Taiwan’s China Airlines has moved one of its two daily Taipei-Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights to Ontario (California) International Airport (ONT), which is located in the eastern part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
AAR Corp. faces staffing pressure and could increase wages to help retain and attract enough mechanics at its MRO shops—a move that would increase costs for customers.
Following a March 22 cyberattack on the City of Atlanta government, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) temporarily shut down its Wi-Fi system, leaving the airport’s approximately 275,000 daily passengers and 63,000 employees scrambling for internet connectivity.
LONDON—London Luton Airport is aiming to clamp down on excessive noise late at night over the peak summer period, after it breached its night-time noise contour limits. The airport, which is situated some 35 miles north of central London, is the home of LCC easyJet and handles a high percentage of LCC and charter flights. It has experienced rapid growth in flight numbers—up 37% in the past five years. It handled 15.8 million passengers on 135,000 flights in 2017.
Airlines for America (A4A) CEO Nick Calio believes there will be further progress in UK-U.S. air services talks by April, as the UK prepares to exit from the European Union (Brexit) next year.
Boeing has not appealed the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) rejection of its C Series price dumping claims against Bombardier. Boeing confirmed the March 22 deadline to appeal the Jan. 26 ITC vote passed without it filing an appeal.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Alitalia signed a commercial partnership agreement that will include codeshare flights between Japan and Italy and on domestic routes within the two countries from Oct. 28.
Air China said it expects to raise its share of traffic at Beijing Capital International Airport to 70% after a new airport opens in the city’s Daxing district next year.
Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce started work on its new testbed facility in Derby, UK. The building, believed to be the largest of its type in the world, was announced in June 2017 as part of a wider £150 million ($211 million) investment in UK aerospace facilities.
Mitsubishi Aircraft is upgrading avionics and flight-control software in its four U.S.-based MRJ90 prototypes while also making electrical harness changes related to a program delay announced last year.
FedEx Corp. posted an unadjusted $2.1 billion net profit for its fiscal 2018 third quarter ended Feb. 28, as the Memphis-based package delivery giant saw a $1.53 billion benefit following U.S. tax legislation enacted in late 2017.
The massive fiscal year (FY) 2018 spending bill the U.S. Congress is attempting to push through this week would increase FAA funding nearly 4% over FY17 figures, including a 13.8% jump in Facilities and Equipment (F&E) spending, where most NextGen air traffic control modernization program spending resides, and a boost in airport grant funding.
Chorus Aviation Capital (CAC), the aircraft leasing subsidiary of Halifax-based Chorus Aviation, entered into a sale and leaseback transaction with Dublin-based regional carrier CityJet for two Bombardier CRJ900s.
Eurocontrol, the organization in charge of air traffic management (ATM) at the European level, called for a reorganization of the continent’s airspace based on traffic flows rather than borders.
Following Transport Canada’s suspension of Vancouver-based Orca Airways’ air operator’s certificate (AOC) last week, Calgary-based carrier Integra Air will take over Orca’s scheduled passenger and cargo flights in British Columbia, Integra CEO John Macek said March 19.
