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United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz will step down in May 2020 to become executive chairman of the board, the company announced Dec. 5.

Europe’s finance ministers agreed to revise current energy taxation laws at a Dec. 5 meeting of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin), a move that could pave the way for an end to jet fuel’s exemption from tax.

With a Dec. 7 deadline set by regulators looming, Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) said Dec. 4 it has drawn up a cash injection plan and received sufficient funds to pay its employees on Dec. 5.

South African Airways (SAA) is to be put into business rescue, placing the company under administrator control because of the airline’s critical financial situation.

John Hamilton, chief engineer for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has announced his retirement a year after being asked by the company to stay on to lead the 737 MAX recovery effort.

Hainan Airlines will sell a majority stake in low-cost subsidiary West Air to the Chongqing city government, following previous sales of shares in local carriers to municipalities.

Air France, stepping up efforts to reduce its environmental impact, is planning to offset the emissions from its domestic network from Jan. 1, 2020, the airline said at an environmental round table in Paris Dec. 3.

African LCC fastjet needs to restructure by February 2020 if it is to continue as a going concern, and the disposal of fastjet Zimbabwe is increasingly an element of the overarching company’s survival plan.

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, the national president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants Lori Bassani signed a letter on behalf of the 28,000 members of the group to call for action regarding people retrieving carry-on luggage slowing emergency evacuations after a recent aircraft disaster in Russia. 

SKIEN, Norway - In Norway, what some are calling the future of aircraft washing and deicing is being developed – with ideas borrowed from the local carwash. The Multi Solution Gate (MSG) is the first automatic system for washing and deicing aircraft in the world, said Frøydis Hovden, MSG Production’s Vice President of Sales, adding […]

CANBERRA, Australia – Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to continue providing through-life support to the Commonwealth’s special purpose aircraft (SPA) VIP fleet operated by No. 34 Squadron in Canberra. This sole source, 18-year rolling wave contract has an initial period of six years for sustainment and maintenance […]

TOULOUSE, France - The ACJ319neo successfully completed a first flight lasting one hour and 55 minutes on Wednesday. The first test begins a short flight-test program to verify its corporate jet features – such as the extra fuel tanks in its cargo-hold, which enable intercontinental range. The A319neo is the smallest member of the A320neo […]

LONDON, United Kingdom - The complexity of modern aircraft can be staggering. A typical single-aisle commercial jet is made up of several hundred thousand parts while a superjumbo can contain one million or more. With 40,000 commercial aircraft projected to enter service over the next 20 years, the total number of components is poised to […]

QINGDAO, China  – It its partner with the China, Airbus Helicopters has expanded its industrial footprint with the opening of the H135 final assembly line (FAL) in Qingdao. The factory is the first helicopter FAL built by a foreign manufacturer in China, as well as the first H135 FAL outside of Europe.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced last week that it had issued an emergency airworthiness directive after Cirrus Design Corporation reported three incidents involving the stall warning and protection system in its VisionJet aircraft. The aircraft are required to be grounded until the angle of attack (AOA) sensors are replaced. The […]

TUCSON, AZ - Universal Avionics (UA) has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the company’s new touchscreen EFIS Control Display Unit (ECDU) for the InSight Display System. The Touch ECDU provides access for InSight user control and input. 

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Center of Excellence will look toward the next decade of civil mandates and technologies at its upcoming 2019 CNS/ATM Working Group. This year's event will be held June 4-5 at the Holiday Inn Dayton/Fairborn near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

ATLANTA, Ga., - Honeywell and Volocopter have signed an agreement to jointly test and develop new navigation and automatic landing systems for Volocopter’s vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL) as the emerging era of urban air mobility moves closer to fruition.