Aviation Daily

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. FAA is giving operators three years to replace decompression panels on certain Boeing 787s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
The Brazilian airline reached an agreement with most of its lessors to reduce lease payments by $1.1 billion during the next four-and-a-half years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The diversity of use cases for uncrewed traffic management requires a new approach to prioritizing airspace access.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Seoul’s metropolitan government has selected routes for urban air mobility demonstration flights in 2024-25.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce is now focusing on improving durability and is providing new details of a strategy to double time-on-wing by 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Heico Corp. plans to acquire Wencor Group for $2.05 billion by the end of 2023.
MRO

By Alan Dron
Senior government ministers from the U.S., U.K. and Canada will chair the SAF Investor Summit.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
A strong increase in total tourist arrival into Thailand in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023 has brought Thai Airways back into the black.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
First flight tests are planned as early as 2024.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
SpiceJet stated categorically that “it has no plans whatsoever to file for insolvency.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Merlin Labs is working with the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority to certify its autonomous flight system in the Cessna Caravan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
LCC group AirAsia announced the launch of three new routes from Malaysia to China, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Quanzhou, Guilin and Chengdu, starting in June.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
Avianca said Aerocivil’s conditions for approving the proposed merger would “make Viva’s recovery impossible and could even affect Avianca’s stability.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Progress is being made in contract negotiations between WestJet and ALPA-represented pilots, as the potential for a work stoppage nears.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines expects to announce an order for 600 aircraft in June, part of the airline’s plans to expand its fleet to over 800 aircraft by 2033.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
A May 11 airworthiness directive requires A380 operators to calculate “factored time on ground” and conduct inspections based on Airbus’ revised criteria.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
First flight is scheduled for 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Christine Boynton
Expressing confidence in their domestic market position, Air Canada says it is “watching very closely” the expansion of certain carriers within Canada.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand will benefit from a much-needed boost to its long-haul capacity in coming months as it adds two more Boeing 777s to its operational fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian is planning to reduce capacity in the fourth quarter to match winter demand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Construction work has started on a third terminal at Taiyuan Wusu Airport (TYN) in China’s Shanxi province.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Aviation regulators from Japan and South Korea have held their first bilateral talks in a decade
Safety, Ops & Regulation

We look at Asia Pacific, China and India utilization, and what the effects of the removal of China’s Zero COVID policy had since December 2022.
MRO

By Christine Boynton
A near-unanimous vote from pilots represented by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) has authorized potential strike action.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released an updated roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI) in aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation