Swire Pacific Holdings is attempting to privatize MRO provider Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) by purchasing the outstanding shares it does not yet control.
Sino-Russian consortium Craic has fixed the main dimensional details of its CR929 widebody aircraft, having revised them from figures given to Aviation Daily in May.
Air France said its pilots’ unions had announced a call for strikes on Jun. 23, 24, 25 and 26, part of a long-running dispute between employees and management over pay, and condemned the unions’ move as “incompatible with any concern for the company’s future.”
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz—speaking at an Economic Club of Washington, D.C. event June 7—gave no indication the Chicago-based carrier would retreat from its 2018 and longer-range earnings guidance.
Making the Bombardier C Series and the Airbus A320neo family “an integrated family of aircraft” is “a key strategic objective" of the new partnership between the two manufacturers in the program, Airbus Group CFO Harald Wilhelm said.
A panel of government and law enforcement officials expressed grave concern to lawmakers about the threat posed by terrorists and criminals operating unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and called on Congress to provide them with more authority and resources to counter malicious drones.
European transport ministers have agreed on proposals to support competitiveness and sustainability in the mobility sector, including one aimed at safeguarding competition within air transport, paving the way for negotiations with the European Parliament.
Avic will begin making parts for the airframe major assemblies of the MA700 turboprop airliner this month, following the transmission of design data to the factories in the past few weeks.
United Airlines debuted its first passenger service utilizing a Boeing 737-9 with flight 686 between Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Orlando International Airport (MCO) June 7.
Tensions between increasing passenger numbers and limited airport expansion will lead to airport-based services being further decentralized, according to Lufthansa Group senior director-product management ground & digital services Bjorn Becker.
An arbitrator's binding interim order has paved the way for WestJet's ULCC Swoop to launch later this month with pilots recruited from outside the company, but the Air Line Pilots Association will become the pilots' representative by September.
Boeing’s commercial, air-breathing hypersonic airplane pursuits could mean partnering with legacy large commercial aircraft engine makers initially, then ultimately including rocket motor makers, a Boeing scientist noted recently.
GE Aviation announced the formation of a new subsidiary called AiRXOS to support development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management system (UTM) initiatives.
South African Airways (SAA) CEO Vuyani Jarana said the airline has identified necessary measures needed to restructure the loss-making national carrier.
Airbus added firm orders for 24 commercial aircraft in May to lift its year-to-date gross total of 160 aircraft orders, including an end-of-month booking from an unidentified customer for 15 A350-900s valued at approximately $4.8 billion.
