Aviation Daily

By Bill Carey
Thales signed an agreement with NASA that will support the development of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) traffic management (UTM) system.
Air Transport

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By Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet has teamed up with Airbus in a five-year predictive maintenance partnership that will use Airbus’ Skywise data platform to predict technical faults before they occur, allowing for early intervention and a reduction in delays and cancellations.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Air France flights face disruption March 30 as several of the carrier’s trade unions plan to take strike action.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is keeping an open mind about Boeing's new mid-market aircraft (NMA), but not necessarily for mainline flying, the carrier's chief executive said.
Air Transport

Alan Dron
Air France flights face disruption March 30 as several of the carrier’s trade unions plan to take strike action.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Partners United Airlines and Air New Zealand are boosting capacity in the U.S.-New Zealand market, including a new route between Chicago and Auckland to be operated by Air New Zealand.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
UK leisure carrier Thomas Cook Airlines will join the Worldwide by easyJet connecting platform, which is also being extended to include another seven airports.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Juneyao Airlines, a “connecting partner” member of Star Alliance based in Shanghai, is extending its role in the grouping by beginning codesharing operations with Taiwan’s EVA Air.
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By Mark Nensel
Azul Brazilian Airlines is planning to expand its regional and international route network to potentially 35 new cities in the coming years, the São Paulo-based carrier said.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
More than 80% of leading executives in aerospace and defense companies expect to see artificial intelligence (AI) systems working alongside their human employees in just the next few years, according to the latest annual edition of Accenture’s Technology Vision report.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Fiji Airways plans to begin the process of replacing its Boeing 737NGs with newer versions later this year, and is also evaluating widebody replacements.
Air Transport

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia`s Irkut Corp. completed assembly of the second flight test MC-21-300.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
The application of Europe’s passenger-rights rules—often referred to as EU261—is being scrutinized by the European Court of Auditors, but a wider revamp remains in limbo.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
A near collision between a drone and a Boeing 777 on March 25 has prompted Air New Zealand to call for stricter regulations for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
LOT Polish Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 will be used both to serve the carrier’s flagship transatlantic routes and to open up new routes, the airline’s CEO said.
Air Transport

By Mark Nensel
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Doha-based Qatar Airways both introduced their respective Airbus A350-900 service to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) over the March 24-25 weekend, with Delta beating Qatar by one day as the first scheduled A350 operator at ATL.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Vietnamese startup Bamboo Airways placed a tentative order for up to 24 Airbus A321neos.
Air Transport

By Mark Nensel
Seeking to build on its fleet of Boeing 767-300 freighters, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has finalized an order for two 777Fs, which the carrier plans to fly on international routes, focusing on Asia, China and North America.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Regional carrier lobby group the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) is calling on its members to take advantage of European Investment Bank (EIB) funding for new aircraft purchases.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Singapore Airlines is set to put the first Boeing 787-10 into service next week and plans to operate a fleet of eight 787-10s by April 2019 on what the carrier terms “regional” routes.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France joined the joint venture between its sister airline KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Kenya Airways, consolidating the Air France-KLM Group’s capacity in East Africa.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Irish LCC Ryanair said it would begin flights to Ukraine from October 2018 with 10 new routes from the capital Kiev and five new routes from Lviv.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
HNA Group’s Urumqi Airlines has started flying the Embraer E190, an aircraft likely to be well matched to many routes in the sparsely populated territory in far western China where it is based.
Air Transport