Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has informed staff that it will return all of its pilots back to ‘active flying status’ by October this year, as it banks on increasing demand for domestic leisure and business travel. According to an internal memo sent to staff by Delta senior vice president and chief of operations John Laughter, […]
The relatives of the victims killed in the second of two fatal 737 MAX crashes have again demanded that top Boeing executives, including the current and former CEOs, testify in front of a Chicago federal court. In a filing to the court, the families of the victims of Ethiopia Airlines flight 302, the second fatal […]
Norwegian Air has officially cancelled all 88 narrow-body jets it had on order from Airbus, mostly made up of A320neo and A321LR aircraft. Under the agreement, Airbus will keep all deposits made on the purchased but as-yet undelivered aircraft, and is entitled to a further $850,000 from the embattled airline. A deal was originally struck […]
The engine that failed and caught alight on a United Airlines flight on Saturday had performed less than 3,000 cycles, under half the number required between engine blade inspections, according to sources close to the matter. Under Federal Aviation Administration guidelines, the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series engine that is used on the United 777 […]
Boeing has been ordered to pay US$6.6 million to the US Federal Aviation Administration over its failure to comply with a 2015 safety agreement, in which the planemaker pledged to improve safety oversight processes. The penalty consists of a US$5.4 million fine for not complying with the agreement, and a further US$1.21 million settlement of […]
KLM Cityhopper, regional subsidiary of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, took delivery of its first Embraer E195-E2 in a ceremony at Embraer’s facility in Brazil. This first E2 delivery to KLM, and lessor ICBC Aviation Leasing, brings the total number of Embraer jets in the KLM Cityhopper fleet to 50. The total order for 35 jets, […]
