As Air France drops A380, picks up A220s, a wider deal is speculated
The discussion around breakfast tables at the home of Airbus on the morning of the big Air France deal for small aircraft is how the commitm... Continue Reading
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In Conversation Transcribed: Mitsubishi SpaceJet with Isaac Alexander
John Walton: Hello, and welcome to Runway Girl Network In Conversation, a deep dive into aviation and the passenger experience. I’m RG... Continue Reading
British Airways’ hot-weather meltdown has lessons for climate crisis
Dozens of flights cancelled. Overheating terminals in chaos. Passengers sleeping on emergency mats at checkin. Air conditioning failing to k... Continue Reading
Airline catering association argues for special case on plastics laws
The strength of feeling with which the world has been grappling with the amount of plastic waste, single-use plastics and plastic marine lit... Continue Reading
FAA to use ADS-C to meet separation standards for US oceanic airspace
US Federal Aviation Administration officials have committed to using Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Contract (ADS-C) technology to reduc... Continue Reading
Passengers want practicality as ACJ320neo business jets are delivered
As the Airbus A320neo family of aircraft continue to roll out into the commercial airline sector, their private aviation counterpart — the r... Continue Reading
Style & Design to benchmark seats with perceived quality concept
Comparing business class seats has always been something of an art rather than a science, but a new system from French industrial designers ... Continue Reading
Cape Air set to welcome first Tecnam P2012 Travellers from Italy
Hyannis, Massachusetts-based regional airline Cape Air is set to celebrate its 30th year in business with the expected arrival of two brand ... Continue Reading
Upgrades of Phase 3 displays on 737s, 777s nearly complete: Honeywell
Airlines don’t always move quickly to address airworthiness directives. And on occasion, some carriers miss AD deadlines altogether. That’s ... Continue Reading
US general aviation amplifies message on risk-mitigating avionics
A public-private partnership that is working to improve general aviation safety in the United States is amplifying its message to the FAA, c... Continue Reading
Why IAMA is working to bring transparency to aircraft retrofit market
Several years ago, when Lufthansa committed to orders for Boeing 777-9Xs and Airbus A350-900s, the carrier refused to be limited to the A350... Continue Reading
French aviation tax and internal flight ban highlight externality risk
The French government is instituting a new aviation tax from 2020 in order to add €180m of investment in transport modes with lower environm... Continue Reading
Airbus changes tack on seat comfort, posits ‘sub-economy’ on A350
When a major aircraft manufacturer has a series of senior executive changes, its strategy can be expected to change too. Airbus, which has a... Continue Reading
Inside the 20-year forecasts at Airbus, Boeing and Embraer
Making sense of the dueling twenty-year market demand forecasts between airframers is a mix of art and science, as Airbus, Boeing, an... Continue Reading
Lufthansa’s A321XLR impression shaped by perceived shortcomings
Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr recently flew a seemingly unlikely airline: Qatar Airways. The Doha-based carrier epitomizes the German gi... Continue Reading
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