseille as part of its summer 2019 schedule, basing two aircraft at each airport and representing a $200 million investment for each one, as the LCC seeks to accelerate its growth in the French market.
Emirates has withdrawn its application to operate flights from Dubai to Mexico City via an intermediate stop in Spain, after Mexican authorities granted three flights a week versus the daily schedule sought by the Dubai-based carrier.
EASA has issued the type certificate for the A330-900, one of the two models of the A330neo family, clearing the way for entry-into-service of Airbus’ latest widebody model this year.
An investigation into last year's taxiway overflight by an Air Canada Airbus A320 at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) underscores gaps in how key airfield-configuration and other flight-operations information is communicated to pilots, leading the NTSB to recommend the FAA undertake a broad review of the process.
Long-haul LCC Norwegian said it would end its U.S. routes from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and withdraw transatlantic services from Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as cutting some European routes from the Scottish capital.
The official opening of New Istanbul Airport (NIA) on Oct. 29 is expected to be only a huge ceremony, as flag-carrier Turkish Airlines plans to keep a majority of its operations at Istanbul Ataturk Airport until year-end.
Comac has confirmed its plan to fly the third C919 flight-test aircraft this year, as the program works toward a targeted first delivery in 2021, state media say, citing the company.
IATA’s director-general has expressed concerns about the amount of work that will be required by aviation organizations and individuals to maintain air links in a post-Brexit era, based on the UK government-issued guidance issued Sept. 24.
