Airbus said the BelugaXL has passed the ground vibration test (GVT), a requirement for certification of the aircraft that paves the way toward its maiden flight this summer.
Norwegian air service provider Avinor and Spanish air traffic management equipment provider Indra have completed the first test in a series of validations to simultaneously manage traffic in multiple airports from a single remote position.
Six European countries have written to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) expressing concerns about the sustainability criteria of the CORSIA aviation emissions offsetting scheme as members prepare to meet to try to finalize its regulations.
Ryanair said it had signed its first cabin crew recognition agreement, with the ANPAC and ANPAV unions in Italy, paving the way for them to represent the LCC’s directly employed cabin crew in Italy.
Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines joint venture SunExpress has signed up with Immfly to provide its passengers with its digital inflight entertainment (IFE) platform in a move aimed at improving choice for passengers and increasing ancillary revenues.
LJUBLJUANA, Lithuania—Romania's Blue Air operates 29 Boeing 737s, including both Classics and NGs, but is in the process of replacing its Classics with 737 Max-family versions, said Adrian Ionascu, the Romanian low-cost carrier’s director of third-party contracts.
Air Canada and Air China signed their long-expected joint venture (JV) agreement, setting up a partnership poised to capitalize on the growing market between their two countries.
PARIS–Toulouse, France-based turboprop manufacturer ATR said Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd’s (JAC) decision to convert one of the ATR 42-600s it has on order into an ATR 72-600 sets up the ATR 72’s arrival in Japan for the first time.
The British government has given its long-awaited backing to the expansion of London’s Heathrow airport in a major milestone toward the construction of a third runway.
The FAA will use its officially designated unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test sites to demonstrate a low-altitude UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system for drones, as required by Congress.
Cathay Pacific is planning additional long-haul destinations that would be a good match for its Airbus A350-1000s, with the first of these aircraft due to be delivered on June 19.
Airline profitability remains uneven geographically, with carriers in much of the world struggling to earn a profit even as the overall industry continues to generate record revenue and earn robust annual income.
New-generation widebodies are prompting some airlines to seek out potential new city pairs that can be served nonstop with flight times of 17 hr. or longer.
The airline industry is pushing for new technology and initiatives to streamline border processing for passengers, with trials underway at some airports.
Finalizing and formally adopting regulations later this month for the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions for the Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is critical to keeping the ICAO program on track to start on time, according to the head of the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG).
Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr believes Boeing’s proposed new midmarket aircraft (NMA) will not arrive before “the end of the next decade,” which would be several years behind Boeing’s own preliminary timeline.
FAA plans to issue a request for information (RFI) this week to the seven UAS test sites, after which it will choose some or all of the sites to conduct a UAS traffic management demonstration.
Increased commercial passenger traffic and limited capacity will drive airport information technology spending to $4.6 billion by 2023, consultants at Frost & Sullivan said in a new report, with digitalization seen driving a transformative experience for flyers.
