American Airlines Chairman and CEO Doug Parker said customers may no longer be able to change their nonrefundable tickets if Congress passes a provision in the U.S. Senate’s bill to reauthorize the FAA that would regulate how airlines charge the fees, calling the proposal “really bad for consumers.”
The FAA has released a final rule that establishes a performance-based standard for the design and installation of fuel systems in transport-category aircraft to protect against fuel-vapor ignition caused by lightning.
The German airline of Lithuania’s Small Planet Group has launched insolvency proceedings, but the company said it has permission to continue German and Dutch flight operations while it restructures.
European pilots are calling for management changes at Ryanair, ahead of its annual shareholders’ meeting on Sept. 20, the European Cockpit Association (ECA) said in a Sept. 19 statement in which it described the situation at the budget carrier as “more chaotic and unpredictable than ever.”
French Polynesian regional carrier Air Tahiti is considering procuring jets so it can expand international routes from its home base of Papeete, CEO Manate Vivish told Aviation Daily sister publication ATW at the sidelines of this week‘s IATA Aviation Day in Mauritius.
The FAA warns in a Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) of the risk of a runway overrun at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) caused by transposed runway numbers.
A coalition of airlines, airports and manufacturers wants the U.S. to ditch a provision in the FAA reauthorization bill that would target so-called flag-of-convenience carriers, warning it would “undermine the basis for the open skies agreements” that underpin the global aviation system.
Qatar Airways slumped into the red in its last financial year which ended March 31, recording a net loss of QR251.6 million ($69.1 million) after what the airline described as “the most challenging year in its 20-year history.”
Brussels Airlines said it is changing its long-haul network as it ends flights to Mumbai, India, for economic reasons and refocuses that capacity on its core region of Africa.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) appears to be on track to begin operations with its first Airbus A380 during the northern spring. Airbus has begun the final stages of production of the aircraft.
Air France’s main pilots’ union has confidence in new Air France-KLM group CEO Ben Smith’s ability to solve the pay crisis that cost his predecessor his job, its president told France’s RTL Radio.
Brussels Airlines is mulling whether to move its wet-lease arrangement from Ireland’s CityJet, following longer-than-anticipated delays in solving technical problems with its Russian-built regional jets.
Top executives of four major U.S. passenger and freight carriers have advocated for a light regulatory touch on matters of economics and innovation, saying heavy-handed regulation could reduce the competitiveness of U.S. airlines.
Rolls-Royce said further inspection of the Trent XWB-84 engine involved in the Sept. 11 diversion of an Iberia-operated Airbus A350-900 to Boston confirms there is no link to the service issues experienced on Trent 1000-family powerplants.
