Airbus’ CEO stated Thursday that his company observes no short-term benefit from Boeing’s troubles with its grounded 737 MAX due to the rivaling A320 being sold out years ahead. CEO Guillaume Faury stated that safety has been a major concern in the industry. He made the comments during the company’s earnings news conference after it […]
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Cathay Pacific asks staff to take unpaid leave because of coronavirus
Cathay Pacific Airways asked its 27,000 workers last week to take three weeks of unpaid leave as the Hong Kong carrier is having a hard time following plunging revenue because of coronavirus outbreak. In a video message to workers, CEO Augustus Tang stated the situation is as grave as the 2009 financial crisis. On Tuesday, […]
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines suspend flights related to China
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines suspend all flights to and from China as the virus called coronavirus spreads. Delta stated it will suspend flights between the United States and China beginning on Sunday until at least April 30, according to a press release. American Airlines has canceled all flights to mainland China. It confirmed […]
Delta Air Lines fined $50,000 for booting off 3 Muslim passengers
Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for asking three Muslim passengers to get off planes even after the airline’s own security officials had cleared them to travel. Delta rejected that it discriminated against the passengers in two different incidents but agreed it could have managed the situations differently, according to a consent order issued […]
New regulations could bump emotional-support animals from planes
The times of passengers bringing their pets on airplanes as emotional-support animals could be seeing its end soon. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed that only specially trained dogs eligible as service animals, which must be permitted in the cabin at no charge. Airlines could prohibit emotional-support animals including untrained dogs, cats and […]
Boeing doesn’t expect clearance of Max by federal regulators until summer
Boeing stated Tuesday that it has no expectation if federal regulators will approve its changes to the grounded 737 Max until this summer, several months longer than the company was telling only a few weeks ago. That timetable — the recent of several delays in the plane’s approval process — will cause more troubles for […]
United Airlines increases profit on more revenue, cheaper fuel
United Airlines reported Tuesday that higher revenue and cheaper fuel helped increase its fourth-quarter profit by almost 40%, to $641 million. The airline’s forecast of first-quarter earnings has beaten Wall Street expectations. It is kinda unclear sailing for United, however. The financial report came the same day that United shares fell on the fear that […]
Damage to historic Vietnam-era helicopter hit by car exceeds $6 million
A South Carolina aviation foundation is attempting to raise money to fix a historic Vietnam War-era attack helicopter following the incident in which the State Highway Patrol accused a man of crashing into it while driving drunk. The man behind the wheel was detained for driving under the influence of alcohol, a Highway Patrol community […]
2019 becomes third safest year for commercial aviation, shows data
Preliminary data confirms that 2019 saw less commercial aviation accidents than 2018 and other six years. The total deaths because of commercial aviation accidents in 2019 were 293, according to preliminary data, thus making it the third safest year on record. The Germany-based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre (JACDEC) reports that over a half […]
Civil aviation of Tibet receives over 5 million passengers
The yearly passenger throughput of civil aviation in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region surpassed the figure of 5.72 million in 2019, increasing 7.57 percent year on year, according to the Tibet branch of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The report came on Tuesday. As of December 30, Tibet’s civil aviation experienced 52,631 flights […]
Lockheed Martin reaches 2019 F-35 delivery target of 131 jets
Lockheed Martin Corp stated on Monday that it has reached its 2019 target to provide 131 F-35 fighter jets to the United States and its allies, as the defense contractor construct 47% more jets this year. The world’s largest defense contractor stated that in 2020 it aims to deliver 141 F-35s. Founded in 1995, Lockheed […]
World’s largest airplane finishes first test flight
With a wingspan of 385 feet, and being 238 feet long, it is wider than any airplane. The world’s largest aircraft, developed by aerospace venture Stratolaunch, finished its initial flight test on Saturday. With a dual fuselage design and wingspan bigger than the length of an American football field, this thing took off from Mojave […]
Donald Trump speaks to Boeing CEO following tweets on airline technology
President Donald Trump and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg talked each other on telephone Tuesday, after Trump’s tweet about how flying has become too complicated, according to two sources knowledgeable about the matter. Muilenburg has appeared alongside Trump several times during the first two years of his presidency. “Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. […]
Uber and Airbus working on Japan’s flying car strategies
Japan is moving forward to develop flying cars, enlisting firms such as Uber Technologies and Airbus in a government-led group to bring airborne automobiles to the nation in the upcoming decade, according to people knowledgeable with the matter. The group will initially start with about 20 companies, consisting Boeing, NEC Corporation, a Toyota Motor-backed startup […]
Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric airliner to enter market in 2022
A Seattle-area startup backed by the venture arms of Boeing and JetBlue Airways prepares to bring a small hybrid-electric airliner to market by 2022 that can considerably lower the travel time and expense of trips under 1,000 miles (1,600 km), it stated on Thursday. The first of a number of aircraft planned by Zunum Aero […]
