“We have a strategic focus on the fast-growing Chinese and Asian markets, and we have added five new customers there this year,” Atlas President and CEO William Flynn said.
Lufthansa Group said its first-half profit rose, boosted by strong demand and lower unit costs across its passenger airlines, adding to the chorus of European airlines reporting improvements in ticket pricing.
Parker said the previous application was in some ways the victim of bad timing, with the decision coming around the transition between the Obama and Trump administrations.
Suspending most of its poorly-performing Middle East routes has allowed Cebu Pacific to use its Airbus A330s to help solve headaches in other parts of its network.
Boeing has reportedly been negotiating with the U.S. Air Force for the sale of two white-tail aircraft that were already in production when St. Petersburg-based OJSC Transaero Airlines filed for bankruptcy in October 2015.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is moving from being a post-incident or accident forensic-investigation body into a data-driven predictor of aviation safety.
While the Australian government has achieved recent successes in negotiating air services deals, it has struck hurdles in liberalizing its agreements with other countries.
Virgin Orbit's modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl, is being readied for a series of ground and flight tests in the build-up towards captive carry evaluations of the company’s LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle.
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Boeing Avionics, which will be part of Boeing’s Engineering, Test and Technology organization, will develop and produce systems for navigation, flight controls, information systems and other core avionics.
Japan Airlines has bumped up its profit forecast for the current financial year, thanks to strong increases in demand across its major operations in the June quarter.
