UK LCC easyJet has again voiced its support for London Heathrow Airport expansion, arguing that increased capacity could open the way for LCCs to fly from the London hub.
London Gatwick Airport will spend an additional £1.11 billion ($1.48 billion) on infrastructure so it can accommodate a predicted 53 million passengers a year by 2023.
Aircraft returning from storage in April reached a four-year high, IATA figures showed, suggesting operators are scrambling to support sustained demand for lift and perhaps offset the effects of delivery delays and in-service issues on several key aircraft programs.
France’s economy ministry plans to present a draft law on June 18 that will pave the way for the state to reduce its stake in Paris airports operator Groupe ADP, part of a wider privatization drive that also includes lottery operator FDJ and energy company Engie.
Frost & Sullivan said the global additive manufacturing (AM) materials market for the aerospace industry will reach $535.1 million by 2024, rocketing with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.3% through 2024.
The European Union (EU) is urging ICAO to establish the most robust Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) system possible, so the global airline industry can stabilize CO2 emissions at 2020 levels.
Boeing logged 40 new commercial aircraft bookings in May, over half for 737 MAXs, lifting the U.S. manufacturer’s total gross orders for 2018 to 361 commercial aircraft valued at about $63 billion, more than doubling the year to-date gross orders (160) and sales ($27 billion) of European competitor Airbus.
Swoop, WestJet’s new ultra-LCC offshoot, has been granted its Transport Canada (TC) air operator’s certificate (AOC), clearing the way for inaugural flights June 20.
Recent news from Southwest Airlines that it is scaling back planned growth through year-end will help keep domestic capacity in check as costs rise, but similar moves will be needed by peers to cement what analysts believe is a necessary market correction.
The scheduled first delivery of the Sino-Russian Craic CR929 widebody airliner has been advanced by two years to 2025, with the first flight now scheduled for 2023.
ADS, the trade body representing the UK aerospace industry, has urged talks to ensure aviation safety arrangements between the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the UK‘s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are hammered out before the UK leaves the European Union (EU).
The European Commission (EC) has given the green light for UK global investment manager AMP Capital Investors and Spanish airports operator Aena Internacional to acquire joint control of London Luton Airport.
Ireland-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital posted a $319.4 million full-year pre-tax profit and is aiming to transition the majority of its fleet to new-technology aircraft by the mid-2020s.
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An overly cautious FAA should change its approach to assessing safety risk when it considers unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommends in a study released June 11.
A pending regulatory mandate will give Boeing 787 operators flying so-called “Package B” versions of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines 30 days to inspect intermediate pressure compressor (IPC) blades for cracks, setting the stage for perhaps more 787 groundings.
Shanghai-based LCC Spring Airlines plans to introduce much longer routes when it begins receiving Airbus A320neo family aircraft in the second half of this year.
