Australia is closer to achieving its “OneSky” goal of merging its civilian and military air traffic control (ATC) systems after signing A$1.2 billion ($936 million) in contracts with integrator Thales Australia.
In an address at the World ATM Congress here, Spanish minister of public works Íñigo de la Serna announced that Spain will reduce the route charge airlines pay to use its airspace by 3% this year and 12% in 2019.
FAA issued a rare emergency revocation of repair station AeroBearings’s certificate for allegedly performing repairs on commercial aircraft engine parts when it did not have maintenance manuals or approved alternative data to do the work.
MADRID--Space-based tracking of aircraft is a technology equalizer that offers nations that lack radar infrastructure a way to quickly improve their surveillance capability, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council president Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu said.
Aeromexico’s fleet transformation hit two major milestones in late February with the delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX and the retirement of its last 777, leaving the carrier with three basic fleet types.
Investigators probing the Feb. 13 inflight shutdown of the no. 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engine on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 heading to Honolulu have traced the issue to a fan-blade separation, a preliminary NTSB report revealed.
BRUSSELS—International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh said price proposals put forward by Airbus for follow-on A380 orders are “not worth wasting two seconds on.”
BRUSSELS—Lufthansa is considering a follow-on order for more Airbus A350s now that the airline has seen the initial results of flying Airbus’ latest widebody.
BRUSSELS--International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh said he is “completely relaxed” about the upcoming negotiations on a new bilateral air services agreement between the U.S. and the UK.
Gogo, the inflight connectivity provider, said CEO Michael Small has departed from the Chicago-based company, effective immediately, and been replaced by Oakleigh Thorne, a member of the company’s board of directors.
Airberlin’s insolvency administrator Lucas Floether is nearing a decision on making claims in excess of €1 billion ($1.25 billion) against former shareholder Etihad Airways.
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MADRID—On the eve of the World ATM Congress set to begin here March 6, the air navigation service providers (ANSPs) of the UK, Germany and Switzerland touted air traffic management (ATM) systems for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
The Aeromexico-Delta Air Lines transborder joint venture (JV) moved full-fledged into into ultra-low fares March 5 as Aeromexico debuted its “branded fares” concept and Delta touted the increasing range of basic economy fares now available on over 50% of Delta’s U.S.-Mexico flights.
BEIJING—HNA Group Chairman Chen Feng met with Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) officials in late January to assure the agency that HNA’s financial troubles were not affecting the group’s airline operations, an industry source said.
