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The NTSB is looking into the second Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine failure involving a low-pressure compressor stage 1 rotor in two months—both involving Swiss International Air Lines A220-300s operating the same route.

European leisure travel specialist and airline group Thomas Cook is holding last-ditch talks with potential investors in an effort to stave off a financial collapse that could leave hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded.

French airline XL Airways has declared insolvency, citing “great financial difficulties” and stopped selling tickets, in the latest casualty to hit the French airline industry.

Xiamen Airlines has established a branch company at Shanghai, increasing its ability to gain service rights at China’s largest city, especially for international destinations.

Chinese airlines have won permission to introduce or expand services to Paris and London, including two routes from imminently operational Beijing Daxing International Airport.

Germany’s coalition government has decided to make sweeping changes to air transport taxation and regulation as the country struggles to achieve its 2030 emissions reduction targets.

AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes on Sept. 18 said he is taking “the first step of stepping back” and will step down from “all board positions, except [the boards of] AirAsia Group and AirAsia X.”

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.