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C&L Aviation Goes 'Top Gunz' at This Year's BACE

C&L Aviation Group continues its NBAA-BACE tradition with a humorous take on the "Top Gun" movie.

Airlines

October 14, 2021

Shortage of Aviation Techs Likely To Intensify Post-pandemic

A survey by JMC Recruitment Solutions shows that 38 percent of 4,000 respondents have left the aviation industry.

Airlines

October 12, 2021

Southwest Pilots Blame Management for Weekend ‘Meltdown’

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association denies that its members staged a walkout in protest of Covid vaccine requirements.

Airlines

October 11, 2021

Tata Group Acquires Air India

After losing a bid to acquire India’s flag carrier, SpiceJet founder Ajay Singh calls the government’s sale process “transparent and flexible.”

Airlines

October 8, 2021

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JSfirm Unveils Database Match Feature

Aviation employment firm JSfirm is making it easier for companies to recruit qualified employees from the FAA database.

Airlines

October 7, 2021

Jet2 Adds 15 More Neos to Deal for 36 Signed in August

Contracts covering 51 A320neos make Jet2 a new Airbus customer and call for first delivery in 2023.

Aircraft

October 6, 2021

IATA Survey Shows Growing Passenger Frustration with Covid Rules

Passengers are increasingly willing to fly but are hampered by the patchwork of confusing and inconsistent restrictions for cross-border travel.

Airlines

October 6, 2021

IATA Reports Growing Passenger Frustration with Covid Rules

Passengers are increasingly willing to fly but are hampered by the patchwork of confusing and inconsistent restrictions for cross-border travel.

Airlines

October 6, 2021

AerCap Boss Calls on OEMs, Lessors To Keep Buoying Airlines

AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly expects that aircraft leasing companies will have to do “some more heavy lifting" to help airlines as they recover from Covid-19.

Aircraft

October 5, 2021

Saudia's Flyadeal Eyes International Expansion

Flyadeal's fleet of 15 Airbus A320s could be augmented with long-range A321 variants for international flying.

Aircraft

October 4, 2021

IATA Sees Reduced Airline Losses for 2022

The global airline trade body predicts that airlines’ joint loss will narrow to $11.6 billion; North America the only region to be profitable.

Airlines

October 4, 2021

Alitalia Successor ITA Picks Airbus for Future Fleet

ITA has inked deals with Airbus and Air Lease Corp for 59 Airbus narrowbody and widebody airliners ahead of its formal launch October 15.

Aircraft

October 1, 2021

Latest IATA Stats Show Recovery Slowdown in August

The emergence of the Covid-19 Delta variant cut deeply into domestic demand during August, said IATA.

Airlines

September 30, 2021

Air France Takes Its First Airbus A220

Airbus and Air France celebrate delivery of the French flag carrier’s initial A220-300 during a Wednesday ceremony at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport.

Aircraft

September 29, 2021

NASA Transfers Revolutionary ATM Tech to FAA

Starting next year, the FAA will deploy new NASA-developed software to aid departure efficiency at 27 airports in the U.S.

Airlines

September 28, 2021

Northern Pacific Chooses 757s for New Transpacific Services

Alaska-based start-up Northern Pacific Airways is building its fleet around the Boeing 757-200 airliner as it prepares to launch services in 2022.

Aircraft

September 22, 2021

Brazilian Airline Gol To Operate Commercial eVTOL Flights

Gol will bring a fleet of Vertical Aerospace's VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft into commercial service from 2024 through a deal with leasing group Avolon.

Aircraft

September 21, 2021

ATR, Braathens Regional Airlines and Neste Accelerate Pure SAF Certification

The partners will operate a test flight with a ATR72 turboprop regional airliner early next year with one engine burning 100% SAF and the other one 50%.

Aircraft

September 16, 2021

Air New Zealand Joins Airbus's Hydrogen Airliner Project

The Asia-Pacific carrier will study how Airbus's planned Zero E hydrogen airliners could be integrated into its domestic and regional flight network.

Aircraft

September 16, 2021

India Runway Overrun Investigation Highlights Pilot Errors

A report on the fatal crash of an Air India Express aircraft said the pilots didn't follow operational procedures when attempting to land in monsoon rain.

Accidents

September 13, 2021